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New York Times, Thursday, April 19, 1951

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13, Grid flow: 24.6
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 669
Across
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Pioneering "Major" in amateur hours. : BOWES
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One-time White House resident. : FALA
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Good place to get exercise. : POOL
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Sister of Fred Astaire. : ADELE
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Russian sea. : ARAL
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Mr. Halley. : RUDY
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Mr. Shute, author. : NEVIL
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A slight coloring. : TINT
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Greek letters. : ETAS
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Battleships. : DREADNAUGHTS
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Edward Hopper's medium. : OILS
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Budd Schulberg, for instance. : AUTHOR
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Fancied. : DREAMT
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Abelard's beloved. : HELOISE
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Saint who was Apostle of the Franks. : REMI
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Vergil's hero. : AENEAS
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"My country, ___ of thee ... " : TIS
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Hebrew stringed instruments. : ASORS
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First word in names of four states. : NEW
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Per ardua ad ___: Motto of R.A.F. : ASTRA
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Commodity center on Stock Exchange floor. : PIT
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To which the Lindberghs flew north. : ORIENT
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Accompaniment to Nazi straight-arm. : HEIL
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Pecora and Corsi weren't. : ELECTED
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Reluctant. : AVERSE
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Readjusts the alarm clock. : RESETS
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Mme. Pandit's garb. : SARI
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Scene of James Michener's "Tales." : SOUTHPACIFIC
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Lady Macbeth wanted it out. : SPOT
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What Oliver Twist wanted. : MORE
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Trunk. : TORSO
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The Kon-Tiki sailed from here. : PERU
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Tributary of the Elbe. : EGER
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A fat. : OLEIN
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Shakespeare said man has seven. : AGES
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June 17 will be their day. : DADS
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Chuck Dressen's shortstop. : REESE
Down
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Paul Lavalle's group. : BAND
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River emptying into Baltic Sea. : ODER
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Common contraction. : WEVE
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"Roast Pig" dissertator. : ELIA
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Rarely. : SELDOM
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Decisively important. : FATAL
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Patriarch of Alexandria. : ARIUS
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"Auld ___ Syne." : LANG
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Lovelace wrote to her from prison. : ALTHAEA
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Magician's command. : PRESTO
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Umpire's decision. : OUT
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Room in a harem. : ODA
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River, part of French-Belgian boundary. : LYS
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Girl's nickname. : NITA
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"Oil capital of the world." : TULSA
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Ted Williams is a great one. : HITTER
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Egyptian god of the underworld. : OSIRIS
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Deal at a used car lot. : RESALE
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L.I.R.R. trustee. : DRAPER
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Spring back. : RESILE
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Overacts. : EMOTES
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Melody. : AIR
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Cut. : HEWN
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Miss Bagnold, author of "The Loved and Envied." : ENID
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Jinx McCrary, ___ Falkenburg. : NEE
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Below: Ital. : SOTTO
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Companion piece of "King Solomon's Mines." : SHE
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Began again. : RESUMED
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Homestead in "G.W.T.W." : TARA
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Predecessor of the boxing glove. : CESTUS
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Mr. Mature of the movies. : VICTOR
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Fragment. : SHRED
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Copycats. : APERS
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Caesar wore one. : TOGA
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Hercules' captive. : IOLE
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The "f" in f.o.b. : FREE
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Wife of 26 Down. : ISIS
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Shape of Vesuvius. : CONE
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Saratoga Springs. : SPA
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Laurette Taylor's well-known role. : PEG
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Product of a mine. : ORE

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1 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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