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New York Times, Thursday, December 28, 1950

12-Down : Heavy twill in fabrics.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { C Q }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17
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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 557
Across
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California's recent woe. : FLOOD
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Curly maple. : WOOD
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Battleship still in mothballs. : IOWA
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Book: French. : LIVRE
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Shaft connecting wheels. : AXLE
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Silver coin of Morocco. : RIAL
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Giant who became a constellation. : ORION
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Harassing warfarer. : GUERRILLA
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For better or for worse. : WED
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Is indebted to. : OWES
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Tammany politicos. : BOSSES
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Perfumery oil: Var. : ATAR
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Agate, brevier, pica, etc. : TYPE
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Battleship out of the mothball fleet. : NEWJERSEY
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Prevent. : ESTOP
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Mountain nymphs. : OREADS
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Crushed underfoot. : TROD
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Pray: Latin. : ORA
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Lion's hiding place. : LAIR
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Friend of Porthos and Aramis. : ATHOS
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Smoker for men. : STAG
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Longear. : ASS
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Piping note of a small bird. : TWEE
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Use the skyway. : AVIATE
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Nidatory. : NESTY
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Selective Service prospects. : ELIGIBLES
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Loggers' houseboats. : ARKS
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Scottish monster's lake. : NESS
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Rose of ___. : SHARON
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Trumpless hand in bridge. : BUST
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Riotous assembly. : MOB
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Charles Wilson's role. : MOBILIZER
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On the qui vive. : AWARE
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Tall tree of Java. : UPAS
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Golfer's word of warning. : FORE
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Former White House press secretary. : EARLY
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Dorothy or Lillian. : GISH
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Geological times. : EONS
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Philadelphia Athletics' new manager. : DYKES
Down
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Inundate. : FLOW
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Money in Bari. : LIRE
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Roman poet. : OVID
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Gold: Spanish. : ORO
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Identified by a visible sign. : DENOTED
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Bets. : WAGERS
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Fabulous river, 1,400 miles, flowing into Lake Aral. : OXUS
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Norse name. : OLE
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Churchill Downs classic. : DERBY
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Colored portions of the eyes. : IRISES
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Lubricates. : OILS
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Heavy twill in fabrics. : WALE
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Hamlet's exclamation. : ALAS
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Lassoed. : ROPED
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President Bierut's capital. : WARSAW
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Not in harmony. : AJAR
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Beginner. : TYRO
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The Man Without a Country. : NOLAN
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Eliminate. : ERASE
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Magician Houdini's real name. : WEISS
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Miss Waters. : ETHEL
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Not divided. : TOTAL
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Talk loftily. : ORATE
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Congressional messengers. : PAGES
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Oklahoma Indians. : OSAGES
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Letters of the alphabet. : TEES
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Relatives. : SIBS
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Innsbruck is its capital. : TYROL
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Having a view. : VISTAED
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Weedlike. : TARISH
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Accustoms. : INURES
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Machete. : KNIFE
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Affectedly prim. : SMUG
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Pueblo Indian. : HOPI
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Down with: French. : ABAS
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Capital of Switzerland. : BERN
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General Clark. : MARK
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Fillet on a heraldic shield. : ORLE
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Turkish governors. : BEYS
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63d Street gathering place. : ZOO
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Means for attaining an end. : WAY

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

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