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New York Times, Wednesday, April 11, 1951

23-Down : Plaster of paris.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { J W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 661
Across
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U. S. symbol. : EAGLE
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Soviet symbol. : REDSTAR
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Army man. : GENERAL
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Quondam. : ONETIME
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In romantic mood. : AMATIVE
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Arab League nation. : LEBANON
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Of the fair sex: Abbr. : FEM
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___ nuncio. : PAPAL
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Overlong look. : STARE
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Tadpole's parent. : FROG
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Tatter. : SHRED
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Sooty atmosphere. : SMOG
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Heron. : EGRET
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Farm fields. : ACRES
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Full of: Suffix. : OSE
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Congressional meetings. : SESSIONS
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Ship smashed by Moby Dick. : PEQUOD
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The taste of the sea. : SALT
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Brian ___, ancient Irish king. : BORU
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Abundant. : GALORE
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Diamond garden. : OUTFIELD
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One: Fr. : UNE
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High dudgeon. : ANGER
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Tiny groove. : STRIA
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Traffic signal. : STOP
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Gargoylish Indian carving. : TOTEM
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Sign to interpret. : OMEN
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Upper chamber of French Parliament. : SENAT
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Brazilian city across the sea from Dakar. : NATAL
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Corporation abbreviation. : INC
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Clumsy. : INAGILE
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Soldier undergoing basic. : TRAINEE
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Inciter to anger. : ENRAGER
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Menu items. : ENTREES
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Melancholy's baby. : SADNESS
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Quests for. : SEEKS
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Charms. : ENAMORS
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Aged: Lat. abbr. : AET
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Small suitcase. : GRIP
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Etnean products. : LAVAS
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Political mascot. : ELEPHANT
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___ coaster. : ROLLER
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Easterly compass point. : ENE
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Eugene Victor ___, American Socialist. : DEBS
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Photographic copies: Colloq. : STATS
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Game fowl of South America. : TINAMOU
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Tenderly: Music. : AMOROSO
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Welshed. : RENEGED
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Embarrassing blunders: Fr. : GAFFES
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Come out. : EMERGE
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Abstract curves. : ARCS
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Plaster of paris. : GESSO
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Railway station. : DEPOT
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Pope's crown. : TIARA
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Slaves. : SERFS
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Fragrant. : OLENT
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Ecuador's capital. : QUITO
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Stopcock chemistry tubes. : BURETTES
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Miss Moran's. : GUSSIES
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Rooftop item. : ANTENNA
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Lightweight champion, 1917-24. : LEONARD
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Greek mountain range. : OETA
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King-size furs. : ERMINES
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Subject of a legal claim. : LIENEE
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Agnes DeMille specialties. : DANCES
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Things past recovery: Colloq. : GONERS
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Heathen. : PAGAN
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Château-Thierry's river. : MARNE
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Name for a striped cat. : TIGE
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Like a noon scholar. : LATE
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Band Leader Brown. : LES
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Annoy. : IRK

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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