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New York Times, Monday, October 6, 1952

61-Across : Miss Roman of the Opera.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 24.8
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,205
Across
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Senator running for re-election. : LODGE
6
Recognize: Colloq. : SPOT
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Husband of Jezebel. : AHAB
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Wine vessel. : AMULA
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Where the corn grows tall. : IOWA
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King of Siam. : RAMA
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French terrorist, killed by Charlotte Corday. : MARAT
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One of the whistle-stoppers. : STEVENSON
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Survivor of Brooklyn Bridge plunge. : BRODIE
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Unusual fellow: Slang. : ONER
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Wine cask. : TUN
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Per ___. : CENTUM
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Mr. Hornsby, the Reds' pilot. : ROGERS
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Shade of gray. : ASH
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The nurse shark. : GATA
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Nothing. : NIL
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Let it stand. : STET
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A size of type. : PICA
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Famous landscape painter. : COROT
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Native of North Carolina. : TARHEEL
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Club-shaped. : CLAVATE
44
Goose genus. : ANSER
45
Little Harriet. : ETTA
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The holes in Swiss cheese. : EYES
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Wrong: Prefix. : MIS
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Irritate. : ROIL
52
"Flying fox." : BAT
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A point of time. : MOMENT
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Five-time Derby winner. : ARCARO
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Exclamation of surprise. : AHA
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Wagon tongue. : NEAP
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Miss Roman of the Opera. : STELLA
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Star of "The Pride of St. Louis." : DANDAILEY
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Anxious. : EAGER
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British statesman of World War I. : GREY
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Symbol of fascism in Europe. : NAZI
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Branch of the seafaring profession. : STEAM
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Naturalness. : EASE
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Ooze. : SEEP
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Stay awhile. : TARRY
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Member of a flock. : LAMB
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The "O" in O. N. Bradley. : OMAR
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Laraine and Leo. : DUROCHERS
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Grassy clearing. : GLADE
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Everybody's everyday routine. : EATING
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Girl: Colloq. : SIS
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Where the Williamsburg drops anchor. : POTOMAC
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Former Justice Roberts. : OWEN
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Alehouse. : TAVERN
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Governor at Topeka. : ARN
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Maker of waste. : HASTE
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Love affair. : AMOUR
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Notice of a proposed marriage. : BANNS
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Beethoven's third symphony. : EROICA
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Storehouse. : ETAPE
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Practical. : UTILE
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Frequently lost appurtenance. : GLOVE
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The Thin Man's dog. : ASTA
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Comedian Laurel. : STAN
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Subject for discussion. : THEME
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Yul Brynner, for instance. : ACTOR
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Star of "Where's Charley?" : RAYBOLGER
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Great Barrier Island of N. Z. : OTEA
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Schoolboy's ordeal. : TEST
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Poetess of Sappho's time. : ERINNA
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The people. : LAICS
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Sine qua non for an aerialist. : TRAPEZE
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Gertrude and others. : STEINS
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News just received. : LATEST
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Miss Kennedy, star of former days. : MADGE
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Creator of Joey. : OHARA
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Horse hair. : MANES
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Gaucho's rope. : REATA
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Wings. : ALAE
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He wrote "The Owl and the Pussycat." : LEAR
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Frank Pace's concern. : ARMY
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Change the color of. : DYE
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Puppy's bark. : YIP

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

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