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New York Times, Tuesday, December 19, 1950

43-Down : Heritable land, in early Norse law.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 18
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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 548
Across
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Bistros. : CAFES
6
Chapeaux. : HATS
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He wrote "The Lady's Not for Burning." : FRY
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Glorify. : EXALT
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Pass over. : OMIT
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Clamorous. : LOUD
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Foxier. : SLIER
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Fertile Alaskan valley, settled in 1930's. : MATANUSKA
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Bard of the Yukon. : SERVICE
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Florid speech. : ORATION
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"The ___ Wife," Raimu film. : BAKERS
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Dr. Renner's capital. : VIENNA
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Alaska may become one of them. : STATES
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Mr. Schram and Mr. Ludwig. : EMILS
30
Sea eagles. : ERNES
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They draw Lohengrin's boat. : SWANS
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Wheat: French. : BLE
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Northern sea birds. : AUKS
36
1 1/3 ounce in China. : LIANG
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Science which treats of the earth: Abbr. : GEOL
38
Man's nickname. : LES
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Margaret's father. : HARRY
40
Regular and imposing arrangement. : ARRAY
41
Sharpened. : HONED
42
Priests of ancient Britain. : DRUIDS
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Unctuously. : OILILY
46
Part of a flower. : STAMEN
48
Town near Juneau; see 3 Down. : DOUGLAS
50
Retaliates. : AVENGES
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Important army post and airport in Alaska. : ANCHORAGE
55
Hebrew April. : NISAN
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Take pleasure in. : LIKE
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Pull slowly along. : DRAG
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Caribbean Indian. : INERI
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Seaport in Scotland. : AYR
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Elephant Boy of the movies. : SABU
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Breathless. : AGASP
Down
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"Bad ___ to him." : CESS
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Important part of a car. : AXLE
3
Terminus of Alaska Highway. : FAIRBANKS
4
Raises. : ELEVATES
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They were made in the Yukon. : STRIKES
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Nonstop circuit. : HOMER
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Medical group. : AMA
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Head man in Yugoslavia. : TITO
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Suffering from hunger. : STARVING
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Wind instruments. : FLUTES
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Varnish ingredient. : ROSIN
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Alaska's chief river. : YUKON
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Lawyer who wrote "Two Years Before the Mast." : DANA
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Claws. : NAILS
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These: Fr. : CES
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Alaska was called "___ Folly." : SEWARDS
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Denizen of Alaskan waters. : SEAL
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Faithful. : TRUE
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Myriad. : MANY
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Father: Poetic. : SIRE
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Waters west of Alaska. : BERINGSEA
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Cargo. : LOAD
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Whose Bridge has been well known since 1929? : ELYS
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Nautical ropes. : LANYARDS
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Governor of Alaska. : GRUENING
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Cry to incite dogs to the chase. : HOLLO
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One of the Soviet republics. : ARMENIA
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Loftier. : HIGHER
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Man's name: Abbr. : DAV
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Heritable land, in early Norse law. : ODAL
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Part of ancient Greece. : IONIA
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Luciano's nickname. : LUCKY
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City in South Korea. : TAEGU
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FDR's mother. : SARA
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Dumbo's were huge. : EARS
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A little cut. : SNIP
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Prate. : GAB

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 16 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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