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New York Times, Saturday, December 9, 1950

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 538
Across
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Long-necked pear. : BOSC
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___ pigeon. : STOOL
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Lake, in Scotland. : LOCH
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But: German. : ABER
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Thomas Mann's daughter. : ERIKA
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Earthen jar. : OLLA
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Cause of chaos in the entertainment world. : COLORTELEVISION
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Mercenaries of the American Revolution. : HESSIANS
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Revises the law. : AMENDS
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Snicker ___. : SNEE
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What a pity! : ALAS
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Imperfections. : FLAWS
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Secretary of the Air Force Finletter. : TOM
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Edmund ___, late English poet, friend of R. L. S. : GOSSE
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Makes over. : REDOES
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Vibrate audibly. : RESONATE
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More than. : OVER
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Creator of "Pal Joey." : OHARA
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Of a period. : ERAL
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Part of a plant nursery. : SEEDPLOT
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Available for purchase. : ONSALE
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Musical beats. : TEMPI
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Miss Lillie. : BEA
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"This ___ Eden." : OTHER
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Biblical preposition. : UNTO
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Government. : RULE
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TV singing star, now with Met. : PIAZZA
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Made rush. : SCRAMBLE
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Production at the Globe, circa 1600: 2 wds. : ELIZABETHANPLAY
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AL's star third baseman. : KELL
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Be of use. : AVAIL
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Freedom from concern. : EASE
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To be: Latin. : ESSE
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Madison Square Garden baskets. : CAGES
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Boring routines. : RUTS
Down
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His four sons were composers, too. : BACH
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Philharmonic instrument. : OBOE
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Salts: Fr. : SELS
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Russia's new propaganda medium. : CROSSWORDPUZZLE
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Bristles. : SETAE
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The Sinatra of France. : TRENET
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Painting medium. : OILS
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All right: Slang. : OKE
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Premier of Vichy, France, 1942-44. : LAVAL
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Gets angry: 3 wds. : LOSESONESTEMPER
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Music critic ___ Downes. : OLIN
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Bumpkin. : CLOD
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One of the Katzenjammers. : HANS
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Post-shampoo inundation. : RINSE
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Adult insect. : IMAGO
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Bitters: Fr. : AMER
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New England poet. : FROST
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Landing place on the Mississippi. : LEVEE
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Revoke a legacy. : ADEEM
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Make a speech. : ORATE
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Tennis-playing Mrs. Cooke. : SARAH
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Hackneyed. : STALE
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Lamprey catcher. : EELER
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Man's nickname. : SOL
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___ Paolo. : SAO
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Professional tramp. : HOBO
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Star of opera, stage and movies. : PINZA
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The man without a country. : NOLAN
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He works at Duffy's Tavern. : ARCHIE
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Tobacco: Fr. : TABAC
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They form a wall for Siberia. : URALS
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Lap dog. : PEKE
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Islands: Fr. : ILES
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Troubles. : AILS
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Man without a date. : STAG
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Blue: German. : BLAU
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Ultimate. : LAST
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Cantor's dominating feature. : EYES
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Sra. Peron. : EVA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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