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New York Times, Monday, April 9, 1951

44-Down : ___ operandi.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 659
Across
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He says "Oyez! Oyez!" : CRIER
6
Baltimore baseball players. : ORIOLES
13
Senate's G. O. P. floor leader. : WHERRY
14
Czar of musicdom. : PETRILLO
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Mountain gorge. : RAVINE
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Site of Army Ordnance Proving Grounds. : ABERDEEN
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Uneven, as if eaten away. : EROSE
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Miss Bow or Miss Barton. : CLARA
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High-test or regular. : GAS
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Completely. : ALL
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Goes swiftly: Colloq. : SCOOTS
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Enjoy. : HAVE
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Benjamin Franklin's flyer. : KITE
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Migrant fruit picker. : OKIE
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Stephen Vincent or William Rose. : BENET
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Got away. : ESCAPED
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Abbie an' ___ of the comics. : SLATS
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The makings of perjury. : LIES
33
Dress shirt decoration. : STUD
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Oodles. : SCADS
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Evening parties. : SOIREES
39
Minute groove. : STRIA
40
Cogitate (with over). : MULL
41
He started with 6 Across in 1914. : RUTH
43
Take heed. : HEAR
44
Marks of excellence. : MERITS
46
Understand. : SEE
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Hold by right. : OWN
48
Hidden store. : HOARD
49
Kind of abstinence. : TOTAL
51
Where atoms are split in Tennessee. : OAKRIDGE
53
Fire bomb used in Korea. : NAPALM
54
John W. Snyder's responsibility. : TREASURY
55
Parts of a jigsaw puzzle. : PIECES
56
Bundles of hay or straw. : TRUSSES
57
Genus of typical geese. : ANSER
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Chan or McCarthy. : CHARLIE
2
Mutinies. : REVOLTS
3
Goddess of the rainbow. : IRIS
4
Sea birds. : ERNES
5
Ham on ___. : RYE
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Milky and translucent, like a cat's-eye. : OPALOID
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Allow as a discount. : REBATE
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Roman roads. : ITERS
9
Odd: Scot. : ORRA
10
Movable cover. : LID
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Superior in quality. : ELEGANT
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Divides into filaments, as silk. : SLEAVES
13
Execute in vengeance. : WREAK
15
Beginning. : ONSET
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Soda fountain specialties. : COKES
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Long mantles worn over albs. : COPES
24
Double ___. : HEADER
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Delicious dessert. : ECLAIR
28
Smudge. : BLUR
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Opera set in Egypt. : AIDA
31
Long-legged marsh bird. : STILT
33
Three-dimensional. : SOLID
34
Star in "Harvey." : STEWART
35
Hurdy-gurdy player. : CRANKER
36
Popular vehicles of grandma's day. : SURREYS
37
Mr. Tilley of the "New Yorker." : EUSTACE
38
Filcher. : STEALER
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Take the altitude of a heavenly body. : SHOOT
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Scanty. : MEAGRE
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Tillers. : HELMS
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___ operandi. : MODUS
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Dye. : STAIN
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Sound of escaping steam. : HISS
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Opens: Poet. : OPES
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U. N. delegate from India. : RAU
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Manly Fleischmann's agency. : NPA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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