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New York Times, Wednesday, April 25, 1951

18-Across : Telephone listener-in.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 675
Across
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Senator Bourke Hickenlooper's State. : IOWA
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Beat it! : SCRAM
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On. : ATOP
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Burn slightly. : CHAR
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Maureen of Eire. : OHARA
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Second fiddle in "The Goldbergs." : PAPA
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A tributary of the Seine. : OISE
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Telephone listener-in. : WIRETAPPER
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Not at all. : NOHOW
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One of the Bahamas. : CATISLAND
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Islands: Fr. : ILES
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Grafted: Heraldry. : ENTE
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In good faith. : BONAFIDE
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Natives of Verona: Abbr. : ITALS
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Lap robe. : RUG
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Bricklaying, lathing, plastering, etc. : TRADES
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Round the world solo flier. : ODOM
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Hill dwellers. : ANTS
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Actor and director von Stroheim. : ERICH
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550-mile river, tributary of the Amazon. : NAPO
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Man of Glengarry. : SCOT
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Produces designs on metal. : ETCHES
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Doily. : MAT
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"Springtime for ___." : HENRY
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Stopping place on a parkway. : TOLLGATE
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River under the Brooklyn Bridge. : EAST
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Flowerless plant. : FERN
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The rainbow trout. : STEELHEAD
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___ City, Kansas. : DODGE
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Artificial fly for anglers. : WESTERNBEE
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Street in New York's Chinatown. : PELL
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Chip in. : ANTE
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Unbolt; open. : UNBAR
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Nights before eventful days. : EVES
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River in N. W. Belgium. : YSER
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Bock, lager, weiss. : BEERS
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Site of the Zambezi River bridge. : SENA
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Sacred image. : ICON
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Buckeye State. : OHIO
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The District of Columbia. : WASHINGTON
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Interstice. : AREOLA
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Farm animal. : SOW
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Cleverly stylish. : CHIC
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___ avis. : RARA
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Mountain spur. : ARETE
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Morning paper in Paris. : MATIN
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City in Wisconsin. : APPLETON
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Bark from which a cloth is made. : TAPA
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Wide ___ spaces. : OPEN
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Chum: Slang. : PARD
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Wine district of Italy. : ASTI
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A thing woven. : WEFT
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Yes ___! : SIREE
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Tactlessly hasty: Colloq. : BRASH
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Gain in weight for baby. : OUNCE
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Tapering seam. : DART
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Ordinance. : EDICT
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Characters in "The Green Pastures." : ADAMANDEVE
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Yankee pitcher. : LOPAT
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Hit. : SMOTE
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Nymph who never lost her voice. : ECHO
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Harvard Classic holder. : SHELF
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Author of "Father of The Bride." : STREETER
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A bob at St. Moritz. : SLED
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"Old Eli." : YALE
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Feels one's way. : GROPES
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Beverage, such as raspberry ___. : SHRUB
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Medium brown color. : TENNE
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Swing and ___. : SWAY
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Second-best cards at pinochle. : TENS
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Princely family of Italy. : ESTE
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French cleric. : ABBE
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Precious. : DEAR
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Valley. : GLEN
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Lohengrin's bride. : ELSA
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Syllables of hesitation. : ERS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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