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New York Times, Thursday, November 22, 1951

14-Across : Famous Italian physicist, in U. S. since 1939.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { B J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 2, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12, Grid flow: 105.8
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 886
Across
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Trophy won by 12 and 43 Down. : OSCAR
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Deity. : GOD
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"The Last of the Mohicans." : UNCAS
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Famous Italian physicist, in U. S. since 1939. : FERMI
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Water, in Paris. : EAU
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Where Hercules slew the Hydra. : LERNA
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Good motto for Thanksgiving. : FREEDOMFROMWANT
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Discerner. : SEER
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Part of a cap. : VISOR
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Bird's piping sound. : TWEE
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Curtain material. : IRON
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Muse of History. : CLIO
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National League umpire whose decision on Campanella caused a "rhubarb." : DASCOLI
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Drama by Victor Hugo. : HERNANI
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City in Texas. : ELPASO
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Sold to the consumer. : RETAILED
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Wild grape vine. : LIANE
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Pronoun. : HER
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Seaport in Brazil. : NATAL
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Held in bondage. : ENSLAVED
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End of the show. : FINALE
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Greek goddess of fruits and crops. : DEMETER
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More flavorsome. : TASTIER
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Beginning of an idea. : GERM
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Miss Roman of the movies. : RUTH
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Double assent, in Havana or Madrid. : SISI
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Divide. : SEVER
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Girl's name. : ESTA
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Ability to move from place to place. : LOCOMOTIVEPOWER
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Pineapple. : ANANA
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Daughter of Cadmus. : INO
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To speak: Latin. : ORARE
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One of the Dogpatch characters. : PANSY
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One form of 55 Across. : CAR
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"Come, ye thankful people, come," and others. : HYMNS
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States of being not so good as usual. : OFFS
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Withered. : SERE
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Algonquian. : CREE
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The ___ 1951 convention was held in Miami. : AMERICANLEGIONS
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Disembarass. : RID
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The Heavenly Twins. : GEMINI
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Blockheads. : OAFS
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From last to first in six months. : DUROCHER
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German port on the Danube. : ULM
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Former hypothesis concerning the emission of light. : NEWTONIANTHEORY
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Bird's crop. : CRAW
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Miss Baxter of the movies. : ANNE
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Satisfy to the full. : SATE
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Rounded convex molding. : OVOLO
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Narrow architectural border. : ORLET
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Optimistic. : ROSEATE
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Authority on things Persian. : IRANIST
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Cancelled. : DELED
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Miss MacMahon of the movies. : ALINE
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Brief spell of activity. : SPASM
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Mountain range between Mongolia and China. : ALTAI
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Well-known name in football. : NEALE
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Sloth. : IDLER
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Shreveport's river. : RED
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Made airtight by fusion. : HERMETIC
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Left-hand page. : VERSO
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President of France, 1895–99. : FAURE
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Claire of the movies. : TREVOR
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Kind of stick. : SLAP
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One of the Hebrides. : IONA
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Scrutinize. : SCAN
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Miss Delmar, author of "The Marcaboth Women." : VINA
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Did the trudgen. : SWAM
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Cousin of the seagull. : TERN
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Son of Zeus and Hera. : ARES
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Wine, flower, day, etc. : MAY
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Bah! : POH

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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