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New York Times, Saturday, September 8, 1951

47-Down : Feature of the Olympiad.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Spans: 6, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 106.8 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 811
Across
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Chief of secret police in Moscow. : BERIA
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Effigy. : IDOL
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Military decorations. : DSOS
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Home. : ABODE
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Backgammon accessories. : DICE
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Vision: Comb. form. : OPTO
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Playwright-author winner of four Pulitzer Prizes. : ROBERTESHERWOOD
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A light: Slang. : GLIM
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Quantity of matter. : MASS
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Girls named after Miss Baxter. : ANNES
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One: German. : EIN
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Sacred Buddhist language. : PALI
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The heart of the matter. : GIST
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Mr. Musial. : STAN
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Think over. : MULL
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Symbol of stupidity. : ASS
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Bellowing. : AROAR
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Japanese aborigine. : AINU
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First letter: Abbr. : INIT
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Thoughtfully. : CONTEMPLATIVELY
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Indian prince. : RAJA
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First-born son of Isaac. : ESAU
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Outward appearance. : LOOKS
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Girl's nickname. : EDE
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Member of the House of Lords. : PEER
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Teacher, in India. : GURU
46
Campus society: Colloq. : FRAT
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Makes angry. : IRES
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Olivier's title. : SIR
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And no farther. : SOFAR
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Prep school for British boys. : ETON
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The A in A. D. : ANNO
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Acting with foresight. : PRECAUTIOUSNESS
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Latin phrase meaning "concerning." : INRE
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Part of a goblet. : STEM
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Where the Navy is. : ATSEA
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Fictional heroine. : TESS
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Disarrange. : MUSS
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Becomes hazy. : MISTS
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Tugboat's trailer. : BARGE
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City in Italy, near Salerno. : EBOLI
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American poet, wrote "Roan Stallion," "Dear Judas," etc. : ROBINSONJEFFERS
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The same: Latin. : IDEM
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Air: Comb. form. : AER
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Something imagined in a state of perfection. : IDEAL
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Differences in appearance. : DISSIMILARITIES
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Newspaper publisher (1858–1935). : OCHS
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Gold-digger Lorelei's last name. : LEE
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Units of play in a game. : DOWNS
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Naturalness; lack of guile. : SPONTANEOUSNESS
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Indian. : OTOE
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Pieces of turf. : SODS
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Internal Revenue agent. : TMAN
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Deck guard. : RAIL
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Reduce by cutting. : PARE
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Satiate. : GLUT
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Bye-bye. : TATA
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Two-toed sloth. : UNAU
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Product of Japan. : SILK
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Eyelid afflictions. : STYS
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Historic Palestine seaport. : ACRE
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Way of approach. : ROAD
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Semicircular, vaulted recess. : APSE
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The late Mr. Novello. : IVOR
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Suitable. : MEET
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The founder of Troy. : ILUS
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River at the mouth of the Amazon. : PARA
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The knee: Latin. : GENU
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Feature of the Olympiad. : RACES
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Dens. : ROOMS
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Small map as part of a large one. : INSET
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Miss Dartle and Miss Ponselle. : ROSAS
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Narrow point of land. : SPIT
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Department of France, where Alençon is. : ORNE
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Two of Caesar's last words. : ETTU
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Against. : ANTI
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General Cates' outfit. : USM
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Speaker Rayburn. : SAM

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

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