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New York Times, Friday, August 17, 1951

35-Down : Shaped like an ice cream holder.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { B F Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15
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H
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 789
Across
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Sound of merriment. : HAHA
5
Collapsed (with "in"). : CAVED
10
Draftee's destination. : CAMP
14
Character in "The Good Earth." : OLAN
15
Where Androcles and the lion met. : ARENA
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Subject of a long debate in Congress. : OLEO
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Director of United States Psychological Strategy Board. : GORDONGRAY
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Hindu fire god. : AGNI
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River flowing into the Bristol Channel. : SEVERN
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Hard or bony, as tissue. : SCLEROUS
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Malicious burning. : ARSON
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Cravats. : TIES
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Private. : PERSONAL
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Where United States aid stopped Communist aggression. : GREECE
33
Standish's deputy. : ALDEN
34
Capital of unoccupied France, 1940-42. : VICHY
36
___ Angeles. : LOS
37
Draw. : LIMN
38
Old French dance. : GAVOT
39
Sooty matter. : SMUT
40
Greek letter. : ETA
41
Mrs. Charles MacArthur. : HELEN
42
Inscribed pillar of stone. : STELE
43
Becomes aware of. : SENSES
45
Author of "Captain January." : RICHARDS
47
Small islands. : AITS
49
Green vegetable. : CHARD
50
South Africa's late great statesman. : JANSMUTS
54
Substance that neutralizes acid. : ALKALI
57
Where the Great American Desert lies. : UTAH
58
Premier of France. : RENEPLEVEN
60
Official written diplomatic communication. : NOTE
61
Escape by trickery. : EVADE
62
Kitchen utensil. : SINK
63
An epic. : EPOS
64
Drive back. : REPEL
65
African flies: Colloq. : TSES
Down
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Needed for the nation's meat markets. : HOGS
2
Liliaceous plant. : ALOE
3
One of 11,175 under Dr. Conant. : HARVARDMAN
4
The fairy tale teller. : ANDERSEN
5
He was known as "Uncle Joe" (1836-1926). : CANNON
6
Evita's country: Abbr. : ARG
7
Line of poetry: French. : VERS
8
Decree. : ENACT
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The D in DST. : DAYLIGHT
10
Not refined. : COARSE
11
Pain: Comb. form. : ALGO
12
Part of a cook book. : MENU
13
Petits ___, French green peas. : POIS
18
Actor Welles. : ORSON
22
Uncanny. : EERY
24
The N in U. S. N. A. : NAVAL
26
Fence pickets. : PALES
27
The cream. : ELITE
28
Menu item. : LIVER
30
Award-winning radio news commentator. : ELMERDAVIS
31
Had the ability to. : COULD
32
Park in Colorado. : ESTES
35
Shaped like an ice cream holder. : CONIC
38
He talks with his hands. : GESTURER
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Most barren and grim. : STARKEST
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Home: German. : HEIM
42
Verb indicating futurity. : SHALL
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Parts of windows. : SASHES
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___ Hill, where 17 Across is college president. : CHAPEL
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Mr. Canyon of the comics. : STEVE
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Miss Havoc of Hollywood. : JUNE
51
Where the TV antenna is on the Empire State Building. : ATOP
52
Atlantic Pact organization. : NATO
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Picture: Colloq. : SNAP
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Unaspirated. : LENE
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Printers use them. : INKS
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British Cabinet member. : EDE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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