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New York Times, Monday, December 17, 1951

69-Down : Cry of a night bird.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.75, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 911
Across
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Sour. : ACERB
6
Food in the Army. : CHOW
10
Something soothing. : BALM
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Pewter is one. : ALLOY
15
Gardener's gear. : HOSE
16
Sector. : AREA
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Order received, in aviation parlance. : ROGER
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Holy City on the Ganges. : ALLAHABAD
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Eggs. : OVA
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Sorrow over. : DEPLORE
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The uncertain candidate. : IKE
24
Role in "Quo Vadis." : NERO
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By way of. : VIA
27
Piquancy. : SALT
29
City in ¾ time. : VIENNA
32
Fresh-water spiny-finned food fish. : PERCH
35
Discriminate. : SECERN
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Acted. : DID
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Just sufficient. : BARE
41
Bordeaux wines. : CLARETS
43
Akin. : RELATED
45
River islets. : AITS
46
Man. : SIR
48
Muscular. : SINEWY
49
Has a certain standing. : RATES
51
The Venus ___. : DEMILO
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Retreat. : LAIR
55
Droop. : SAG
56
North Atlantic organization. : NATO
60
Pronoun.. : SHE
62
Free from hypocrisy. : GENUINE
65
Possessed. : HAD
66
Successor to the Comintern. : COMINFORM
68
Pronoun. : THESE
70
Aboveboard. : OPEN
71
Advantage. : EDGE
72
Go sleigh riding. : COAST
73
A moment of sleep. : WINK
74
Yellow fever hero. : REED
75
American general, former negotiator in Korea. : HODES
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Composer Copland. : AARON
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Pungent spice. : CLOVE
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Composer of "Pomp and Circumstance." : ELGAR
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Small deer. : ROE
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Senator from Virginia. : BYRD
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Hoover's last Secretary of Commerce. : CHAPIN
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Queen Juliana's country. : HOLLAND
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Formerly Christiania. : OSLO
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Lasts well. : WEARS
10
Bleat. : BAA
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Settle differences by mediation. : ARBITRATE
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Gap in the security chain. : LEAK
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Created. : MADE
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A great number: Colloq. : HEAP
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History day-by-day. : EVENTS
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Across the wide Pacific. : OVERSEA
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Beirut is its capital. : LEBANON
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Dander. : IRE
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Earth's envelope. : AIR
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Kind of haircut. : CREW
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She starred in "Ecstacy." : HEDY
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Steep rocky place. : SCAR
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Mary's Lamb. : ELIA
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Prime factors in the meat situation. : CATTLEMEN
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Blueprint. : DESIGN
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Caesar on TV. : SID
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Girl's nickname. : LIL
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Rise again. : RESURGE
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Guidepost. : SIGN
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Crippled. : MAIMED
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Allude. : REFER
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Winning in the game. : AHEAD
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Cup: French. : TASSE
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He wrote "The Country Girl." : ODETS
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Flatboat. : SCOW
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Indian associated with the Navajos. : HOPI
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Knot. : NODE
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Engrave with a stylus. : ETCH
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Cuttlefish's protective fluid. : INK
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Cry of a night bird. : HOO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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