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New York Times, Monday, July 30, 1951

27-Down : Describing a never-never land.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 771
Across
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Estuary between Argentina and Uruguay. : PLATA
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Israel's Ambassador in Washington. : EBAN
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In dice throwing, to make a wager against the caster. : FADE
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Symbols of New York, North Dakota and Iowa. : ROSES
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Medea sailed away on this ship. : ARGO
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Famous name at the Pentagon. : OMAR
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Longears. : ASSES
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Messrs. Koslo, Lopat, Roe. : SOUTHPAWS
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A certain vote. : YEA
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Where the Dionne Quintuplets live. : ONTARIO
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Zuider ___. : ZEE
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Lengthy discourse. : SCREED
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Material for a detective story. : CLUES
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Weekend guest. : VISITOR
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Legislative assembly in Tokyo. : DIET
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Sen. Johnston of South Carolina, and Rep. Teague of Texas. : OLINS
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Bon voyage celebration. : SENDOFF
35
Boreas, for instance. : WIND
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Point of an antler. : PRONG
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Fit of sullenness. : POUT
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Scrutatory. : ASEARCH
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Seaport once in Italy, now in Yugoslavia. : FIUME
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Former President of Chile. : RIOS
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Popular ballet star. : SHEARER
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Halloween disguises. : MASKS
48
Fixes in the mind. : LEARNS
49
Member of a college crew. : OAR
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Least burdensome. : EASIEST
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Beloved Dickens character. : TIM
55
Canada and New Zealand. : DOMINIONS
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Language spoke in Teheran. : IRANI
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___ Scott, Negro slave in a famous case. : DRED
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A long tale. : SAGA
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On a great scale. : LARGE
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Line of descent. : SIDE
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Suppose: Archaic. : TROW
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City north of Cologne. : ESSEN
Down
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Offer a devout petition. : PRAY
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Cease to have. : LOSE
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Princip, Zangara, Collazo. : ASSASSINS
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Starting point in certain games. : TEE
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Divides into lots. : ASSORTS
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Cleveland Indian player. : EASTER
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Plain or clear, as a hint. : BROAD
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Son of Jakeh, in the Bible. : AGUR
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Perceiving. : NOTICING
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Jack-a-dandy. : FOP
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Dumfound. : AMAZE
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Vice President under Coolidge. : DAWES
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Gaelic. : ERSE
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Sank a putt. : HOLED
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An up-to-date person. : NEO
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Ella of the comics. : CINDERS
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Describing a never-never land. : UTOPIAN
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Pledge of fidelity. : VOW
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Hip bones. : ILIA
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Squalid abode. : DEN
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Soothing command to a horse. : SOH
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On General Ridgway's shoulder. : FOURSTARS
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Be hot under the collar. : FUME
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Certain kind of writer. : PROSAIST
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Government service to prevent smuggling: Abbr. : RCS
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Tract of land: Abbr. : TER
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Re-elected Senator from Vermont. : AIKEN
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Abundantly productive. : FERTILE
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Playground delight. : SEESAW
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Holds for use. : HAS
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Native of New Zealand. : MAORI
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Set for battle. : ARMED
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Bobby soxer speech. : LINGO
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Race track specialties. : ODDS
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Reach the heights. : SOAR
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England's former Dean. : INGE
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Air. : MIEN
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Food fish. : IDE
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Title of an Abyssinian prince. : RAS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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