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New York Times, Thursday, November 1, 1951

29-Down : ___ Sitko, All-American from 4 Down.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 63.0
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 865
Across
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Economist Keyserling. : LEON
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Grating sound. : RASP
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State in southeast Arabia. : OMAN
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Hodgepodge. : OLIO
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State with conviction. : AVER
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Late comedienne. : BRICE
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"Colts" of pro football. : BALTIMORE
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Actress Moorehead. : AGNES
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Alamogordo's county, New Mexico. : OTERO
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Nevada, Colorado, etc. : WESTLANDS
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Sharp-witted. : SHREWD
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Fog signal. : SIRENE
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Platform for the orator. : DAIS
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___ Moines, Iowa. : DES
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When football starts: Abbr. : SEP
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Home of the "Trojans." : LOSANGELES
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Large volume. : TOME
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Relatives of jack-in-the-pulpit. : ARUMS
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Erich ___ Stroheim. : VON
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Even the score again. : RETIE
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Back of the neck. : NAPE
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All-American tackle from Oklahoma. : WEATHERALL
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Brown October beverage. : ALE
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J. ___ Foldberg, Army All-American. : DAN
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European coal basin. : SAAR
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Responds to a stimulus. : REACTS
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Constituent of food. : STARCH
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Part of the U.S.N. : DESTROYER
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Armadillo of South America. : APARA
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Greek princess. : IRENE
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Journeyed across. : TRANSITED
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Symbol of greed. : MIDAS
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Symbol of revelry. : WINE
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Pleasing. : NICE
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Calls a bluff, in poker. : SEES
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Preposition. : ONTO
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Beans Dr. Carver worked with. : SOYS
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New Mexico's team. : LOBOS
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Israeli statesman. : ELATH
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Fueling vessel. : OILER
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Frank Leahy's team. : NOTREDAME
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Fordham footballer. : RAM
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Declare openly. : AVOW
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Ancient Chinese. : SERES
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Washington and Jefferson. : PRESIDENTS
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César Franck's instrument. : ORGAN
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Football's "Golden Gophers." : MINNESOTA
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Made a hole-in-one. : ACED
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Headland. : NESS
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Large bundles. : BALES
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They root for the "Hawkeyes." : IOWANS
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___ bien. : TRES
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Work hard: Colloq. : DIG
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Twelve touchdowns. : SEVENTYTWO
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___ Sitko, All-American from 4 Down. : EMIL
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Skin an orange. : PEEL
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Pin-up girl's first name. : LANA
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One kind of school examination. : ORAL
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Replace. : SUPERSEDE
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Mauna ___, Hawaiian volcano. : LOA
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Maryland's team. : TERRAPINS
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Spanish lariats. : REATAS
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Home of the Baylor "Bears." : WACO
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Owns. : HAS
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Risks. : DARES
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Vessels for heating liquids. : ETNAS
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Finch. : SERIN
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Proportion. : RATIO
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Famed French battle site of 1346. : CRECY
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Greek underworld. : HADES
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Darkens. : DIMS
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Lake port. : ERIE
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Talk grandiloquently. : RANT
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Modernist. : NEO

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

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