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New York Times, Thursday, December 20, 1951

27-Across : Betel nuts.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 914
Across
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Kin of the flounder. : SOLE
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White with age. : HOAR
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Seaport of Palestine. : JAFFA
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Stratford's river. : AVON
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Dresden's river. : ELBE
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Man's name. : ALOIS
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Sir Despard Murgatroyd's castle. : RUDDIGORE
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Amazes. : STUNS
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Seaport in Spain on the Strait of Gibraltar. : ALGECIRAS
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In itself: Latin. : PERSE
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One who pays attention. : HEEDER
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Postpones. : DEFERS
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Man. : MALE
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Betel nuts. : ARECAS
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Turkeys' rivals as Christmas fare. : GEESE
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J. Lawton Collins' outfit. : ARMY
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Vanished. : GONE
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Girls named after Miss Judge. : ARLINES
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Convoys. : ESCORTS
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Delineate. : LIMN
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Doctrines. : ISMS
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Those for whom things are done: Law. : USEES
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Rustic smoke. : SEEGAR
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Where the star of Bethlehem rose. : EAST
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Appraisers. : RATERS
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"Hark! the ___ angels sing." : HERALD
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The mute Marx brother. : HARPO
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Clause in labor-management contracts. : ESCALATOR
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Most conspicuous constellation. : ORION
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Stage name of Herbert Blythe's family. : BARRYMORE
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Mother of pearl. : NACRE
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Expletive. : EGAD
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Bone of the forearm. : ULNA
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Metallic braces used in building. : KNEES
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Runs. : LEGS
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Join by stitching. : SEAM
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Churchill's daughter. : SARAH
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Small egg. : OVULE
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Eisenhower-for-President booster. : LODGE
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Over. : ENDED
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Mohammed's flight from Mecca. : HEGIRA
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Genus of swans. : OLOR
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Grater. : ABRADER
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Captain of the Bums. : REESE
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Manhattan College athlete. : JASPER
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Inseparable friends. : ALTEREGOS
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First word of a famous address. : FOURSCORE
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Crossed fingers, in a child's game. : FINS
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Nearly extinct antelope of Africa. : ASSE
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Vendors of refrigerants. : ICEMEN
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Fairies. : FAYS
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Girl. : LASS
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Before: Prefix. : ANTE
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Meeting: Abbr. : SESS
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Fuel measures: Abbr. : GALS
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Sandusky's lake. : ERIE
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He wrote "Street Scene." : ELMERRICE
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Seaport and naval base in Asia. : SINGAPORE
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Plateau in New Mexico. : MESA
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John Costello's country. : EIRE
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In a clever manner. : CUTELY
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Official communication from the President to Congress. : MESSAGE
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Expiates. : ATONES
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Pottery fragments. : SHARDS
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Jeff Davis, to the North. : REBEL
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Branch of a nerve. : RAMUS
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Mexican porridge. : ATOLE
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John Ridd's girl. : LORNA
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Flight of fancy. : DREAM
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Traffic noise. : HONK
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Island group in Galway Bay. : ARAN
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Rocky pinnacle. : CRAG

Answer summary:
8 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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