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New York Times, Monday, June 11, 1951

11-Down : Top-drawer people.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.68, Missing: { K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 722
Across
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Mrs. MacArthur. : JEAN
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Island in the Malay Archipelago. : TIMOR
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Centipede's pride. : LEGS
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Advantage, in sports. : EDGE
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Spenser's name for Ireland. : IRENA
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Dismounted. : ALIT
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Rough projection. : SNAG
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Famous rider of Coventry. : LADYGODIVA
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Covered with pitch. : TARRED
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Tomahawks. : AXES
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Three times: Comb. form. : TER
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Utopian. : IDEAL
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Substance of the fantasy is "Through the Looking Glass." : CHESS
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Hog-ties. : FASTENS
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"Hairy one" of the Bible. : ESAU
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Thespian. : ACTOR
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Famous story by Booth Tarkington. : SEVENTEEN
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Girl's name. : INA
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He resigned from Attlee's Cabinet. : BEVAN
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Dogpatch Daisy. : MAE
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Done over. : RENOVATED
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Native of Zurich. : SWISS
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Undergoes decomposition. : ROTS
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Housing developments, in Britain. : ESTATES
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Family name of former Pope Pius XI. : RATTI
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Product of the Dakotas. : GRAIN
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Acheson's alma mater. : ELI
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Arrangement of pipes in a radiator. : COIL
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George du Maurier's heroine. : TRILBY
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"___, my dear Watson." : ELEMENTARY
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Attended by festivities. : GALA
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The party ___. : LINE
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River in Iowa. : CEDAR
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Above. : ATOP
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Meeting: Abbr. : SESS
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Palestine, in Jewish use. : ERETS
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"Man bites dog." : NEWS
Down
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A Joe Miller item. : JEST
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Girl's name. : EDNA
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Culture medium from seaweed. : AGAR
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Native of the Philippines. : NEGRITO
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He missed the Presidency by one electoral vote, 1876. : TILDEN
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Man's name. : IRA
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Silver Star, for instance. : MEDAL
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Quartz used in making cameos. : ONYX
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Hotheadedness. : RAGE
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Shaveling. : LAD
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Top-drawer people. : ELITE
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Vouchsafes. : GIVES
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The Pleiades. : STARS
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Native of ancient Italy. : OSCAN
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River in Germany, tributary of the Fulda. : EDER
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Resources of a business. : ASSETS
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Nissen or Quonset. : HUT
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Part of the British Festival. : FAIR
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Skin blemish. : ACNE
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Mr. Laurel. : STAN
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Shirker. : EVADER
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Sometime companion of Rep. : SEN
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Marie Curie's daughter. : EVE
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Utter. : EMIT
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Bed of roses. : EASE
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Loch in Scotland. : NESS
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Stick. : BAT
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Morsel left at a meal. : ORT
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___ of America. : VOICE
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Hubbub. : STIR
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Houseboat used by loggers. : WANIGAN
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Goat-men of Greek legend. : SATYRS
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Country dances. : REELS
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Nickname for Yankee pitcher Reynolds. : ALLIE
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Just think!: French. : TIENS
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Place for an outdoor theatre. : GLADE
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"___ in a Lifetime." : ONCE
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Roman road. : ITER
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Far advanced in time. : LATE
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The spouting of a whale. : BLOW
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Jabbers. : YAPS
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My: French. : MES
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Destructive animal. : RAT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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