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New York Times, Tuesday, June 26, 1951

46-Across : Long river to the Arctic Ocean.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16, Grid flow: 40.4 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 737
Across
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Frost. : RIME
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Town on Baranof Island, Alaska, having remarkable totem poles. : SITKA
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Elliptical. : OVAL
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Parched. : ARID
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Bitter. : ACRID
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Hat-in-air review. : RAVE
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Goal of Long Island Sunday motorists. : JONESBEACH
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Refreshing cups. : ICES
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Sinuses: Anat. : ANTRA
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Levee. : DIKE
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Boating equipment. : OARS
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Cult. : SECT
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Tear. : RENT
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Hot sauce. : TABASCO
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Series: Abbr. : SER
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Japanese name. : ITO
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Angle of a branch. : AXIL
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Western skies past sunset. : AFTERGLOWS
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1,000: French. : MILLE
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Charge, as for a fishing permit. : FEE
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Of sound waves. : SONIC
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Cool customers at the zoo. : POLARBEARS
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Long river to the Arctic Ocean. : LENA
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Doctors' organization. : AMA
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Bambi's mother. : DOE
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Magical Moira of ballet. : SHEARER
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Close to home. : NEAR
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Fat. : SUET
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Star of "Guys and Dolls." : ALDA
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Heroic. : EPIC
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N. Y.'s non-insular island. : CONEY
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Item used in pool or Mah Jongg. : RACK
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Seats for enjoying the breezes. : DECKCHAIRS
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Medicinal plant. : ALOE
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The second of two. : OTHER
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Patriot of the Revolution. : HALE
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Clownish person. : BOOR
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Paris subway. : METRO
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Utilizer. : USER
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East Indian prince. : RAJA
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Golf club. : IRON
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Cool leaf. : MINT
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German river. : EDER
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Day of rest: Abbr. : SAB
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Summertime drink. : ICEDCOFFEE
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Characteristic. : TRAIT
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Part of a swimming stroke. : KICK
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Sticker. : ADHERER
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He has a Belt and a Sword. : ORION
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Anyone with two weeks off. : VACATIONER
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State. : AVER
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Fewer. : LESS
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Fresh talk: Slang. : SASS
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Our help abroad. : ECA
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Energy units. : ERGS
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Florida resort. : TAMPA
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"A straight line is the shortest distance between two points," for instance. : AXIOM
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Bird's conversation. : BILLANDCOO
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The late Nazimova. : ALLA
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Summertime fabric. : SEERSUCKER
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Cord. : TWINE
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Mr. Homolka, actor. : OSCAR
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Alternative to 6 Down. : TEA
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Short for Dolores. : LOLA
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Wagner's earth goddess. : ERDA
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Ennui. : BOREDOM
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Pronoun. : SHE
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Engrave. : ETCH
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World War II Air General. : EAKER
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Sight: German. : SICHT
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He keeps cool on the desert. : ARAB
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French composer. : LALO
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Reiser of the Pirates. : PETE
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Where Waikiki is. : OAHU
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Neighbor of Sumatra. : NIAS
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Prolific Gardner. : ERLE
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Belgian river. : YSER
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___-Magnon. : CRO

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

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