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New York Times, Thursday, September 21, 1950

59-Across : She was a lady.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15, Grid flow: 29.5
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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 459
Across
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Popular American actress (1884–1950). : COWL
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Military cap with visor and plume. : SHAKO
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Where the Quirinal Palace is. : ROME
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Central American tree. : EBOE
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Preserves with salt. : CORNS
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Former British Foreign Secretary. : EDEN
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Clubs for college girls. : SORORITIES
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Presidential perogative. : VETO
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Gov. Browning's state. : TENNESSEE
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Commissioner of the Park Development. : MOSES
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Vipers. : ASPS
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Newhouser of the Detroit Tigers. : HAL
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Tongue of a bell. : CLAPPER
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Subtract. : DEDUCT
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___ Hayworth. : RITA
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U. S. Army bombers. : LIBERATORS
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Very big: Archaic. : ENORM
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Viet ___, republic within French Indo-China. : NAM
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Imitator. : MIMIC
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Capital of New Zealand. : WELLINGTON
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Greek mountain chain. : OETA
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Hits the dirt. : SLIDES
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Poker chip. : COUNTER
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Total. : ADD
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Is not infallible. : ERRS
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Foe. : ENEMY
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Throughout one of the Forty-eight. : STATEWIDE
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"The ___ the merrier." : MORE
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Dixiecrat. : SOUTHERNER
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Persia. : IRAN
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She was a lady. : EADIE
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Peter ___, cartoonist. : ARNO
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Final. : LAST
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English victory in Hundred Years' War, 1346. : CRECY
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Containers for growing flowers. : POTS
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That is: French. : CEST
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Wood-wind instrument. : OBOE
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Impaired by use. : WORN
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Name meaning lion. : LEON
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Plates of metal with circular blanks after cutting for coinage. : SCISSEL
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City in Arkansas with mineral springs. : HOTSPRINGS
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Sign of the zodiac, the Ram. : ARIES
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Henrich's ailing joint. : KNEE
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Wild Bill Donovan's outfit. : OSS
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1948 event in Venezuela. : REVOLUTION
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Poems. : ODES
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Distribute; allot. : METE
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Mr. Slaughter of the Cards. : ENOS
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Harvest. : REAP
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"Call Me ___," forthcoming play about Mrs. Mesta. : MADAM
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Pronoun. : HER
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Contestant in a regatta. : CREW
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Actor's part. : LINES
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Ringlike coral island. : ATOLL
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British lawmakers. : PARLIAMENT
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How the U. S. has voted since '32. : DEMOCRATIC
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Halley's discovery. : COMET
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Hackneyed. : TRITE
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Musial's weapon. : BAT
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Blemish. : SCAR
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Annapolis man: Colloq. : MIDDY
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___ Sparks of the movies. : NED
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Cubs' outfielder. : NORTHEY
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Beneficiary: Law. : USEE
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Musical exercise. : ETUDE
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Man's name. : EMIL
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Ibsen heroine. : NORA
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Epochs. : ERAS
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Fly high. : SOAR
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Shawl, scarf, or mantle. : WRAP
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Perfume receptacle worn by Japanese. : INRO
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Depression in a fender. : DENT
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Greek god of love. : EROS
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Dry, as wine. : SEC

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 13 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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