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New York Times, Thursday, October 11, 1951

37-Down : About one billion people.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { F H Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 844
Across
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Named as Ambassador to India. : BOWLES
7
Field Marshal of Greece. : PAPAGOS
14
Dry streambed: Western U. S. : ARROYO
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Able to be taught. : EDUCABLE
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Lured. : BAITED
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Boxing's wonder boy. : ROBINSON
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A book size (6 by 9 inches): Abbr. : OCT
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Lustrous fabric. : SATIN
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Kitchen appliance. : STOVE
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Olive genus. : OLEA
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Dense body. : SOLID
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Col. Stoopnagle, for short. : LEM
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Coolness in the pinch. : NERVE
30
Mexican dollar. : PESO
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I came: Latin. : VENI
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Bitter. : ACRID
34
Overhang, like John L. Lewis' eyebrows. : BEETLE
36
Ironical. : SATIRIC
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Basque shirts. : JERSEYS
40
Place of refuge. : ASYLUM
41
Disguises. : MASKS
42
Dulls. : DIMS
43
Birthright seller. : ESAU
45
Persuades to a course of action: Colloq. : SELLS
49
Shuteye. : NAP
50
Goaded by sharp irritation. : STUNG
52
Business and theatrical district of Chicago. : LOOP
53
Public storehouse. : ETAPE
56
Inward: Anatomy. : ENTAL
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Rival. : VIE
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Twisted tortuously. : SINUATED
61
Paris police department. : SURETE
63
Coarsely abusive. : SCURRILE
64
Blabbed foolishly. : PRATED
65
Busy bloodhound. : SMELLER
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Soldier on guard. : SENTRY
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Short-tailed monkey. : BABOON
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Wise adviser. : ORACLE
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Member of P.E.N. : WRITER
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Fortune. : LOT
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Observes. : EYES
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Fountain specialties. : SODAS
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Endangered. : PERILED
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Gambler with a classic name. : ADONIS
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British tavern. : PUB
10
Galatea's beloved. : ACIS
11
Hero of "Look Homeward, Angel." : GANT
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What the Model T is. : OBSOLETE
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Sloppy. : SLOVENLY
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Ill-wishers. : ENEMIES
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Subject matter. : TOPIC
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Makes use of. : AVAILS
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Mud huts: Var. : DOBES
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Curtain color. : ECRU
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Part of the merchant marine. : VESSEL
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Coats with frost. : RIMES
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Ordinary aircraftmen: RAF slang. : ERKS
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Sorrow's cloak. : SADNESS
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About one billion people. : ASIATICS
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Eardrum. : TYMPANUM
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Gay excursion. : JAUNT
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Grumble incoherently. : MAUNDER
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Addison's co-editor on "The Spectator." : STEELE
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Our new Secretary of Defense. : LOVETT
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Linger idly. : LOITER
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Prompt. : SPEEDY
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Labored breaths. : GASPS
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Unmixed. : PURE
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Warren of California. : EARL
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Enticement. : LURE
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Until: Scot. : TIL
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Entered in a race. : RAN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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