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Leonard Goldberg
Leonard Goldberg

New York Times, Saturday, January 27, 1951

61-Across : French river.

Author:
Leonard Goldberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 6, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16
Leonard Goldberg has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 587
Across
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Onetime boss of Memphis. : CRUMP
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F-86's. : JETS
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Sir John ___, former British Field Marshal. : DILL
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Sharpens. : HONES
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Senator from the Empire State. : IVES
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United: French. : UNIE
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He wrote "Hotel Splendide." : LUDWIGBEMELMANS
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Chemical suffixes. : OSES
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Wife of Zeus. : HERA
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Army officers: Abbr. : CAPTS
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Ever: Contr. : EER
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A soft, earthy deposit. : MARL
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Handful of straw. : WISP
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Ready: French. : PRET
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German exclamations. : ACHS
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Subject of Betty MacDonald's first book. : EGG
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Where the Han River flows. : KOREA
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Very pale. : ASHY
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A color: French. : BLEU
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Aimlessly; without purpose. : UNINTENTIONALLY
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Dream: French. : REVE
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Grow together. : KNIT
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Crude, vulgar. : CRASS
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Three: Prefix. : TRI
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Mentally acute. : KEEN
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Director of Selective Service for New York City. : COBB
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Conduct. : LEAD
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Tibetan gazelles. : GOAS
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Girl's name. : IMA
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F. B. I. man. : AGENT
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Lethal explosive charges : TNTS
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Strike heavily with fist or bat. : SLUG
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Reproducing photos by a former method, on a silver plate. : DAGUERREOTYPING
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State as a fact. : AVER
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French river. : OISE
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Other: French. : AUTRE
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Ancient Persian. : MEDE
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Mr. Tweed, for instance. : BOSS
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City in Oklahoma. : PRYOR
Down
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Heroine of a sentimental song. : CHLOE
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Awaken. : ROUSE
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Characteristic of slum children. : UNDERPRIVILEGED
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Set of stables about a court. : MEWS
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Greek letter. : PSI
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Scoffer. : JIBER
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Endlessness. : EVERLASTINGNESS
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A musical theme. : TEMA
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Reading on a compass. : SSE
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Author of "Camille." : DUMAS
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State of lacking the right of appeal. : INAPPELLABILITY
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Fluff. : LINT
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Minus. : LESS
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Where the Hindus cremate their dead. : GHAT
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Landing boats for foot soldiers. : LCIS
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Major item in everyone's budget. : MEAT
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Signal cry of a former N. Y. C. gang. : WHYO
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M. Pleven, of France. : RENE
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Voucher of money owed for food, drink, etc. : CHIT
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Gelatinous substances. : GELS
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"___ and Dolls." : GUYS
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Man's name. : KURT
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An unusual person: Colloq. : ONER
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Prince Charlie's sister. : ANNE
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Part of a fishhook. : BARB
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Pieced out. : EKED
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Sergeants, corporals, etc.: Abbr. : NCOS
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Miss Smith. : KATE
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Allot parts to actors. : CAST
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Harden; habituate. : ENURE
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Sioux Indians. : OTOES
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Writer whose pen name was "Saki." : MUNRO
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Earthwork or mound of ancient Rome. : AGGER
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Mr. Smith, who wrote "Wealth of Nations." : ADAM
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Donated. : GAVE
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The Andrews Sisters. : TRIO
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Short branch railroad track. : SPUR
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Plunder. : ROB
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One of the Caroline Islands. : YAP

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 13 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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