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Robert Hegler
Robert Hegler

New York Times, Saturday, January 13, 1951

Author:
Robert Hegler
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 28, Avg Word Len: 5.63, Missing: { J Q U X }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 96, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16, Grid flow: 44.1
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 573
Across
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Italian statesman, anti-Fascist leader. : SFORZA
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Cincinnati heavyweight. : CHARLES
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Rear of an army. : ARRIERE
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Bone of the wrist. : RADIALE
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Slowpoke. : LAGGARD
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Methuselah. : OLDSTER
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Rita's father-in-law. : AGA
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Not clergymen. : LAICS
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The hairs of a caterpillar. : SETAE
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Bluish-white metal. : ZINC
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Noting the side, as of a hill, that receives the thrust of a glacier. : STOSS
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___ Fein. : SINN
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On tiptoe. : ALERT
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Clips with scissors. : SNIPS
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College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. : COE
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Rescue from captivity. : REDEEM
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Smothered giggles. : SNICKERS
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Propaganda technique used by Fascists and Communists: 3 words. : THEBIGLIE
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Heeled over. : CAREENED
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Founder of the Jesuit order. : LOYOLA
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Malt beverage. : ALE
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Senator Johnson of Colorado. : EDWIN
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Its capital is Katmandu. : NEPAL
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Father. : PAPA
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Headaches in trigonometry. : SINES
54
Withered. : SERE
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World's leading butter-manufacturing city. : OMAHA
57
Hero of U. S. S. R. : LENIN
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Leader of the flock. : RAM
60
Put trust in. : REPOSED
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Tuscaloosa's Crimson Tide. : ALABAMA
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Barbershop sweetheart. : ADELINE
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Wartime admonition to housewives: 2 wds. : SAVETIN
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John ___, sports columnist and war correspondent. : LARDNER
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Medium-sized sofas: Var. : SETEES
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Virtual dictator of Portugal. : SALAZAR
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Easily broken. : FRAGILE
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Played at the console. : ORGANED
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Outfit. : RIG
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Fervency. : ZEAL
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Capital of Pas-de-Calais. : ARRAS
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Ocean voyage. : CROSSING
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Newhouser of the Tigers. : HAL
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Subjoins. : ADDS
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Ascends. : RISES
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Framework of crossing slats. : LATTICE
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Name probably a form of Helen. : ELEANOR
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Makes calm. : SERENES
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Blue-pencils copy. : EDITS
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Sports writer and author of "The Babe Ruth Story." : CONSIDINE
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Its capital is Canea. : CRETE
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Ski jumper's misfortune. : SPILL
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Tittering laugh. : TEHEE
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Descendant. : SCION
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Patches up. : MENDS
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Evelyn ___ of the movies. : KEYES
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Perplex. : BEWILDER
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Coarse kind of tobacco. : CAPORAL
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City near San Francisco. : ALAMEDA
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Cover the walls again. : REPAPER
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Manage a machine. : OPERATE
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Home of Wyoming's cowboys. : LARAMIE
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Members of Mexico's Presidential family. : ALEMANS
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Baby girls: Spanish. : NENAS
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Grasp: Dial. : AHOLD
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First name of George Eliot's weaver. : SILAS
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Autumn month of Hindu calendar. : ASIN
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Hub of a wheel. : NAVE
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Compass point. : ENE
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A thing to wager on. : BET

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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