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New York Times, Thursday, June 21, 1951

15-Across : Place for a candidate's hat.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.27, Missing: { B Q W X }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 732
Across
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World's greatest wool-producing country. : AUSTRALIA
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Subject offered in some women's colleges. : CHARM
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Place for a candidate's hat. : INTHERING
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Marsh plant of India. : REREE
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One of Joseph Mankiewicz's talents. : DIRECTING
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Scene of 1945 conference. : YALTA
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Originates. : STARTS
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Sage of Princeton. : EINSTEIN
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Anti-traditionalist. : NEO
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Carry on negotiations. : TREAT
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Hoop drapery in the gym. : NET
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City in Oklahoma. : ADA
27
Just before sigma. : RHO
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Hidden hindrance. : SNAG
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Van and his wife, of Hollywood. : JOHNSONS
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Girl's name. : ELAINE
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High mountains in Asia. : ALAI
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Emcee's proposal. : TOAST
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Shelley's school. : ETON
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City in France, former capital of Brittany. : RENNES
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U. S. F-86. : JETPLANE
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God of war, son of Zeus. : ARES
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Coin of Rumania. : LEU
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Hero of the Confederacy. : LEE
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Cry of triumph. : AHA
53
Seaport and airport in Brazil. : NATAL
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Mao's foreign minister, Chou En-___. : LAI
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Strove for the prize. : COMPETED
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Symbol of fascism. : FASCES
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Adjusts correctly. : TRUES
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Moderating. : REMISSIVE
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Attack. : ONSET
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He directed "Death of a Salesman." : ELIAKAZAN
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Utters fluently (with "off"). : REELS
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Appeal to the tender emotions. : SENTIMENT
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Helpers. : AIDS
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Single thing. : UNIT
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American who won 1950 British amateur golf championship. : STRANAHAN
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"A fool ___ was ... " : THERE
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Parish heads. : RECTORS
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The "A" in A. B. : ARTS
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Fifty-two. : LII
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Concealed. : INNER
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One of Texas' powerful elevens. : AGGIES
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Early radio set. : CRYSTAL
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Vehemence. : HEAT
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He wrote "The Green Hat." : ARLEN
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Fix shoelaces again. : RETIE
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Intended. : MEANT
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Miss Fabray of "Make a Wish." : NANETTE
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"___ Bungay," by H. G. Wells. : TONO
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Not shut. : AJAR
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Famous name in Hawaii. : DOLE
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"The chair": Slang. : HOTSEAT
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Scottish Highlander. : GAEL
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One of Gov. Earl Warren's daughters. : NINA
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East Indian timber tree. : SAJ
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Print like this. : ITALICIZE
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"With malice toward ___." : NONE
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Aeneas: French. : ENEE
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Put on the block. : SELL
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Messrs. Truex and Hemingway. : ERNESTS
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Skyway connected with Holland Tunnel. : PULASKI
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Cubic meters. : STERES
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Roger Rico, for instance. : ACTOR
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A famous Brooklynite. : HORNE
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Make mirthful. : AMUSE
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Character in "Die Fledermaus." : ADELE
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One of India's 28 states. : ASSAM
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Bea Lillie, Lady ___. : PEEL
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Authoritative command. : FIAT
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Welshman's name. : EVAN
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Mailed. : SENT
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One of the Gumps. : MIN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 15 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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