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New York Times, Saturday, June 16, 1951

9-Down : They can be of omission.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.13, Missing: { K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 318 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 6, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 727
Across
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Israeli port. : JAFFA
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Partner of alack. : ALAS
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Where Shah Jahan built his marble mausoleum. : AGRA
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Stand-offish. : ALOOF
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Political renegade. : DIXIECRAT
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Our freedom from unreasonable search. : FOURTHAMENDMENT
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Parry. : FEND
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Upon: Prefix. : EPI
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Works hard: Colloq. : SWEATS
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East: French. : EST
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Thurber's daydreamer. : MITTY
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Is: German. : IST
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Out of harmony. : AJAR
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Welsh form of John. : EVAN
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Decline. : EBB
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Heavenly hunter. : ORION
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George Eliot's carpenter hero. : ADAM
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Indian. : CREE
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John Paul Jones' ship. : BONHOMMERICHARD
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Shakespeare Theatre is on its shore. : AVON
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Famous dictionaries: Abbr. : OEDS
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Where cattle graze. : RANGE
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Ship: French. : NEF
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500,000 sq. mi. desert. : GOBI
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Two cups. : PINT
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Usual object of the verb "love." : YOU
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Mountains in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. : ATLAS
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Gov. Stevenson's state: Abbr. : ILL
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Pre-nuptial party. : SHOWER
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Scotsman's name. : IAN
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Food under state control. : OLEO
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Members of the Department of Justice. : COUNSELORSATLAW
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Confirming. : ATTESTING
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The chance-taking Mr. Brodie. : STEVE
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Where Dortmund is. : RUHR
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Instead. : ELSE
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Propounded. : POSED
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Key figure in the Amerasia case. : JAFFE
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Bitter ___. : ALOES
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Treasure sought in Florida and the Bahamas. : FOUNTAINOFYOUTH
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___ Foundation. : FORD
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Astern. : AFT
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Convert a novel into a play. : ADAPT
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Bibliophile's delight. : LIMITEDEDITIONS
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Fireman's tool. : AXE
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They can be of omission. : SINS
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Highest points. : ACMES
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Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and Puerto Rico. : GREATERANTILLES
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Partner of rave. : RANT
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Lawyers: Abbr. : ATTS
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Famous actor, ___ Booth. : EDWIN
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Scion with a future. : HEIR
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Hand: Italian. : MANO
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Giants' 3d string catcher. : YVARS
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Foster Dulles. : JOHN
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French friend. : AMI
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Block of ice. : BERG
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Last name of 35 Across. : BEDE
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Port in W. Scotland. : OBAN
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Gad. : ROVE
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One-celled animal: Var. : AMEBA
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Oriental sleuth. : CHAN
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Familiar sound on the farm. : MOO
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Malay dagger: Var. : CRIS
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Conjecture. : GUESS
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Moves a TV camera. : PANS
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Horace Stoneham of the Giants, for instance. : OWNER
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Economy size. : LARGE
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Short furlough. : LEAVE
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Mooed. : LOWED
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Blemish. : SCAR
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75,000-year-old man just found by Carleton Coon. : HOTU
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Network. : RETE
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Kahn or Graham. : OTTO
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Girl's nickname. : LIL
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Snake. : ASP

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

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