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New York Times, Thursday, July 19, 1951

40-Down : Musical instruments.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { H Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 760
Across
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Lord Haw Haw's real name. : JOYCE
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Part of the Navy. : SUBS
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Down with: French. : ABAS
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City in New York. : OLEAN
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Song. : ARIA
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Former capital of Mongolian Republic. : URGA
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A range of The Rockies. : UINTA
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Israeli visitor to U. S. : BENGURION
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Mrs. Stephen Vincent Benét. : ROSEMARY
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Dress stone. : NIDGE
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Auctioneer's word. : GONE
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Hound excessively. : BEDOG
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Agreement. : ACCORD
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Malignant. : VIRULENT
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Wild animal homes. : LAIRS
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Hiawatha built one. : CANOE
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Edible seed. : PEA
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Carousal. : ORGY
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Irks. : BORES
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Seaport in Ireland. : CORK
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Greek letter. : ETA
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Yankee pitcher. : LOPAT
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Slice. : CARVE
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Treacherous persons. : SERPENTS
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Fashionable society. : BONTON
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Soprano Emma ___. : EAMES
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Part of a fishhook. : BARB
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The same. : DITTO
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Boots made of reindeer skin, with fur inside. : FINNESKO
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Army command. : ATTENTION
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Turkish Ambassador in Washington. : ERKIN
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A certain age. : TEEN
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Hong ___. : KONG
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Quaver. : TRILL
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Previously: Archaic. : ERST
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Atop. : ONTO
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Dejectedly. : SADLY
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Opposite of nuit. : JOUR
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Potpourri. : OLIO
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Longings: Slang. : YENS
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Comprehensive division. : CATEGORY
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Charms. : ENAMORS
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F-86 jet plane. : SABRE
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Noted American chemist. : UREY
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Storage compartment. : BIN
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Hang unevenly. : SAG
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Vincent of France. : AURIOL
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City on Long Island Sound. : BRIDGEPORT
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Filled with excitement. : AGOG
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Rational. : SANE
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Not proper. : UNDUE
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Conjunction. : AND
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He devised the first successful intelligence test. : BINET
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God of love. : EROS
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Medicinal plants. : ALOES
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Bill of fare. : CARTE
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Former black market currency in Europe. : CIGARETTES
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Spanish length measures. : VARAS
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Mexican representative on U. N. Good Offices Committee. : NERVO
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Captured. : TAKEN
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Egyptians. : COPTS
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Fibula. : BONE
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Fast British bomber. : CANBERRA
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Peach of a ballplayer for Cleveland. : LEMON
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Musical instruments. : CORNETS
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Manifest. : PATENT
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Bar. : BAN
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Popular game. : BINGO
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Appointment. : DATE
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Roman road. : ITER
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A spring. : FONT
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Slip. : SKID
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Defeat or veto as a legislative bill. : KILL
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Sole. : ONLY
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Boxing decision. : TKO
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Electrified particle. : ION

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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