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New York Times, Saturday, November 17, 1951

62-Down : Cloak-and-dagger men.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 2, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 881
Across
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Douglas is its capital. : MAN
4
Piece cut from a log. : SLAB
8
Coarse linen fabric. : CRASH
13
Theatre box. : LOGE
14
Homestead in "G.W.T.W." : TARA
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Seven: Comb. form. : HEPTA
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Using speech. : ORAL
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Foretoken. : OMEN
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Quaking. : ASPEN
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Special domains. : BAILIWICKS
22
Pod partners. : PEAS
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A Whiz Kid outfielder. : ENNIS
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Where Governor Browning works. : NASHVILLE
26
City on the Alabama River. : SELMA
28
Coach Blaik of Army. : EARL
29
Gare de L'___ in Paris. : EST
31
Gourmand or gourmet. : EATER
34
Blackbeard the pirate. : TEACH
37
Native of Riga. : LETT
39
He backs Ike for '52. : DEWEY
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Where Zeno philosophized. : STOA
42
Admiral famous for book on sea power. : MAHAN
44
Governor at Boston. : DEVER
46
An age of the universe. : EON
47
Ancient country east of Babylonia. : ELAM
49
The titled Mr. Newton of gravity fame. : ISAAC
51
Does little but eat and grow. : VEGETATES
55
"The ___ of Gold," by James Stephens. : CROCK
58
Be a breadwinner. : EARN
59
"With a ___ of a face." : CARICATURE
61
Sister of Thalia. : ERATO
63
Good-by. : TATA
64
Sam Snead slams with it. : IRON
65
Works at steadily. : PLIES
66
"Sweet are the ___ of adversity." : USES
67
C. G. S. unit: Prefix. : STAT
68
Directs to go. : SENDS
69
Native of an ancient country. : MEDE
70
Silence! : TST
Down
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Winston Churchill's physician. : MORAN
2
Contrary to one's feelings: Phrase. : AGAINSTTHEGRAIN
3
Miss Forbush in "South Pacific." : NELLIE
4
Arrange compactly. : STOW
5
Plated. : LAMINATED
6
Betel palm. : ARECA
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Deposits. : BANKS
8
Rolled tea. : CHA
9
Breathes. : RESPIRES
10
Parts of the judiciary. : APPELLATECOURTS
11
Monte Irvin's third-to-home maneuver. : STEAL
12
Medieval trading guild. : HANSE
13
Part of the ear. : LOBE
20
See 1 Across. : ISLE
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Best seller of 1887. : SHE
25
Stainer's container. : VAT
27
Imprudent. : MAD
29
New Haven, the ___ City. : ELM
30
"The ___ Around Us." : SEA
32
Female merino. : EWE
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Paid another call. : REVISITED
35
Bill's partner. : COO
36
River in the news since 1950. : HAN
38
Qualifying for a Godfrey program. : TALENTED
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Pre-nuptial word. : YES
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Man's nickname. : NAT
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Biblical term meaning "fool!" : RACA
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Son of, in names. : MAC
50
What 57 Down is. : ARTIST
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Barkley and his successors. : VEEPS
52
Senator Clements of Kentucky. : EARLE
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Art ___, hot pianist. : TATUM
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Clean the slate. : ERASE
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One of Tito's people. : CROAT
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Rockwell ___. : KENT
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Senator from South Dakota. : CASE
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Cloak-and-dagger men. : OSS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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