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New York Times, Saturday, July 28, 1951

40-Down : Serous sac in a joint.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 85, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 19 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 769
Across
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Hat worn by hussars in the British Army. : BUSBY
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Flagpole. : MAST
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A fabulous Ali. : BABA
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Musical Mr. Shaw. : ARTIE
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Alms box. : ARCA
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Oh, dear! : ALAS
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Where Socrates took the air. : AGORA
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Soldiers' hats; King George sometimes wears one. : BEARSKINS
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Priers. : LEVERS
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Environment: Var. : AMBIENCE
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Stoves. : ETNAS
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Most meager. : POOREST
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Boy Scout shelters. : PUPTENTS
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Netherlands ounce. : ONS
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A long tale of woe. : ILIAD
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Collect. : AMASS
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Father of Osiris. : SEB
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Mortarboards. : CAPS
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Good of fish, bad of children. : FRESH
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Destined. : SURE
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The same. : ONE
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Asiatic windstorms. : BURAS
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Nurse: French. : BONNE
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Topees protect against it. : SUN
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Pet verb of the nostalgic. : REMEMBER
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Underground chambers. : CAVERNS
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Helen Bannerman's hero, 1900. : SAMBO
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G. I. caps. : OVERSEAS
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Mrs. Topping's professional name. : TURNER
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Hat favored by Texans. : TENGALLON
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Medicinal leaves. : SENNA
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Steadfast. : TRUE
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Augusta Evans' hero, 1866. : ELMO
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Build. : ERECT
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Roscoe ___, actor. : ATES
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Property owner's paper. : DEED
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Is daffy about. : DOTES
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Any false god. : BAAL
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An impulse. : URGE
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Hat worn by Lincoln. : STOVEPIPE
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Bishops' purple hats. : BIRETTAS
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Longed. : YEARNED
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"No bigger than an agate stone on the forefinger of an alderman." : MAB
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Environs. : AREA
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He may wear a dunce cap. : SCAMP
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Cousin of the fez, worn in Near East. : TARBOOSH
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They wear tall white hats. : BAKERS
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Miss MacMahon. : ALINE
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Benches: Fr. : BANCS
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A plus value. : ASSET
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Common suffixes. : SIONS
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Juan of Salvador. : SAN
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Actress Frances ___. : STARR
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Conical mountain: Spanish. : PICO
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___ Bator, Mongolian capital. : ULAN
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Daub. : SMEAR
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Dolts. : ASSES
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Headgear popular in Kansas. : SUNBONNET
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River in Irish Free State. : ERNE
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Bock. : BEER
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Moved through a central point. : FUNNELED
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Hat worn in Aleman's country. : SOMBRERO
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Serous sac in a joint. : BURSA
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Dreamy. : BEMUSED
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Blue lint-gatherers. : SERGES
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Where Gorgeous George shines. : MAT
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Terra ___. : COTTA
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Prevent. : AVERT
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Judicial area. : VENUE
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___ à manger. : SALLE
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More than a couple. : SOME
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Noun-forming suffix. : ENCE
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Exclamation of scoffing disbelief: Slang. : RATS
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Land of slumber. : NOD

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 17 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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