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New York Times, Friday, October 27, 1950

24-Down : $1,000.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 22
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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 495
Across
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Celebrated private eye. : SPADE
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Times around. : LAPS
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Mr. Rizzuto. : PHIL
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Senatorial vestments. : TOGAS
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Where Bagdad is. : IRAQ
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Son of Jacob. : LEVI
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To the left. : APORT
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Famous statue in Concord, symbolic of American Revolution. : MINUTEMAN
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She has Broadway's most famous laugh. : BANKHEAD
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Washington or Sir Henry. : IRVING
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Cunning. : SLYNESS
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Perennial AFL head. : GREEN
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Summer: Fr. : ETE
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Princeton's dramatic club. : TRIANGLE
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Thicket. : COPSE
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"Captain Sam ___" by Lloyd Lewis. : GRANT
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Roll of bills. : WAD
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Misfortunes. : ILLS
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Hurled. : FLUNG
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Mammoth ___ in Kentucky. : CAVE
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Cousin of the cassowary. : EMU
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Company directors. : BOARD
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Happier. : GAYER
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Band leader, speedboat racer. : LOMBARDO
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Scottish county noted for cattle. : AYR
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Music deadeners. : MUTES
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Inevitable performer on TV variety show. : ACROBAT
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Offensive odor. : STENCH
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They play in "Home on the Range." : ANTELOPE
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Medium bombers. : MITCHELLS
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Saltpeter. : NITRE
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Indian word meaning correct. : OKEH
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General's assistant. : AIDE
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Take up. : ENTER
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French Nobel Prize winner. : GIDE
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"___ Ruth." : DEAR
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Impudent. : SASSY
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What Tybalt does to Mercutio. : STABS
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Of the Bishop of Rome: Rare. : POPAL
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"___" column in British papers. : AGONY
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Koestler's "___ at Noon." : DARKNESS
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One who makes much of the beautiful. : ESTHETE
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Beans. : LIMAS
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Bone dry. : ARID
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All: Comb. form. : PAN
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Escorting. : SQUIRING
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Premier of France. : PLEVEN
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"Papa" of the novelists. : HEMINGWAY
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Abdul the Bulbul's rival. : IVAN
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Food fish. : LING
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A great satisfaction. : TREAT
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Compass point. : ESE
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$1,000. : GRAND
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Literary colony on Cape Cod. : TRURO
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Wash. : LAVE
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Western German river. : EDER
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Heaven: Fr. : CIEL
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Braves' outfielder. : OLMO
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Sounded, fathomed. : PLUMMETED
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Plants with brilliant flowers: Colloq. : GLADS
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Part of the face. : FOREHEAD
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Between Virginia and Georgia. : CAROLINA
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Quantity of bread. : BATCH
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Gen. O. P. Smith's men: Slang. : GYRENES
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This year's Nobel Peace Prize winner. : BUNCHE
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What thespians do. : ACT
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Goose. : ANSER
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The earthworm tractor man. : BOTTS
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After: Fr. : APRES
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Weeping: Dial. : TEERY
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Pittsburgh phenomenon. : SMOG
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The Creator in Polynesia. : TIKI
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Actor Robert ___. : ALDA
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He commutes between Oslo and New York. : LIE

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 15 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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