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New York Times, Wednesday, August 8, 1951

43-Down : Symbols in Greek myth.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 780
Across
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Strategist in Korea. : RIDGWAY
8
Price control expert of O. P. A. days. : BOWLES
14
Royal awaiter of peace treaty. : HIROHITO
15
They go out: Latin. : EXEUNT
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Navigated a plane. : AVIGATED
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Canal-street city. : VENICE
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Small horse used for courier service. : BIDET
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Russian hero. : LENIN
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Portuguese India. : GOA
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Dregs. : LEES
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Convicted criminal. : FELON
24
"Sugar and spice." : GIRL
25
Gold colors: Heraldry. : ORS
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Well-known comedian. : OLSEN
27
Sweet Afton flows among green ones. : BRAES
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Seaport on Puget Sound. : TACOMA
30
Interview again. : RESEE
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Austere. : SEVERE
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Man of learning. : SAVANT
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Hostile force. : ENEMY
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Natives of Crimea. : TATARS
41
Apprehensions. : FEARS
44
Fisherman's shack. : CABIN
46
A political party: Abbr. : REP
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Transported. : RAPT
48
Bird related to the canary. : SERIN
49
Title of respect, in India: Var. : SREE
50
Viper. : ASP
51
Farm buildings. : SHEDS
52
Musical stairway. : SCALE
53
Bluish gray Indian antelope. : NILGAI
55
Prompted. : ACTUATED
57
Cling to. : CLEAVE
58
Without tracks. : RAILLESS
59
Tidbit for the Walrus and the Carpenter. : OYSTER
60
Numberless hordes. : MYRIADS
Down
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French and Italian coasts on the Mediterranean. : RIVIERAS
2
Flash like the rainbow. : IRIDESCE
3
Magistrates of old Venice. : DOGES
4
A stairway on the Ganges. : GHAT
5
G. B. S. or Oscar Wilde. : WIT
6
Genus of spider monkeys. : ATELES
7
Hillbilly falsetto singer. : YODELER
8
Britain's late Foreign Secretary. : BEVIN
9
Farm animals. : OXEN
10
Small excrescence. : WEN
11
Louisa in Italy. : LUIGIA
12
Additional piece, as at a Stadium concert. : ENCORE
13
Purloins. : STEALS
14
___ Knight Browne, illustrator of Dickens novels. : HABLOT
20
Ninth day before the ides. : NONES
23
Very gun signal. : FLARE
24
Renowned. : GREAT
26
Prophetic signs. : OMENS
27
Britain's former Health Secretary. : BEVAN
29
Manifest. : OVERT
31
Wedding dress material. : SATIN
33
Master of ceremonies. : EMCEE
35
Told. : NARRATED
36
Descriptive of the tundra. : TREELESS
38
Pirate's gibbet. : YARDARM
40
Courses swiftly. : SPEEDS
41
He seeks a bid from the U. N. : FRANCO
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Without impediment. : EASILY
43
Symbols in Greek myth. : APPLES
45
Bay that borders France and Spain. : BISCAY
48
Less bold. : SHIER
49
World-famous opera house. : SCALA
51
Rescue. : SAVE
52
Greek mountain stronghold in Epirus. : SULI
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Gun: Slang. : GAT
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Shooting match: Fr. : TIR

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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