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New York Times, Friday, December 1, 1950

13-Down : ___ de combat.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Z }, Scrabble score: 319 (avg 1.69)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17
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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 530
Across
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Margaret ___, Pulitzer Prize winner for "Reveille in Washington." : LEECH
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Late American actress. : COWL
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One of the miracle drugs. : ACTH
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Become muddled or confused. : ADDLE
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Region. : AREA
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Part of London. : SOHO
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Doctor in the service. : MEDIC
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Burt ___, movie star. : LANCASTER
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Where Coney Island is. : BROOKLYN
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New York's most extensive borough. : QUEENS
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___ et veritas. : LUX
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Twist. : TURN
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Wreath. : ANADEM
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Third Degree room. : SWEATBOX
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German chemist, Nobel Prize winner, 1918. : HABER
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Something extra. : SPARE
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Street: French. : RUE
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G. B. S.'s birthplace. : EIRE
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Where the Big Three conference met. : PARIS
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Headland on a small island, off tip of S. A. : HORN
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Miss Gardner. : AVA
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Dress goods. : SATIN
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Punish: Latin. : PUNIO
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James Farley or William Boyle. : DEMOCRAT
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Saucy misses. : MINXES
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Man-made weather. : RAIN
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Sallow. : WAN
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Infallible person. : ORACLE
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Staten Island borough. : RICHMOND
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Peter Minuit's purchase. : MANHATTAN
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Comforter. : EASER
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Indian fire god. : AGNI
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Eager. : AVID
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Mitigate. : ALLAY
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Doctor who discovered source of yellow fever. : REED
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British title. : LADY
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Exits. : DOORS
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He wrote "Tales from Shakespeare." : LAMB
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River in Westphalia. : EDER
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Taro root. : EDDO
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Muse of History. : CLIO
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Pest in the audience. : HECKLER
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Floral whorl. : CALYX
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Port in Algiers. : ORAN
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Small skin excrescence. : WEN
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Varnishes. : LACQUERS
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Concur. : ASSENT
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Bird's home. : COTE
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At that time. : THEN
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___ de combat. : HORS
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Halos. : AURAE
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Abner's pal. : LUM
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Creator of Pudd'nhead Wilson. : TWAIN
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Out in front. : AHEAD
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Unsophisticated. : NAIVE
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Isaac's father. : ABRAM
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Letter of the alphabet. : DEE
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Nautical spar. : SPRIT
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Where Lyons is president. : BRONX
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Dreary: Scot. : OURIE
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Stranger: Greek. : XENOS
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Archfiend. : SATAN
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Pertaining to a wall. : PARIETAL
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Barbarian. : HUN
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La ___, Milan's opera house. : SCALA
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Stupid person: Slang. : PINHEAD
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Popular corsage. : ORCHID
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Man's nickname. : MAC
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Chicago is. : WINDY
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Gen. Bradley. : OMAR
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Storm. : RAGE
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Eve, in "All About Eve." : ANNE
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Police department action. : RAID
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St. ___, seaport in France. : MALO
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Capital of Norway. : OSLO
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Miserly. : NEAR
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Local Option politicians. : DRYS
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Norris Dam agency. : TVA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 15 debuted here and reused later.

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