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New York Times, Thursday, September 14, 1950

10-Down : Radio joke.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15
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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 452
Across
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California's mighty new dam. : SHASTA
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Sleeveless Arab garment. : ABA
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Criminal crew. : GANG
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Late Supreme Court Justice ___ Stone. : HARLAN
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Russian satellite in the Balkans. : BULGARIA
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Hire. : ENGAGE
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Essential to completeness. : INTEGRAL
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Bitter substance. : ALUM
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Roofed open gallery. : LOGGIA
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Learned from the horse's mouth. : AGE
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Victory letter. : VEE
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Lawful. : LEGAL
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Genus of frogs. : RANA
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Eagle's nest. : EYRIE
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Original head of Un-American Activities Committee. : DIES
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Ugrian: Comb. form : UGRO
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Auto court. : MOTEL
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Raise. : UPREAR
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Israeli neighbor. : LEBANON
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Fur-lined robe. : PELISSE
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Pearls of wisdom. : ADAGES
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An unmusical instrument. : KAZOO
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Unsullied. : PURE
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Place of work. : SHOP
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Conspiracies. : PLOTS
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Fishes in Gloucester waters. : CODS
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Russian mountains. : URALS
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Church seat. : PEW
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Prohibit. : BAN
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Craving company. : LONELY
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Unadorned. : MERE
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Racer who stopped for the golden apples. : ATALANTA
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Bellowed. : ROARED
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Fathered. : BEGOTTEN
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Inborn. : INNATE
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Noted M. P. : EDEN
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___ bodkins! : ODS
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Burns perfume. : CENSES
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Make bundles of grain. : SHEAVE
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New York's Lieutenant Governor. : HANLEY
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Contender. : ARGUER
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Winning score at bridge. : SLAM
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Label. : TAG
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Give extreme unction to: Archaic. : ANELE
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Wife of our second president. : ABIGAIL
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Make a botch. : BUNGLE
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High: Comb. form. : ALTI
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Radio joke. : GAG
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Brings about. : ARRANGES
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Voluminous cataracts. : NIAGARAS
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High wind. : GALE
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Paraphernalia. : GEAR
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City in Utah. : OGDEN
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Sierra ___, British colony in W. Africa. : LEONE
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French President. : AURIOL
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Reflected. : IMAGED
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Shipping gateway of the Orient. : SUEZ
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Yielder of mineral. : ORE
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Pitch. : TOSS
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Falls with a dull sound into water. : PLOPS
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Fold of a garment. : LAP
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Trained to appreciate. : EDUCATED
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Modest peerage. : BARONAGE
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Proceeding from the Vatican. : PAPAL
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Dr. John M. Chang's people. : KOREANS
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In a fugitive role. : HUNTED
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Rudolf Bing's productions. : OPERAS
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Cylindrical. : TERETE
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King Gustav's subjects. : SWEDES
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Piece of wood. : SLAT
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Poem. : LYRIC
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"Sultan of Swat." : BABE
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Upon. : ONTO
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Nobel Prize winner in literature, 1929. : MANN
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Actor Chaney. : LON
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Indefinite pronoun. : ONE

Answer summary:
15 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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