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New York Times, Wednesday, December 19, 1951

34-Down : Week-ending without a pass.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14, Grid flow: 37.3
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 913
Across
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Place for a horseshoe. : HOOF
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Bull: Comb. form. : TAUR
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Throe. : PANG
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Edison's middle name. : ALVA
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Settled opinion. : DOGMA
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Famous mosque of Jerusalem. : OMAR
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Faithful: Poetic. : LEAL
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Giraffe-like animal, discovered in 1900. : OKAPI
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Mongolian priest. : LAMA
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An easy victim: Slang. : FALLGUY
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Strung a fishhook. : SNELLED
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Jive. : BEBOP
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Beat. : FLOG
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Roving adventurously. : ERRANT
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Rossini, Puccini, Bellini. : ITALIANS
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Sister's daughter. : NIECE
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Indian romance by Chateaubriand. : ATALA
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Mr. Torme. : MEL
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Palaver. : TALK
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Solemnly impressive. : AWFUL
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She's in the Navy. : WAVE
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Lunched. : ATE
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Oxen of the Celebes. : ANOAS
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Honored for heroic duty. : CITED
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Sudden inheritance. : LANDFALL
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Chair menders. : CANERS
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Pastry. : TART
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Decoyed. : LURED
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Auguste's Piccard's vehicle. : BALLOON
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Poetic dusk. : SUNFALL
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City in the Black Earth area. : OREL
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Plant of forgetfulness. : LOTUS
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Succulent plant. : ALOE
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Songstress Kirk. : LISA
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Grenoble's river. : ISERE
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Blum or Henderson. : LEON
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Telegraphnoye Agentsvo SovyetskovoSoyuza. : TASS
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Ethereal: Poet. : AERY
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For fear that. : LEST
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Part of a football game. : HALF
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Olive genus. : OLEA
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Room in the White House. : OVAL
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Give way. : FALLBACK
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Ridgway's headquarters. : TOKYO
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Aly's father. : AGA
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Donatelli, Barlick and Goetz. : UMPS
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It's measured by a pluviometer. : RAINFALL
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Hoi ___. : POLLOI
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Coalesce. : AMALGAMATE
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Appoint. : NAME
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Alumnus. : GRAD
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"Of that there is no shadow of ___." : DOUBT
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Tierney or Autry. : GENE
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Girl's name. : ELLA
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Danger for the unwary. : PITFALL
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Inner: Anat. : ENTAL
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Gaucho's rope. : RIATA
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Unceasing. : RELENTLESS
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St. Antony's crosses. : TAUS
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In a month of five Sundays. : NEVER
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Pungs. : SLEDS
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Week-ending without a pass. : AWOL
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Asia Minor. : ANATOLIA
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Unexpected piece of good fortune. : WINDFALL
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Denoting the Dark Continent. : AFRO
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City on the Orne River. : CAEN
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Home of S. M. U.'s Mustangs. : DALLAS
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Honey pot. : CRUSE
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Exorbitant money-lending. : USURY
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Refuse to support one's party. : BOLT
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"Mimi's Farewell," for instance. : ARIA
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Cyrano's prominence. : NOSE
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Opposite of aweather. : ALEE
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Town in northern France. : LOOS
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It begins Feb. 27, 1952. : LENT
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Political status of Hawaii: Abbr. : TER

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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