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New York Times, Saturday, March 31, 1951

48-Across : Won by Judy and José.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.57, Missing: { H J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 650
Across
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Floating airport. : FLATTOP
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D'Oyly Carte character. : MIKADO
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Where Monte Carlo is. : RIVIERA
15
Harbor dwellers. : PORTMEN
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He wrote billets-doux to Héloïse. : ABELARD
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Terrifying. : AWESOME
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Stag goers. : MEN
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Conundrums. : RIDDLES
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Kidney: Latin. : REN
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C.G.S. units. : ERGS
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More dissembling. : SLIER
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Any cold wind. : BISE
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Legislatures of Sweden, Finland, etc. : DIETS
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Consume. : EAT
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Notice of wedding bells. : BANNS
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Hindu lamp-waving rite. : ARATI
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They take affidavits. : NOTARIES
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Target of Kefauver's committee. : RACKETEER
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Capable of feeling. : SENTIENT
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Bird like the loon. : GREBE
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What Garbo is no longer. : ALIEN
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German word for 31 Down. : EIS
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Head of Federal Council of Churches, 1948-50. : STAMM
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Describing a former Broadway "Ruth." : DEAR
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Won by Judy and José. : OSCAR
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Musical threesome. : TRIO
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___ Harbor, Long Island. : SAG
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Handy things for sneezers. : TISSUES
54
Cry: French. : CRI
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M. France of France. : ANATOLE
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Language spoken in Valencia. : CATALAN
59
The Prince of Wales may wear one. : CORONET
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Train. : EDUCATE
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U. S. tennis champ, 1946-47. : KRAMER
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The effects of weeping. : REDEYES
Down
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Trumped up a charge: Slang. : FRAMED
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President Tubman's country. : LIBERIA
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Navy torpedo bomber. : AVENGER
4
Sesame. : TIL
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Briny drop. : TEAR
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Upholstery trimming. : ORRIS
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Row gently. : PADDLE
8
Grass cutter. : MOWER
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Makes choleric. : IRES
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Jumping chessmen: Abbr. : KTS
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Infant cupids. : AMORINI
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Realm or province. : DEMESNE
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Unity. : ONENESS
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An overcoat. : PALETOT
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L. Ron Hubbard's subject. : DIANETICS
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Race track official. : STARTER
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Governor of Wyoming. : BARRETT
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Discolor. : STAIN
29
Max and Buddy of boxing. : BAERS
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On which the Red Wings reign. : ICE
33
Sheep in its second year. : TEG
35
Israel's Parliament. : KNESSET
36
Geo. Baker's cartoon G.I. : SADSACK
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The Met's Miss Steber. : ELEANOR
38
River joining Lakes Erie and Ontario. : NIAGARA
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A Street in lower Manhattan. : BARCLAY
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Where an Arabian chief rules. : EMIRATE
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Sky hook. : SAUCER
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Des ___. : MOINES
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Tanker. : OILER
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He wrote "It's Never Too Late To Mend," 1856. : READE
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Stage and screen star. : TONE
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Hold-card poker. : STUD
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Nursery pork-thief. : TOM
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Good card for 53 Down. : ACE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 14 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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