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New York Times, Saturday, December 15, 1951

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15, Grid flow: 26.6 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 909
Across
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Nickname for a well-known author, artist, etc. : WINNIE
7
Device for raising an anchor. : CAPSTAN
14
The wife of Theseus. : ARIADNE
16
M. France. : ANATOLE
17
Hung and swung. : DANGLED
18
Gang robbery in India and Burma: Var. : DAKOITY
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Miss Claire. : INA
20
Kin of the ostrich. : EMEU
22
Bit of information. : TIP
23
Hawthorne's Hester. : PRYNNE
25
Bridge of ___, over the Truckee in Reno. : SIGHS
29
Affirms. : AVERS
32
A tall screw pine. : TENTTREE
34
Leningrad's river. : NEVA
35
Cinders from a volcano. : SCORIA
37
River in England. : ALN
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Speech or writing in accordance with standard usage. : GRAMMAR
40
Lights. : IGNITES
42
Omega. : END
43
Rudimentary seeds. : OVULES
45
Mr. Kelly of "An American in Paris." : GENE
46
Describing a wallflower's plight. : LONESOME
48
He shifted from negotiating to fighting in Korea. : HODES
49
Unique things: Slang. : ONERS
50
Beaumarchais' Figaro. : BARBER
53
Surface of a carpet. : NAP
55
British dessert, stewed fruit with cream. : FOOL
56
Mountain pass. : GAP
59
The Twenties and Thirties. : DECADES
63
Examine for differences. : COMPARE
65
Mangles. : IRONERS
66
Pestiferous insect: Colloq. : SKEETER
67
Treasured piece of furniture. : ANTIQUE
68
Move rapidly. : STREAK
Down
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Watercourse in North Africa. : WADI
2
Country of 39 Down. : IRAN
3
Heroine of "Strange Interlude." : NINA
4
Old gray mare. : NAG
5
Do-nothings. : IDLERS
6
Opponent. : ENEMY
7
No gentleman. : CAD
8
Structure of an animal: Abbr. : ANAT
9
Karachi is its capital. : PAKISTAN
10
Mother's plaint to junior. : STOPIT
11
Thou: French. : TOI
12
High: Comb. form. : ALT
13
Napoleon's marshal, shot for treason, 1815. : NEY
15
Speaker to the U. N. in Paris. : EDEN
21
Poetic preposition. : UNTO
23
Princess Anne's equipage. : PRAM
24
Uncanny. : EERIE
26
Caused irritation. : GRATED
27
Girl's name. : HELENE
28
Sight, smell, taste, etc. : SENSES
29
Lord in "Measure for Measure." : ANGELO
30
A famous Castle. : VERNON
31
Girl's name. : EVADNE
33
Dresses stone with a hammer. : NIGS
35
Jimmy the comedian. : SAVO
36
Small portion of anything. : CRUMB
39
One way of spelling a famous Premier. : MOSSADEQ
41
Borodin's unfinished opera, "Prince ___." : IGOR
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Creator of Ferdinand. : LEAF
47
Bandit hero of a Verdi opera. : ERNANI
48
Headgear for Kaz. : HELMET
51
High fliers of Arabian myth. : ROCS
52
For which Par Lagerkvist won the Nobel Prize. : BOOKS
54
Where Callao is. : PERU
56
Money for admissions. : GATE
57
Sector. : AREA
58
Filter through, as coffee. : PERK
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Day: Spanish. : DIA
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Eagle. : ERN
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Collapsible bed. : COT
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Compass point. : SSE
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Through. : PER

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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