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New York Times, Thursday, November 15, 1951

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14, Grid flow: 21.9 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 879
Across
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Least dangerous. : SAFEST
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Indian city famous for colorful fabrics. : MADRAS
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Where shills and barkers operate. : SIDESHOW
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Direct to a particular object. : ORIENT
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Sloths, armadillos, anteaters, etc. : EDENTATA
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Clergyman. : PASTOR
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Unit of resistance. : REL
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Wartime ship-builder. : KAISER
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Gilbert and Sullivan princess. : IDA
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Girl's name. : ISA
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Bertha, for instance. : COLLAR
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Former Ambassador to Japan. : GREW
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She fled across the icy Ohio. : ELIZA
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Anathema to Carrie Nation. : WET
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Habit. : DRESS
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Stepchild of the super highway. : SIDEROAD
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102. : CII
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Predecessor of Senator Smathers, in Florida. : PEPPER
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Most tender. : SOREST
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Pronoun. : HER
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Typical shot of Jimmy Durante. : SIDEVIEW
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Green-blue stone. : BERYL
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Last part of an English company's name. : LTD
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___ Rapids, Iowa. : CEDAR
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Skillful tennis player. : ACER
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"Of ___ ray serene." : PUREST
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Significant period. : ERA
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Be off one's guard. : NAP
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Fashion anew. : REMAKE
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Abraham's nephew, in Genesis. : LOT
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Sarcastic. : IRONIC
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A salad, for instance. : SIDEDISH
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Geological beds of sedimentary rock. : STRATA
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Lopsided triangles. : SCALENES
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Cossack title. : HETMAN
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Stabs. : KNIFES
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Highway menace on a rainy day. : SIDESLIP
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Capital of South Australia. : ADELAIDE
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Morass. : FEN
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September to April horometry, in New York. : EST
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Military headdress. : SHAKO
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What came after the "sitzkrieg." : TOTALWAR
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Sullen person. : MOPER
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Sandarac tree. : ARAR
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Negative prefix. : DIS
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Superannuate. : RETIRE
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Positive electric terminals. : ANODES
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Soda fountain necessaries. : STRAWS
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October sports event. : SERIES
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Sounded mournfully. : WAILED
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Was convened. : SAT
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Part of a flower. : CARPEL
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Lament. : GRIEVE
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Poetically, the west wind. : ZEPHYR
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Straightforward. : DIRECT
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"___ the ramparts we watched." : OER
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Cape where Provincetown is. : COD
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What Mutt is to Jeff, for instance. : SIDEKICK
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Salesman's secondary wares. : SIDELINE
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Bride and Bon Silene, for example. : TEAROSES
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Paste jewelry. : STRASS
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Fits of fierce indignation. : WRATHS
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Exorcise. : BANISH
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Game played with 32 cards. : ECARTE
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Work for a newspaper. : REPORT
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Abner's friend. : LUM
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Sundae enricher. : PECAN
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Manufacturing city in France. : SEDAN
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Yasmine's mother. : RITA
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North Korean general. : NAM
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Man's name. : ELI
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Crossword clue: Colloq. : DEF

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 13 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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