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New York Times, Tuesday, October 16, 1951

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 23.4
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 849
Across
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Premier recently at San Francisco. : YOSHIDA
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His HQ is in Tokyo. : RIDGWAY
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Medical man who relies on experience; a quack. : EMPIRIC
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Repeat. : ITERATE
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What Little Lord Fauntleroy called his mom. : DEAREST
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Lincoln's first Sec'y of War. : CAMERON
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Upon. : ONTO
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The top of Fujiyama. : CONE
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News stories. : ITEMS
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Hour: Fr. : HEURE
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Sault ___ Marie. : STE
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Midnight watches. : VIGILS
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Exist. : ARE
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Former tennis star. : LOTT
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Mother of Vedic gods. : ADITI
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Desiccated. : DRIED
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Dodgers' ace pitcher. : ROE
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Creator of "The Medium." : MENOTTI
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Island SW of Japan, now a U. S. base. : OKINAWA
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Gainza ___ of La Prensa. : PAZ
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Jugs. : EWERS
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Weathercocks. : VANES
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Eastern European. : SLAV
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Japanese statesman (1841–1909). : ITO
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A flock of geese. : GAGGLE
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Newt. : EFT
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Operatic recitative. : SCENA
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___ acids, basic constituents of proteins. : AMINO
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Glamorous Indonesian island. : BALI
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It is 2.6 per cent of sea water. : SALT
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Warrior class of Japan, abolished 1871. : SAMURAI
65
Consort of Pericles. : ASPASIA
67
Chatter. : PRATTLE
68
Smallest of the four main islands of Japan. : SHIKOKU
69
Japanese banjo with three strings. : SAMISEN
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Plays like "The Mikado." : SATIRES
Down
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Former name of Tokyo. : YEDO
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Handwriting on the wall. : OMEN
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Tiff. : SPAT
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Democratized Emperor. : HIROHITO
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Rage. : IRE
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It has been tossed 180 ft. : DISCUS
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Performer in "no" drama. : ACTOR
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Japan's main menu. : RICE
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Negrito. : ITA
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Resign. : DEMIT
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Heroine of fairy tale and opera. : GRETEL
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Merchandise. : WARE
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Aggregate of protons, neutrons and electrons. : ATOM
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Yearns for: Colloq. : YENS
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Not real but very like. : NEAR
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Typewriter type. : ELITE
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Look for. : SEEK
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Theda Bara types. : VAMPS
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Standard of excellence. : IDEAL
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Tokyo's Broadway. : GINZA
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Rivers. : RIOS
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Anthropoid ape. : ORANG
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Kitchen equipment. : TOWEL
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Pester. : TEASE
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Japanese parliament. : DIET
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Couch. : DIVAN
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Ridicule. : TWIT
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Last bombed port in Japan, Aug. 9, 1945. : NAGASAKI
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Sub ___. : ROSA
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Hot violinist Joe ___. : VENUTI
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Japanese dancing girl. : GEISHA
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Ord, Knox, etc. : FORTS
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School group. : CLASS
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Vipers. : ASPS
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Name claimed by Naomi. : MARA
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Priest of a mosque. : IMAM
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Well: French. : BIEN
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Hebrew lyre. : ASOR
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Similar. : LIKE
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Greek letters. : TAUS
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Maugham's "Cakes and ___." : ALE
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Hole in the ground. : PIT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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