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New York Times, Tuesday, August 7, 1951

13-Down : Repeats.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 26, Avg Word Len: 5.69, Missing: { B F H J Q X }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 96, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15
David Steinberg notes:

Original 12-Down clue had comma after "violinist"; removed it.

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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 779
Across
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French soldiers in Arab costumes. : ZOUAVES
8
Ship defeated by the Bon Homme Richard. : SERAPIS
15
Showing sincerity. : EARNEST
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Strive to equal. : EMULATE
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Famous forest in France. : ARGONNE
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Revoked. : RENEGED
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New Guinea port. : LAE
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Transferring property. : DEEDING
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Town in Indiana. : ARI
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Fairy tale characters. : OGRES
25
Supreme Court Justice since 1938. : REED
26
Central Vietnam. : ANAM
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College entrance examination. : TEST
28
Small sailboats. : CATS
29
Eaglestone. : ETITE
30
Detroit's river. : ROUGE
32
Former gold coins, of Germany. : KRONEN
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Approached. : NEARED
38
Strained. : TENSE
39
Carpet. : TAPIS
40
Roof covering. : TILE
41
Hindu peasant. : RYOT
45
Silkworm. : ERIA
46
Contributed. : GAVE
47
Hebrew vowel point. : TSERE
48
Arikara Indian. : REE
49
Miss Young of Hollywood. : LORETTA
51
Vanishing South American Indian. : ONA
52
Large city in China. : NANKING
54
Washington Indians. : YAKIMAS
56
Fugitive. : ESCAPEE
57
Ecclesiastic. : PRELATE
58
He plays Harvey's pal. : STEWART
59
Early Palestine ascetics. : ESSENES
Down
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Fanatical partisan. : ZEALOT
2
Rowing motion. : OARAGE
3
Insisters. : URGERS
4
Up: Comb. form. : ANO
5
Hawks. : VENDS
6
Former domestic slave. : ESNE
7
Certain ship accommodations. : STEERAGE
8
World ___. : SERIES
9
Rectify. : EMEND
10
Part of a wheel. : RUNG
11
Beverage. : ALE
12
Celebrated Italian violinist (1784-1840). : PAGANINI
13
Repeats. : ITERATES
14
Lees. : SEDIMENT
21
Member of the police department. : DETECTIVE
24
Ancient name of Tuscany. : ETRURIA
26
Expiators. : ATONERS
28
Ingredient of cheese. : CURD
29
God of love. : EROS
31
Native metals. : ORES
32
Cattle: Archaic. : KINE
33
Resident hospital physicians. : INTERNES
34
Turkey, Palestine, and neighbors. : NEAREAST
35
Wisdom. : SAPIENCE
36
Apparatus for news transmission. : TELETYPE
40
A goal to be reached. : TARGET
42
Petty officer in the Navy. : YEOMAN
43
Overdecorated. : ORNATE
44
Tantalizes. : TEASES
46
Something past recovery: Slang. : GONER
47
Captures. : TAKES
49
Fat, in medical parlance. : LIPA
50
Sailors. : TARS
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River that flooded in Kansas. : KAW
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___ de France. : ILE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 13 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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