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New York Times, Friday, December 8, 1950

41-Down : Surrounded by a ditch.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 25, Avg Word Len: 5.71, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 102, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17, Grid flow: 40.8
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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 537
Across
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Short-tailed rodent, used for laboratory tests. : HAMSTER
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Scene seen through an aperture. : DIORAMA
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To call away: Lat. : AVOCARE
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Surround; encompass. : ENVIRON
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A section of the United Nations. : GENERALASSEMBLY
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Smiles. : GRINS
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Arabian Prince. : EMEER
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World-wide labor organization. : ILO
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Tardy. : LATE
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Manifest. : OVERT
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Daze; benumb. : STUN
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Freud wrote a book about it. : EGO
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Movie hero. : GRANT
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Not those. : THESE
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Tito is their leader. : SERBIANS
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Tricky card players. : SHARKS
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Talk excitedly. : RANT
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The Great Barrier of Australia, for instance. : REEF
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Experiencing. : HAVING
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Listens in sub rosa. : WIRETAPS
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Pindar was one. : ODIST
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Yankees' part-time outfielder. : MAPES
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Man's nickname. : MEL
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Symbol of feminine luxury. : MINK
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Philippine machetes. : BOLOS
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Dinner or supper in ancient Rome. : CENA
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Qualified. : APT
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Volcanic tuff. : TRASS
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___ and Mack, one-time vaudeville team. : MORAN
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Quotation adapted from Psalm 103, used as title. : GONEWITHTHEWIND
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Drug used in eyedrops. : ESERINE
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Perfume. : ESSENCE
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Tranquilized. : SERENED
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Lionel ___, Hollywood villain. : STANDER
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Disputes over terms. : HAGGLES
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Arithmetical mean. : AVERAGE
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Captain Ericsson's ironclad. : MONITOR
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Tantrum in public. : SCENE
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Seafarers. : TARS
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The Paleozoic ___. : ERA
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Germane. : RELEVANT
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Mojave or Gobi. : DESERT
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Small map within a large one. : INSET
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Once more. : OVER
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Part of a wheel. : RIM
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Third man in the ring. : ARBITER
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Clam, oyster or mussel. : MOLLUSK
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Belonging to no one in particular. : ANYONES
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Expressions of assent. : AMENS
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"Wild man of Borneo." : ORANG
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Flagpole. : SHAFT
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Stanky or Hartung. : GIANT
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Biblical pronouns. : THEES
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Lively. : BRISK
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Withers. : SERES
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Sharp retorts. : RIPOSTES
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Marks of respect. : HOMAGES
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Fatty. : ADIPOSE
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Ribbentrop's early profession. : VINTNER
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Teapot Dome prosecutor. : WALSH
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Blackfoot, for instance. : AMERIND
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Act of contrition. : PENANCE
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"Ordeal by ___"—Lattimore. : SLANDER
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Surrounded by a ditch. : MOATED
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Pickle. : BRINE
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Our Ambassador to the Philippines. : COWEN
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___ Cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul : TWIN
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Flat-topped hill. : MESA
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Until. : ERE
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Initials in the headlines. : HST

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 16 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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