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New York Times, Wednesday, November 8, 1950

45-Down : The season of gathering.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.75, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17, Grid flow: 23.7
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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 507
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Fall's ground covering. : LEAVES
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Graceful trees. : ELMS
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Meadow. : LEA
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The year's third stage. : AUTUMN
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Herman Hickman's concern. : FOOTBALL
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Verbally. : ORALLY
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Belief in inevitability. : FATALISM
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Nidatory. : NESTY
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Fall color. : RED
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Where General Walker commands. : KOREA
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I. L. G. W. U., for instance. : UNION
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Vast expanse. : SEA
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Falsifier. : LIAR
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Actress Harrigan. : NEDDA
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Exam. : TEST
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Oust. : UNSEAT
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City in Kansas. : IOLA
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"Seoul City ___." : SUE
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Dupe. : CATSPAW
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Symbol of fall. : PUMPKIN
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Compass point. : ENE
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All correct. : OKEH
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Cylindrical and tapering. : TERETE
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Describing fall foliage. : SERE
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Growing out. : ENATE
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Formerly. : ERST
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Third word of "America." : TIS
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Norma Mathews does this superlatively. : RIDES
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Ace southpaw of the Braves. : SPAHN
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Famous appletaster. : EVE
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Theatrical man of the Gay Nineties. : NIBLO
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Water the fields. : IRRIGATE
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___ summer. : INDIAN
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Fall apparel for men. : TOPCOATS
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Pertaining to food. : DIETIC
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Saratoga, for instance. : SPA
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Weight allowance. : TRET
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Early Hebrew. : ESSENE
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French city. : LAON
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River near Paris. : EURE
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Malay natives. : ATAS
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Birds of prey. : VULTURES
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Actor-playwright ___ Williams. : EMLYN
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Curved planking at bow or stern of a ship. : SNY
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Sir, in Turkey. : EFFENDI
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Weigh down. : LOAD
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Witty saying. : MOT
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Tethering post. : STAKE
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Den. : LAIR
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Otherwise. : ELSE
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Mme. Gluck. : ALMA
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Inflate. : BLOAT
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Ace southpaw of Dodgers. : ROE
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Things sucked in. : INTAKES
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Greeted an officer. : SALUTED
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Henry R. and Clare Boothe. : LUCES
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Idiotic. : INANE
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Fall flower. : ASTER
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Diamond cutter's cup. : DOP
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Gravelly drift. : ESKER
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Feminine apparel for fall. : SUITS
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Principle. : TENET
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G. I.'s mail address. : APO
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Soul: Fr. : AME
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Runic "W." : WEN
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What Barkley does in the Seante. : PRESIDES
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The season of gathering. : HARVEST
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Character of a people. : ETHIC
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Match. : TIE
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Pig of metal. : INGOT
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Outfield star of the Phillies. : ENNIS
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Convenes. : SITS
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Stage accouterment. : PROP
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Harp: Italian. : ARPA
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Diminutive suffix. : ETTE
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Morsel. : BITE
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Reclined. : LAIN
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First word of fairy tales. : ONCE
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Swiss river. : AAR
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European food fish. : IDE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 15 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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