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New York Times, Tuesday, May 8, 1951

26-Down : City on the Loire.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F Q U Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 9.2
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 688
Across
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Not only, but. : ALSO
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Subject of MacArthur-Dulles airborne conversation. : JAPAN
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Good seasoning for stuffing. : SAGE
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Companion of call. : BECK
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Precious violin. : AMATI
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Genus of olive trees. : OLEA
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Louisiana's Governor Long. : EARL
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Mecca of summerstock players. : NEWENGLAND
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Spots along the Rialto. : THEATERS
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Cleans a blackboard. : ERASES
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Exclamation of surprise. : WHAT
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Commotion. : STIR
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Clerical title. : ABBOT
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Proceeds at an easy gait. : LOPES
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Short for Cecilia. : SIS
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Humpless cousin of the camel. : LLAMA
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Girl's nickname. : EDIE
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Breed of dogs. : CHOW
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Wisconsin site of Junior Ski Jumping Contests. : IOLA
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Uncompromising. : STERN
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Lloyd's symbol for first-class. : AONE
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Oven for baking bricks. : KILN
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Feminine suffix. : ETTE
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Clear of the bottom, as an anchor. : ATRIP
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English letter. : ESS
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Bestow good upon. : BLESS
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Flimflam. : CHEAT
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Wild animal. : BOAR
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Command to a dog. : HEEL
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Memorizes. : LEARNS
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Misers. : HOARDERS
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Additional telephones. : EXTENSIONS
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Martha of the movies. : RAYE
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Winged Victory, now in the Louvre. : NIKE
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Small body of land. : ISLET
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Name of three rivers in England. : AVON
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Radio's Mr. Lomax. : STAN
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Corundum. : EMERY
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Lithuanian. : LETT
Down
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Encourage. : ABET
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Girl's name meaning weary. : LEAH
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Crackpots. : SCREWBALLS
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Native of Ponca City. : OKLAHOMAN
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Miss Gaynor. : JANET
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No. or So. ___. : AMER
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They're the cat's. : PAWS
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Devoured. : ATE
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A roundhouse and four jacks: Pinochle. : NINETEEN
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Kind of eclipse. : SOLAR
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Sigh for Yorick. : ALAS
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Hollywood's Miss Tierney. : GENE
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Mississippi bridge at St. Louis. : EADS
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___ Nez, jump-off for English Channel swimmers. : GRIS
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Bye-bye. : TATA
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Feature of Brooklyn's skyline. : SPIRES
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Similar. : ALIKE
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City on the Loire. : BLOIS
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Collegiate award. : LETTER
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He wrote "Waiting for Lefty." : ODETS
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Sailor's prime objective. : SHORELEAVE
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Town on Grand River, Michigan. : IONIA
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Brushed. : SWEPT
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St. Patrick's or St. John's. : CATHEDRAL
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Ruler of Ethiopia. : SELASSIE
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The maples. : ACER
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West German seat of government. : BONN
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Ohio's Congressman from Dayton. : BREEN
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Kind of pudding. : HASTY
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Monocle. : LENS
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Theatre sign. : EXIT
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One of the Andreanof islands, in the Aleutians. : ATKA
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Burrow. : HOLE
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A stander-outer. : ONER
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In India, a peasant. : RYOT
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Transmitted. : SENT
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Doctrine. : ISM

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1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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