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New York Times, Tuesday, August 14, 1951

31-Across : Italy's mountain backbone.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.57, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14, Grid flow: 43.7 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 786
Across
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Top tennis pro. : KRAMER
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Express in words. : PHRASE
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Convention city for 1952. : CHICAGO
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Improving on nature. : ROUGING
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A return to the first theme: Music. : REPRISE
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Heighten. : ENHANCE
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Revoke, as a legacy. : ADEEM
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Less used. : NEWER
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Food container in U. S. : CAN
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Food containers in Britain. : TINS
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Rose oil : ATTAR
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Dry run. : TEST
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First lady. : EVE
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Epithet for Clemenceau. : TIGER
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Thick soup. : PUREE
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Savior. : REDEEMER
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People in doctors' offices. : AILERS
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Italy's mountain backbone. : APENNINES
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Machine part. : STATOR
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Amphibious landing tanks. : AMTRACKS
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Stopwatch. : TIMER
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Fielder's delights. : FLIES
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Plane flight. : HOP
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Israel's Ambassador in Washington. : EBAN
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Becomes choked with sand. : SILTS
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Max or Buddy. : BAER
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The profession of writing. : PEN
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Ex-Italian colony in North Africa. : LIBYA
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Wilkes-___, Pa. : BARRE
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Turn to profitable account. : UTILIZE
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Geological area. : TERRANE
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Ceylon coastal vessel. : PATAMAR
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Edited. : EMENDED
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Specifiers. : NAMERS
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More impenetrable. : DENSER
Down
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Title of Turkish viceroy of Egypt, 1867–1914. : KHEDIVE
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Came to maturity. : RIPENED
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Lands. : ACRES
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Make essentially defective. : MAIM
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Egyptians: Abbr. : EGS
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Discoverer of X-rays, 1895. : ROENTGEN
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Before hostilities. : PREWAR
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Blade sharpener. : HONER
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German mining region. : RUHR
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Aly Khan's father. : AGA
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From the heart. : SINCERE
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Encloser in a box. : ENCASER
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Phenomenon of Mauna Loa, Cotopaxi, Rainier. : CRATER
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Roman clans. : GENTES
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Forever. : ETERNALLY
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To love: French. : AIMER
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Oklahoma oil city. : TULSA
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Lukewarmness. : TEPOR
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Landing slips. : PIERS
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Finished, as a meal. : EATEN
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Ponies up. : ANTES
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Flattered sincerely. : IMITATED
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Increase, as production: 2 wds. : STEPUP
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Native of the world's highest country. : TIBETAN
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Poisonous mushroom. : AMANITA
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Puzzle in pantomime. : CHARADE
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Austria's new president. : KOERNER
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Painted the town red. : SPREED
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Cottons, wools, synthetics. : FIBERS
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Cambridge student who gets free meals. : SIZAR
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Where mows and cribs are. : BARNS
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Citrus fruit. : LIME
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British machine gun. : BREN
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Fugitive's flight: Slang. : LAM
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Uncle: Dial. : EME

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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