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New York Times, Saturday, December 23, 1950

8-Down : Adjust a piano again.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 25, Avg Word Len: 5.71, Missing: { J K Q Y }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 102, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 19
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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 552
Across
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Earnest requests. : APPEALS
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New Year's Eve celebrator. : REVELER
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Breastwork; rampart. : PARAPET
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Inspect carefully. : EXAMINE
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Vivian's brother. : PRESIDENTTRUMAN
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Edge of a roof. : EAVES
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Flows forth. : POURS
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___-Saud. : IBN
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In "Great Expectations," Mr. Wemmick's father. : AGED
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Wu Hsiu-chuan's country. : CHINA
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Tamarisk salt tree. : ATLE
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A disciple. : SON
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Plural pronoun. : THESE
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Blanche of the silent films. : SWEET
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Crown. : ENTHRONE
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Oscars. : AWARDS
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Spikes of corn. : EARS
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Restrain. : REIN
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Light loose shirt or tunic. : CAMISE
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English engineer, originated steelmaking process. : BESSEMER
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Irish islands in Galway Bay. : ARANS
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___ lazuli, rich blue stone. : LAPIS
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First lady. : EVE
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German physicist. : LENZ
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Containing threads. : FILAR
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Get ready for college. : PREP
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Greek island. : IOS
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Dispossesses. : OUSTS
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France's longest river, 625 miles. : LOIRE
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Commissioner Murphy recently returned them to uniform. : PLAINCLOTHESMEN
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Otalgia. : EARACHE
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Simplest. : EASIEST
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Quality of one end of the spectrum. : REDNESS
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Double trios. : SESTETS
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Conciliate. : APPEASE
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A model or pattern. : PARAGON
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Hamper. : PREVENT
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Assuaged. : EASED
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Egypt's sacred bull. : APIS
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Commanded. : LED
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Jeff Davis' vice president in the Confederacy. : STEPHENS
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Adjust a piano again. : RETUNE
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A special edition. : EXTRA
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Variants: Abbr. : VARS
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The bird from "down under." : EMU
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Rationer. : LIMITER
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Empowered. : ENABLED
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Substances used in making cheese. : RENNETS
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This is measured in decibels. : NOISE
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Hard task. : CHORE
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Abating; lessening. : AWANE
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Rock composed of pumice. : TRASS
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Nationality of Nobel Prize winner, Dr. Tadeus Reichstein. : SWISS
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The 57 Varieties man. : HEINZ
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Chief gods of the Teutonic pantheon. : AESIR
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Glues again. : REPASTES
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Measuring instrument with two curved legs. : CALIPER
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Interstices in veins of leaves. : AREOLAE
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Curb roof with dormer windows. : MANSARD
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Baltic: Comb. form. : BALTO
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He wrote the novel "Carmen." : MERIMEE
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29,141 ft. high. : EVEREST
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Feels compunction. : REPENTS
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Sox of twisted cotton thread. : LISLES
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British atomic scientist convicted of espionage. : FUCHS
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Declare as beyond doubt. : POSIT
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Formerly. : ONCE
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Minus. : LESS
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Scotsman's name. : IAN
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Have: Scot. : HAE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 18 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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