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New York Times, Tuesday, December 19, 1950

46-Across : Part of a flower.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 18, Grid flow: 14.1
Jim Horne notes:

58-Across: While modern sources often use Igneri, the spelling Ineri (reflecting the Spanish Iñeri) was a common variant in mid-century academic texts and crossword-ready word lists.

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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 548
Across
1
Bistros. : CAFES
6
Chapeaux. : HATS
10
He wrote "The Lady's Not for Burning." : FRY
13
Glorify. : EXALT
14
Pass over. : OMIT
15
Clamorous. : LOUD
17
Foxier. : SLIER
18
Fertile Alaskan valley, settled in 1930's. : MATANUSKA
20
Bard of the Yukon. : SERVICE
22
Florid speech. : ORATION
23
"The ___ Wife," Raimu film. : BAKERS
25
Dr. Renner's capital. : VIENNA
26
Alaska may become one of them. : STATES
28
Mr. Schram and Mr. Ludwig. : EMILS
30
Sea eagles. : ERNES
31
They draw Lohengrin's boat. : SWANS
32
Wheat: French. : BLE
35
Northern sea birds. : AUKS
36
1 1/3 ounce in China. : LIANG
37
Science which treats of the earth: Abbr. : GEOL
38
Man's nickname. : LES
39
Margaret's father. : HARRY
40
Regular and imposing arrangement. : ARRAY
41
Sharpened. : HONED
42
Priests of ancient Britain. : DRUIDS
43
Unctuously. : OILILY
46
Part of a flower. : STAMEN
48
Town near Juneau; see 3 Down. : DOUGLAS
50
Retaliates. : AVENGES
53
Important army post and airport in Alaska. : ANCHORAGE
55
Hebrew April. : NISAN
56
Take pleasure in. : LIKE
57
Pull slowly along. : DRAG
58
Caribbean Indian. : INERI
59
Seaport in Scotland. : AYR
60
Elephant Boy of the movies. : SABU
61
Breathless. : AGASP
Down
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"Bad ___ to him." : CESS
2
Important part of a car. : AXLE
3
Terminus of Alaska Highway. : FAIRBANKS
4
Raises. : ELEVATES
5
They were made in the Yukon. : STRIKES
6
Nonstop circuit. : HOMER
7
Medical group. : AMA
8
Head man in Yugoslavia. : TITO
9
Suffering from hunger. : STARVING
10
Wind instruments. : FLUTES
11
Varnish ingredient. : ROSIN
12
Alaska's chief river. : YUKON
16
Lawyer who wrote "Two Years Before the Mast." : DANA
19
Claws. : NAILS
21
These: Fr. : CES
24
Alaska was called "___ Folly." : SEWARDS
26
Denizen of Alaskan waters. : SEAL
27
Faithful. : TRUE
29
Myriad. : MANY
31
Father: Poetic. : SIRE
32
Waters west of Alaska. : BERINGSEA
33
Cargo. : LOAD
34
Whose Bridge has been well known since 1929? : ELYS
36
Nautical ropes. : LANYARDS
37
Governor of Alaska. : GRUENING
39
Cry to incite dogs to the chase. : HOLLO
40
One of the Soviet republics. : ARMENIA
41
Loftier. : HIGHER
42
Man's name: Abbr. : DAV
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Heritable land, in early Norse law. : ODAL
44
Part of ancient Greece. : IONIA
45
Luciano's nickname. : LUCKY
47
City in South Korea. : TAEGU
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FDR's mother. : SARA
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Dumbo's were huge. : EARS
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A little cut. : SNIP
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Prate. : GAB

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 16 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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