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Harold T. Bers
WORDS AND MUSIC
New York Times, Sunday, March 4, 1951
69-Down : Board the Queen Mary.
Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 166 , Blocks: 73 , Avg Word Len: 5.49 , Missing: { J Q X Z } , Scrabble score: 655 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 158 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 10 , XRef: 4 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 44
David Steinberg notes:
Original 87-Across clue had "Adia's"; changed to "Aida's."
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© 1951, The New York Times No. 623
Across
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Alter to fit a new use. :
ADAPT 6
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Prerogatives: Abbr. :
RTS 32
Baked by the Queen. :
TARTS 34
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Statesman who died in 1950. :
SMUTS 40
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Comedian Rosco ___. :
ATES 43
Strife-torn continent. :
ASIA 47
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DiMaggio specialties. :
FLIES 49
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Cleaners and ___. :
DYERS 52
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Wielded by 21 or 23 Across. :
BATON 54
Played by Leonard Rose and Piatigorsky. :
CELLOS 55
Played by 39 Down and 6 Across. :
PIANOS 56
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Coat named for a general. :
RAGLAN 59
Star of Met and "The Search." :
NOVOTNA 60
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Head man at 40th and Broadway. :
BING 62
Famed Berlin cabaret. :
FEMINA 64
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Baskets for dried fruits. :
FRAILS 68
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Newspaper features. :
MAPS 71
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Mississippi wall. :
LEVEE 73
Luce comedy, with "The." :
WOMEN 74
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"Guilty" and "not guilty." :
PLEAS 77
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Subject of Hawley-Smoot Act, 1930. :
TARIFF 96
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Site of Copacobana Beach. :
RIO 99
Slanted, as a cask. :
ATILT 100
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Mozart's C-minor ___. :
MASS 103
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Luck, usually bad. :
CESS 105
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Pipe-smoking ex-V.P. :
DAWES 108
Etna and Vesuvius do. :
ERUPT 110
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Babylonian sun god. :
UTU 116
Neighbor of Gilbert Islands. :
ELLICE 118
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Novelist Glasgow. :
ELLEN 132
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London good-byes. :
TATAS
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Gun shells, etc.: Colloq. :
AMMO 2
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Workmen who voice organ pipes. :
TONERS 6
College at Cedar Rapids. :
COE 7
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"Dutch ___ Club." :
TREAT 13
Bohemian reformer (1369-1415). :
HUSS 14
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Put in the bank, with "away." :
SALTED 35
Kwajalein, for instance. :
ATOLL 37
Brazilian star of the Met. :
SAYAO 38
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Describing O. Henry denouements. :
IRONICAL 46
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Crown Prince of Norway. :
OLAF 51
For instance, 37 Down. :
DIVA 53
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She returned to the Met this season. :
FLAGSTAD 66
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Former star Marie ___. :
DORO 69
Board the Queen Mary. :
EMBARK 71
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Publisher, lecturer, raconteur. :
CERF 80
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The world or a flower. :
COSMOS 88
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It's measured by decibels. :
NOISE 91
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Subject of psychologist Yerkes' research. :
GORILLA 102
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Unorthodox groups. :
CULTS 106
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His latest book is "Age of Faith." :
DURANT 109
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City in S.E. Turkey. :
URFA 114
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Source of chlorophyll. :
TREE 121
Sung by a 51 Down. :
ARIA 122
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Small coin of Japan. :
SEN 127
Musical works: Abbr. :
OPS
Answer summary:9 unique to this puzzle , 35 debuted here and reused later , 11 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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