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New York Times, Monday, October 23, 1950

55-Across : Subject of Congressional investigation.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16, Grid flow: 32.2
Jim Horne notes:

17-Across: Milton CROSS was famously known as the "Voice of the Met." He anchored the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts for 43 years, from their inception in 1931 until his death in 1975.

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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 491
Across
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Sir Benegal N. Rau's country. : INDIA
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Time of day. : DUSK
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Squalid part of a city. : SLUM
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The lights of Broadway. : NEONS
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One opposed. : ANTI
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___ sapiens. : HOMO
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Voice of the opera. : CROSS
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Man's nickname. : STAN
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Exchange premium. : AGIO
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Airport in the Azores. : HORTA
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Nationality of Cardinal Mindszenty. : HUNGARIAN
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Overhang. : IMPEND
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Narrow strips of land. : NECKS
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Nearly: Colloq. : MOST
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Noble objectives. : IDEALS
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Inspirit. : AROUSE
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Coupling pin. : DRAWBOLT
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Badges of Knighthood in Great Britain. : GARTERS
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Visionary. : DREAMER
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"The evil that men do lives after them. The good is oft ___ with their bones." : INTERRED
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Lament. : GRIEVE
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Scene of Hemingway's new novel. : VENICE
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Prohibitionists. : DRYS
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Stock Exchange: German. : BORSE
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City north of Naples. : AVERSA
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Short stories. : ANECDOTES
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Subject of Congressional investigation. : CRIME
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Palm thatch. : NIPA
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Uncle of Sir Lancelot. : BORS
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Rubber city. : AKRON
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Man's name. : JOEL
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Gaelic. : ERSE
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He loved Francesca. : PAOLO
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Exclusively. : ONLY
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French-Belgian river. : YSER
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Hirelings. : ESNES
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Big ___, cross-country oil line. : INCH
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Popular orchid-fancying detective. : NERO
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Exit. : DOOR
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National French society. : INSTITUTE
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Part of the Union of India. : ASSAM
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Ran violently. : DASHED
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Cacophonous. : UNTUNED
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Criterion. : STANDARD
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George VI. : KING
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Participate. : SHARE
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Sound reasoning. : LOGIC
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Eskimo boat. : UMIAK
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Mars has two. : MOONS
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R. S. V. P. : ANSWER
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South Dakota's capital. : PIERRE
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O'Henry's "The Gift of the ___." : MAGI
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N. African invasion port, 1942. : ORAN
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Classify. : SORT
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Greater. : LARGER
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Delivered: Tennis. : SERVED
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Sealskin boats of Alaskan Eskimos. : BAIDARKAS
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Tenth of an ephah. : OMER
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Impose, as taxes. : LEVY
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Very: French. : TRES
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One-third of these seek re-election. : SENATORS
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Of various kinds. : DIVERSE
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Rater of taxes. : CESSER
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Vote getter in the South. : BANJO
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Cousin of the leek. : ONION
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Drive back. : REPEL
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Laminate. : SCALY
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Shaft of a feather. : SCAPE
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The third vow. : OBEY
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Recent discovery in Venezuela. : IRON
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Breakwater. : MOLE
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Son of Seth. : ENOS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 14 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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