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New York Times, Saturday, June 9, 1951

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J K Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 6, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 106.8 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 720
Across
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Shout aloud. : HOLLO
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Ridgway has an extra one. : STAR
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Move in a circle, as cattle. : MILL
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Arctic or Indian. : OCEAN
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Popular cartoonist. : ARNO
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Celebes ox. : ANOA
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He wrote "Winterset," "Elizabeth the Queen," etc. : MAXWELLANDERSON
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New Haven reuners. : ELIS
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Bone of the arm. : ULNA
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Please: German. : BITTE
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Algonquian Indian. : SAC
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"The Seven ___ of Man." : AGES
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He won heavyweight title from Primo Carnera. : BAER
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Poetic eyes. : ORBS
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Marshall ___. : PLAN
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City on the Danube. : ULM
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Radio's "Fibber." : MCGEE
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Any false god. : BAAL
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French friend. : AMIE
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Creator of "Charlie Chan." : EARLDERRBIGGERS
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Server. : TRAY
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"Light-Horse Harry," and Francis Lightfoot. : LEES
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Scottish writer, whose pseudonym was Saki. : MUNRO
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Snake charmer's pet. : ASP
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Mild expletive. : DARN
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Trilby's claim to fame. : FEET
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The tip of South America. : HORN
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Sea swallow. : TERN
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Yarn for the warp. : ABB
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Miss Shearer, British ballerina. : MOIRA
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Status quo ___ bellum. : ANTE
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African lily plant. : ALOE
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Lack of understanding. : INCOMPREHENSION
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Mr. Laurel. : STAN
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Silver coin in Acapulco. : PESO
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French river, tributary of the Oise. : AISNE
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How Odom flew. : SOLO
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Back talk. : SASS
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American general, defeater of Burgoyne, 1777. : GATES
Down
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Concern of the F. H. A. : HOMES
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City in central Florida. : OCALA
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Describing Dr. Johnson's most famous work. : LEXICOGRAPHICAL
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Statutes. : LAWS
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Pronoun. : ONE
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Room: French. : SALLE
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Translucidness; diaphanousness. : TRANSPARENTNESS
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O'Neill's "___ Christie." : ANNA
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Gangster's gat. : ROD
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Hammerstein's "Rose ___." : MARIE
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Nathan Milstein or William Kapell. : INSTRUMENTALIST
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Booty. : LOOT
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Fixed route for ships. : LANE
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Drags along. : LUGS
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Israel's Ambassador to the U. S. : EBAN
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Retired. : ABED
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"South Pacific" song, "___ Ha'i." : BALI
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Depend. : RELY
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College workshops. : LABS
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Commuter's line to N. Y. C. : LIRR
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In the middle: Comb. form. : MESO
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Diminutive of Margaret. : META
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Parking problems. : CARS
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"___ Rabbit." : BRER
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Fit of shivering. : AGUE
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Spirit. : ELAN
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Federal operatives. : GMEN
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Apothecaries' weight. : DRAM
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At liberty. : FREE
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Where the University of Maine is. : ORONO
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Character of a people. : ETHOS
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Famous name in Kentucky. : BOONE
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Famous name in Czechoslovakia. : BENES
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Mademoiselle. : MISS
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Upon. : ONTO
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Two-dimensional extent. : AREA
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Land of strife. : ASIA
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Letter writer's afterthought. : PPS
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Henpeck. : NAG

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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