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New York Times, Friday, November 30, 1951

37-Down : Joiner.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 2, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 894
Across
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Falcon. : HAWK
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Our Minister to Hungary. : DAVIS
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Mossadegh reports to him. : SHAH
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A wood wind. : OBOE
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Girl's name. : ERICA
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India rubber. : PARA
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A guest of Canada. : DUKEOFEDINBURGH
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Shaped like a star. : STELLATE
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Sinew. : TENDON
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Describing an out-of-date box. : ICE
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Three-masted vessel. : BARK
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Come. : ARRIVE
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Sound of the wind. : MOAN
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Political group. : ADA
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Pronoun. : THOSE
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Person used as the tool of another. : PAWN
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Count, in Germany, Austria and Sweden. : GRAF
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He greeted 17 Across. : LOUISSSTLAURENT
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Persistent pests. : ANTS
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Strikes gently. : PATS
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What Princess Anne is to Princess Margaret. : NIECE
41
Apprehend. : SEE
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Ridge in the weave of cloth. : WALE
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Any dictator. : HITLER
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Injury. : HARM
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Road hazard. : RUT
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Land. : DEBARK
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Tedious or vexatious. : TIRESOME
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Head of the new Mutual Security Agency. : AVERELLHARRIMAN
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Member of the Ananias club. : LIAR
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Juan's lady. : EVITA
58
Baltic native. : LETT
59
Describing some New England towns. : ELMY
60
Singer Shore. : DINAH
61
Joint. : KNEE
Down
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Coal scuttles. : HODS
2
Be adjacent to. : ABUT
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Roused from lethargy. : WOKE
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A ship. : KEEL
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Disfigure. : DEFACE
6
Mexican horse, winner of five events at the National Horse Show. : ARETE
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See: Latin. : VIDE
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Here: French. : ICI
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City in S. W. California. : SANTAANA
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Plucky spirit: Colloq. : SPUNK
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Unyielding. : HARD
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Jason's ship. : ARGO
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Emily, who writes stories about China. : HAHN
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A source of oil. : OLIVES
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City on the Aar. : BERN
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Where football games are played. : BOWLS
24
Mountain range in N. W. Africa. : ATLAS
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It flows from the Alps to the Mediterranean. : RHONE
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The R. F. D. man rides one. : ROUTE
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Egyptian goddess, represented with horns. : ISIS
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Dull finish. : MATTE
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Swaying. : AREEL
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Hop. : DANCE
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Subsequently. : AFTER
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A song of Asaph. : PSALM
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Pluck. : GRIT
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Effervesced. : SPARKLED
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Joiner. : UNITER
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Articles of merchandise. : WARE
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Shout of exultation. : HURRAH
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Host to 17 Across. : HARRY
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Lariat. : RIATA
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Mr. Carnegie. : DALE
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Corrupt. : EVIL
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Guide in instrument landing. : BEAM
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Unsubstantial. : THIN
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Parachute material. : SILK
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Prophetic sign. : OMEN
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South American tea. : MATE
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Grafted, in heraldic phrases. : ENTE
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Fifty-six. : LVI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 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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