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New York Times, Tuesday, August 14, 1951

34-Down : Native of the world's highest country.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.57, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 786
Across
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Top tennis pro. : KRAMER
7
Express in words. : PHRASE
13
Convention city for 1952. : CHICAGO
14
Improving on nature. : ROUGING
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A return to the first theme: Music. : REPRISE
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Heighten. : ENHANCE
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Revoke, as a legacy. : ADEEM
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Less used. : NEWER
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Food container in U. S. : CAN
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Food containers in Britain. : TINS
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Rose oil : ATTAR
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Dry run. : TEST
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First lady. : EVE
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Epithet for Clemenceau. : TIGER
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Thick soup. : PUREE
28
Savior. : REDEEMER
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People in doctors' offices. : AILERS
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Italy's mountain backbone. : APENNINES
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Machine part. : STATOR
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Amphibious landing tanks. : AMTRACKS
40
Stopwatch. : TIMER
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Fielder's delights. : FLIES
42
Plane flight. : HOP
43
Israel's Ambassador in Washington. : EBAN
44
Becomes choked with sand. : SILTS
45
Max or Buddy. : BAER
46
The profession of writing. : PEN
47
Ex-Italian colony in North Africa. : LIBYA
48
Wilkes-___, Pa. : BARRE
49
Turn to profitable account. : UTILIZE
51
Geological area. : TERRANE
53
Ceylon coastal vessel. : PATAMAR
54
Edited. : EMENDED
55
Specifiers. : NAMERS
56
More impenetrable. : DENSER
Down
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Title of Turkish viceroy of Egypt, 1867-1914. : KHEDIVE
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Came to maturity. : RIPENED
3
Lands. : ACRES
4
Make essentially defective. : MAIM
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Egyptians: Abbr. : EGS
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Discoverer of X-rays, 1895. : ROENTGEN
7
Before hostilities. : PREWAR
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Blade sharpener. : HONER
9
German mining region. : RUHR
10
Aly Khan's father. : AGA
11
From the heart. : SINCERE
12
Encloser in a box. : ENCASER
13
Phenomenon of Mauna Loa, Cotopaxi, Rainier. : CRATER
15
Roman clans. : GENTES
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Forever. : ETERNALLY
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To love: French. : AIMER
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Oklahoma oil city. : TULSA
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Lukewarmness. : TEPOR
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Landing slips. : PIERS
29
Finished, as a meal. : EATEN
30
Ponies up. : ANTES
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Flattered sincerely. : IMITATED
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Increase, as production: 2 wds. : STEPUP
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Native of the world's highest country. : TIBETAN
35
Poisonous mushroom. : AMANITA
37
Puzzle in pantomime. : CHARADE
38
Austria's new president. : KOERNER
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Painted the town red. : SPREED
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Cottons, wools, synthetics. : FIBERS
44
Cambridge student who gets free meals. : SIZAR
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Where mows and cribs are. : BARNS
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Citrus fruit. : LIME
48
British machine gun. : BREN
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Fugitive's flight: Slang. : LAM
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Uncle: Dial. : EME

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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