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New York Times, Tuesday, April 17, 1951

28-Across : Very wet.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 667
Across
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Exclamations of triumph. : AHAS
5
Sugar bowl of the world. : CUBA
9
Member of Red Rolfe's ball team. : TIGER
14
She won an Oscar. : JUDY
15
Woeful cry. : ALAS
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Girl's name. : ADELA
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The 22d, limiting the Presidential term to 8 years. : AMENDMENT
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Consternation. : PANIC
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Deliver from danger. : RESCUE
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Scottish Gaelic. : ERSE
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Food fish. : IDE
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Siouans now living in Oklahoma. : OTOS
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Friends from Canberra. : AUSSIES
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Very wet. : SOPPY
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Secular member of a monastery. : OBLATE
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Winglike parts. : ALAE
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Beetle. : DOR
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Violation of a contract or promise. : BREACH
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Schnapps. : GIN
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At long last. : FINALLY
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Red China's bigwig. : MAO
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Attendants at the "Green Pastures" fish fry. : ANGELS
45
Compete. : VIE
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Broadcaster's necessity. : MIKE
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Military subject of best seller by Desmond Young. : ROMMEL
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Pilot Stengel of the Yanks. : CASEY
50
Where Dr. Gainza Paz found refuge. : URUGUAY
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Remote. : AFAR
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___ Beta Kappa. : PHI
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Inexperienced person. : TYRO
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Where the Canadian Parliament sits. : OTTAWA
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Burn the surface of. : SINGE
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Number of states that ratified 17 Across. : THIRTYSIX
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Place on the record. : ENTER
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Connect. : LINK
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Small stream. : RILL
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There are 16 of them in the American and National Leagues. : TEAMS
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Long periods of time. : EONS
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Bargain hunter's delight. : SALE
Down
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Out of harmony. : AJAR
2
Receiver of a famous letter. : HUME
3
Fruit drinks. : ADES
4
Elision of a sound from the middle of a word. : SYNCOPE
5
Gem carved in relief. : CAMEO
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Rubber tree. : ULE
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A thing that ruins or spoils. : BANE
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Like the Milky Way. : ASTRAL
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Work of art, woven by hand. : TAPESTRY
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Wife of Banjo Eyes. : IDA
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Demons or spirits. : GENII
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Slur over, as a final vowel. : ELIDE
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Jamaica doings. : RACES
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Custom House levy. : DUTY
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Liable to a legal process. : SUABLE
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Without delay. : SOON
27
Examine. : SEE
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Norse narrative. : SAGA
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Senator Johnston of South Carolina. : OLIN
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Sudden pain. : PANG
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Member of Manager Southworth's ball team. : BRAVE
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Sudden loss of courage. : DISMAY
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Friends from Paree. : AMIS
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Devil's food. : CAKE
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Senator from North Carolina. : HOEY
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Scoffers. : FLOUTERS
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Movieland's Miss Lee. : LILA
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Unit of work. : ERG
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Sacrificers for a cause. : MARTYRS
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California laurel. : MYRTLE
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Famous suffragette (1859-1947). : CATT
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Put out of normal condition. : UPSET
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Cologne's river. : RHINE
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Mountains in Utah. : UINTA
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Divides into branches. : FORKS
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It ratified 17 Across. : OHIO
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Largest part of the Eastern Hemisphere. : ASIA
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Mr. Rogers. : WILL
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Part of an automobile. : AXLE
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Any perfect or rare object. : GEM
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Halfway house. : INN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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