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New York Times, Friday, May 11, 1951

53-Across : Two-toed sloth.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 30.3
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 691
Across
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Acrostic designation of Eisenhower's command. : SHAPE
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High-hat individual. : SNOB
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Warm meal for cattle. : MASH
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Subject of "Follow the Sun." : HOGAN
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Where a queen rules. : HIVE
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Oppositionist. : ANTI
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Nautical call. : AVAST
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Native of Reykjavik. : ICELANDER
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Hopalong Cassidy, for instance. : WESTERNER
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Infant princess of Belgium. : MARIE
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Quod ___ faciendum. : ERAT
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Transmit again. : RESEND
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Steady date. : BEAU
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Famous financiers. : MORGANS
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Man: Comb. form. : ANDRO
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Passé. : OUTDATED
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One: Italian. : UNA
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Rookie. : TRAINEE
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800-mile river in China. : ILI
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Pentagon chief. : MARSHALL
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Disney's big-eared elephant. : DUMBO
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Portia's clever maid. : NERISSA
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Eire's President O'Kelly. : SEAN
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Miss Brown, who played "The Lady's Not for Burning." : PAMELA
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Two-toed sloth. : UNAU
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Tricksy spirit in "The Tempest." : ARIEL
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What soldiers call their officers. : ARMYBRASS
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Sine qua non for the wheels of industry. : PETROLEUM
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Dismay: Var. : APPAL
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Peel. : PARE
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Gaelic speech. : ERSE
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Silk-cotton tree from which kapok comes. : CEIBA
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Dixmude's river. : YSER
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Performer. : DOER
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Vegetable dish. : KRAUT
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Our envoy to El Salvador. : SHAW
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Lifted and threw. : HOVE
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Turkish generals. : AGAS
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One of Paul Muni's famous roles. : PASTEUR
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Journalize. : ENTER
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System of nature and ancestor worship. : SHINTO
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Coastal resort of France. : NICE
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Done. : OVER
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Barbara ___ Geddes. : BEL
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Jack Dempsey's Colorado birthplace. : MANASSA
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Mr. Kostelanetz. : ANDRE
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She wrote "Pigeons in the grass alas." : STEIN
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Chartered. : HIRED
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Put right. : AMENDED
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Strike with great force. : RAM
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Degree of speed. : RATE
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Creator of "The Wizard of Oz." : BAUM
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City in Sicily. : ENNA
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Jewish month. : ADAR
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Disturbs. : ROILS
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Browning Automatic. : GUN
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Iago poisoned his mind. : OTHELLO
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"An ever rolling stream." : TIME
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Place of exile. : ELBA
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Man's name. : DION
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___ avis. : RARA
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Pakistan's Liaquat ___ Khan. : ALI
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Gibing one. : SNEERER
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Unlawful seizor. : USURPER
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Time to make hay. : SUMMER
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Some. : ANY
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Al Capp's ___ Yokum. : PAPPY
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Districts. : AREAS
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Papal headdress. : MITRE
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Taken ___. : ABACK
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Of skycraft. : AERO
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Subterfuge. : RUSE
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Samoan seaport. : APIA
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The Elephant Boy. : SABU
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Horizontal lath. : SLAT
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Outran. : LED

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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