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Robert Hegler
Robert Hegler

New York Times, Saturday, March 3, 1951

23-Across : Bao ___, Vietnam ruler.

Author:
Robert Hegler
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F Q Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 85, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Robert Hegler has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 622
Across
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Capital of Puerto Rico. : SANJUAN
8
Manhattan College athletes. : JASPERS
15
Adriatic port under United Nations control. : TRIESTE
16
Hamlet killed her father. : OPHELIA
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Author of "Cyrano de Bergerac." : ROSTAND
18
Fuchs, Gold, et al.: 2 wds. : SPYRING
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City in Iowa. : AMES
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First-generation Japanese-American. : ISSEI
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Woman's secret. : AGE
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Bao ___, Vietnam ruler. : DAI
24
Forerunner of NKVD and MVD. : OGPU
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The late Al Jolson's real name. : ASA
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Fellow. : CHAP
29
Pokes. : NUDGES
33
Source of important Vermont product. : MAPLETREE
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Dashing fellow. : BLADE
39
Farewell, in Oahu. : ALOHA
40
Long-tailed ape. : KRA
41
Official at a race track. : TIMER
42
A traveler on 9 Down. : ROMAN
43
Baden-Powell of Boy Scout fame. : SIRROBERT
45
Poisoned state caused by bacteria. : SEPSIS
47
Golf tournament. : OPEN
48
Dissimulate. : ACT
49
President of South Korea. : RHEE
50
Consumed. : ATE
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Arrest: Slang. : NAB
56
Of concern to fire insurance companies. : ARSON
58
Crucial point. : CRUX
59
Distance of Wilt-Gehrmann races. : ONEMILE
62
Give an account of. : NARRATE
64
Part of Czechoslovakia. : MORAVIA
65
South American republic. : ECUADOR
66
Hub of a great empire. : ENGLAND
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He stars in "Harvey." : STEWART
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Violin made in Cremona. : STRAD
2
Agreeable fragrance. : AROMA
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Second-generation Japanese-American. : NISEI
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U. S. Sabres. : JETS
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From Maine to California. : USA
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When cats see best: 2 wds. : ATNIGHT
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Hollywood comedian. : NEDSPARKS
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Cinematic Cyrano. : JOSE
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___ Way, from Rome to Brundisium. : APPIAN
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Retiring. : SHY
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Through. : PER
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Director Kazan. : ELIA
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Where Ezzard is king. : RING
14
Thomas Jefferson, ___ of Monticello. : SAGE
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Commanding officers. : SUPERIORS
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Pertaining to the Seven Seas. : OCEANIC
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Low musical sound. : SUBTONE
27
Depart from the script. : ADLIB
30
Bingo, for instance. : GAME
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River in Westphalia and Hesse. : EDER
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Well-known mural painter. : SERT
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From which the flying saucers did not come. : MARS
34
Tropical plant. : ALOE
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"___ and Circumstance." : POMP
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Forbidden City. : LHASA
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Part of UN translating equipment. : EARPHONES
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Pass legislation again. : REENACT
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He was born in Georgia. : STALIN
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Tilled land: Spanish. : ARADA
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Private instructor. : TUTOR
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Put in vigorous action. : EXERT
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Alaskan seaport. : NOME
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Presently. : ANON
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Hazard of the North Atlantic. : BERG
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Perused. : READ
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Crop of a bird. : CRAW
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Olympic track star Whitfield. : MAL
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Yellow bugle. : IVA
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Regret. : RUE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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