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New York Times, Saturday, April 14, 1951

2-Down : Genus of plant lice.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { V }, Scrabble score: 330 (avg 1.71)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 6, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14, Grid flow: 106.8 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 664
Across
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Turkish military commander. : PASHA
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Mighty warrior of the Greeks before Troy. : AJAX
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Good name for a dog. : SPOT
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Dismay. : APPAL
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Take it easy. : LOLL
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Press; importune. : URGE
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Jessamyn West's new novel. : THEWITCHDIGGERS
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The voice of a clock. : TICK
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One of the Hebrides islands. : IONA
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Where caravans stop. : OASES
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Disciple; adherent. : IST
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Baghdad is its capital. : IRAQ
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Trading center. : MART
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Lloyd Douglas' best seller (with The). : ROBE
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Indians. : UTES
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Questions; doubts. : IFS
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Greeting with a lei. : ALOHA
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Loose earth. : DIRT
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Slothful. : IDLE
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Lack of systematic arrangement. : DISORGANIZATION
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Bows. : ARCS
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Sea animals. : ORCS
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Carried on, as a battle. : WAGED
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Mystery man of Red China. : MAO
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The late Mr. Long. : HUEY
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Language of the Buddhist scriptures. : PALI
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Conspire. : PLOT
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Nautical term for hailing. : AHOY
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___ Day at Yale. : TAP
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Of bees. : APIAN
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False god. : IDOL
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Dining hall: Span. : SALA
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He wrote "The Voice of Bugle Ann." : MACKINLAYKANTOR
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Baby coach. : PRAM
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Novel by Jane Austen, 1816. : EMMA
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French river. : SAONE
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Department store event. : SALE
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Game fish. : BASS
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Binge. : SPREE
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Famous soprano of the 19th century. : PATTI
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Genus of plant lice. : APHIS
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Pertaining to an instrument used to disperse light beams. : SPECTROSCOPICAL
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Bird of prey. : HAWK
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Oriental name. : ALI
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Town in Blount Co., Tenn. : ALCOA
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Our sixth President. : JOHNQUINCYADAMS
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He's in "Guys and Dolls." : ALDA
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41. : XLI
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Mr. Robinson. : SUGAR
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John Mulholland, for instance. : PRESTIDIGITATOR
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Fairy tale character. : OGRE
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She of the D'Urbervilles. : TESS
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Nonskid item. : TIRE
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Gazelles of Tibet. : GOAS
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Steel girder shaped like a letter. : IBAR
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Fortress city in N. E. France. : METZ
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Exclamations. : OHOS
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Mr. Speaker. : TRIS
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Oversize ice cube. : FLOE
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Transmit. : SEND
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William Dillard's role. : ADAM
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Money in 36 Down. : LIRA
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Challenge. : DARE
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Sforza's country: Abbr. : ITAL
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Affliction that attacks the big toe. : GOUT
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Off. : AWAY
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"___ soit qui mal y pense." : HONI
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Our eleventh President. : POLK
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One of Lily Pons' roles. : LAKME
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Georgetown students. : HOYAS
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Apart from others. : ALONE
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Gay ___. : PAREE
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Units of electric current: Abbr. : AMPS
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Rubber city, also called Belém. : PARA
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Girl's name. : ILMA
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Fastener. : SNAP
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Beak. : NEB
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Sure-footed beast. : ASS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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