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New York Times, Saturday, November 12, 1955

25-Down : Compeer of Sousa.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.60, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 39.6
Jim Horne notes:

50-Down: Why does "Historical bluebird" lead to NRA?

During the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the National Recovery Administration (NRA) in 1933. Its purpose was to stimulate economic recovery by eliminating cutthroat competition, setting fair practices, and establishing minimum wages and maximum hours.

To rally public support, businesses that complied with the NRA codes were given posters and stickers to prominently display in their shop windows.

The official emblem on those ubiquitous NRA posters was a striking, stylized blue bird holding a gear and lightning bolts. Formally, this symbol was known as the Blue Eagle, accompanied by the famous motto: "Member N.R.A. We Do Our Part." Because it was a giant, solid-blue bird plastered in store windows across the country, it was occasionally referred to colloquially in the era simply as "the big blue bird."

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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,328
Across
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German POW camp. : STALAG
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Darts: Colloq. : SCOOTS
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Hybrid garden flower. : TEAROSE
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Sojourns. : TARRIES
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Whittier's "saddest" of words. : ITMIGHTHAVEBEEN
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Small part of a lakh. : RUPEE
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Becomes dry. : SERES
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___ mater, part of the brain. : PIA
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Tarzan's friends. : APES
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Oscar or Emmy. : AWARD
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In the ___. : PINK
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June bug. : DOR
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In secret. : PRIVY
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Novelette. : CONTE
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Sanctify. : ENSHRINE
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John Dos ___. : PASSOS
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Looked at. : EYED
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Adriatic seaport. : BARI
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Fuel for the R. A. F. : PETROL
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Apple ___. : FRITTERS
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Abdul was one. : AMEER
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Hair. : CRINE
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Seine. : NET
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Bifocal. : LENS
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Unisonous music. : CHANT
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Burn to a crisp. : CHAR
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Southern constellation. : ARA
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Thwack. : WHANG
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Laminated rock. : SHALE
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Part of a book. : TABLEOFCONTENTS
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Ovoid. : ELLIPSE
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Plaster murals. : FRESCOS
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Nicked. : DENTED
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More pinguid. : FATTER
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Attack. : SETUPON
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Meddles. : TAMPERS
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Heavenly Ram. : ARIES
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Box. : LOGE
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Bat wood. : ASH
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Hears rumors (with "of"). : GETSWIND
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Bespangled. : STARRY
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Collapsed (with "in"). : CAVED
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Tinstone and stibnite. : ORES
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Globe. : ORB
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Gentlemen's accessories. : TIEPINS
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Investigate. : SEEINTO
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Philippic. : TIRADE
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Garter and moccasin. : SNAKES
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Throw. : HEAVE
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Character in "The Tempest." : ARIEL
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Fix firmly. : POSIT
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Compeer of Sousa. : PRYOR
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Menu. : CARTE
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"___ a how-de-do!" : HERES
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Make-up. : PAINT
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Carry to a successful end. : BRINGOFF
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Taste. : PALATE
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Variety of beryl. : EMERALD
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Defensible. : TENABLE
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Money for Faure. : FRANC
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Magnify. : ENHANCE
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Land dealer. : REALTOR
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Ictus. : STRESS
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Fretted. : CHAFED
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Preferred. : CHOSE
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Treasure box. : CHEST
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Indulged in lachrymation. : WEPT
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Printer's term. : STET
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Author Yutang. : LIN
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Historical bluebird. : NRA

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