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New York Times, Thursday, December 7, 1950

35-Down : Well-known fictional detective.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { V X }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 85, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 536
Across
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Harry N. Wright and Harry D. Gideonse, for example. : EDUCATORS
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Takes a nap. : RESTS
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Bronx Park showplace. : MENAGERIE
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He wrote "Murder in The Cathedral." : ELIOT
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Counterfeit. : IMITATION
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Ex-Mr. Roberts. : FONDA
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Card game. : LOO
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16-lb. metal ball. : SHOT
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Resident of 15 Across. : MONKEY
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Sicilian city. : ENNA
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Bespangle. : ENSTAR
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Day: French. : JOUR
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One of Europe's Red-satellite states. : RUMANIA
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Our 18th President. : GRANT
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One of four. : QUAD
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Companion of lease, 1941-45. : LEND
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Sydney Carton loved her. : LUCIE
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Francis P. Matthews' concern. : USN
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Fixed in time. : DATED
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Miss Chase. : ILKA
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Nib of a bird of prey. : BEAK
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Good bed for a fire. : ASHES
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Entangle completely. : BESNARE
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Country highway. : PIKE
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Large vulture. : CONDOR
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Western Germany's problem. : ARMS
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Color-printed cotton cloth. : CHINTZ
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Pennsylvania lake port. : ERIE
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The Aegean. : SEA
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Threatened city in French Indo-China. : HANOI
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An elevatorman's existence. : UPANDDOWN
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City in Illinois on the Mississippi. : ALTON
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Secreted. : CONCEALED
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Mme. Chiang's family name. : SOONG
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Retinue. : ATTENDERS
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Rousseau's educational romance. : EMILE
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Satan's helper. : DEMON
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Flags flown on British ships. : UNIONJACKS
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"Rhubarb." : CAT
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Moslem officers. : AGAS
6
Rope. : TETHER
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Constellation. : ORION
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Events in Puerto Rico. : RIOTS
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Sun Yat-___. : SEN
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Popular campaign slogan. : REFORM
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Man's name. : ELON
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Kitchen equipment. : SINK
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Sled for hauling logs. : TODE
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Sojourn. : STAY
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Whittier's Miss Muller. : MAUD
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Of a region in ancient Greece. : AONIAN
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Piece of skin from which gloves are cut. : TRANK
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Shoshonean Indian. : UTE
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Juneau is its capital. : ALASKA
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Actress Olga of the Mauve Decade. : NETHERSOLE
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Arrow poison. : INEE
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Says further. : ADDS
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Flippant. : GLIB
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Slide ___. : RULE
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Well-known fictional detective. : QUEEN
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Trilogy by John Dos Passos. : USA
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Bao ___. : DAI
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Tito's real name. : BROZ
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Playing a part. : ACTING
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Gustaf Adolf's former title. : PRINCE
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Military storage point for supplies. : DEPOT
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Praying figure. : ORANT
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Pussycat. : MEWER
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"Footsteps in the ___ of time." : SANDS
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Cartoonist ___ Addams. : CHAS
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Ring around the moon. : HALO
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Preposition. : INTO
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When the sun is at the meridian. : NOON
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Noted British M.P. : EDEN
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The fiddler crabs. : UCA
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King for a day in June. : DAD

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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