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New York Times, Tuesday, July 17, 1951

71-Across : Mend clothes.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 82, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.59, Missing: { B F J Q U }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 758
Across
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Exclamation heard after a home run. : YOW
4
Well-known test. : ACID
8
Top man in the National League. : DODGER
14
Ordinal suffix. : ETH
15
Miss Freeman, actress. : MONA
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Miss McElhone of TV. : ELOISE
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Fixed salaries, usually too small. : STIPENDS
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Low man in the National League. : PIRATE
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Gateway of a Shinto temple. : TORII
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General Ike's former command. : ETO
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Science of directing the course of an aircraft: Abbr. : NAV
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Assassinated. : SLEW
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Stan Musial, for one. : CARD
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Diminutive suffix. : ETTE
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Old Testament prophet. : HOSEA
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Former Red magazine (1926-1947). : NEWMASSES
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Bedecks. : ADORNS
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Turns to a radio program. : DIALS
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Practice witchcraft on: Colloq. : HEX
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Guy Gabrielson is its chairman. : GOP
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Nothing. : NIL
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___ Paulo, Brazil. : SAO
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Heard around Honolulu. : ALOHA
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Venturesome persons. : DARERS
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Fain, Zernial, etc. : ATHLETICS
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Bronx Bombers. : YANKS
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Mine: Spanish. : MIOS
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Girl's name. : LENA
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Spanish house. : CASA
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Freudian subject. : EGO
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A thing, in legal phrases. : RES
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Sudden attack. : ONSET
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Fenway athletes. : REDSOX
63
Subjects for DiSalle's department. : CONTROLS
66
Wrinkle. : CREASE
67
Movie-making basso. : EZIO
68
Gardner ___, cartoonist. : REA
69
Either of the first books of the Apocrypha. : ESDRAS
70
Become lachrymose. : WEEP
71
Mend clothes. : SEW
Down
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Answer to "my darling daughter." : YES
2
Ex-manager of 11 Down. : OTT
3
Robinson, Zarilla, etc. : WHITESOX
4
Abbreviation for two continents. : AMER
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Resembling a volcanic peak. : CONIC
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Chapman, for one. : INDIAN
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Legal officers: Abbr. : DAS
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Administrative district in France: Abbr. : DEPT
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Hodgepodge. : OLIO
10
Beetle. : DOR
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Contenders for National League pennant. : GIANTS
12
Home with broad acres. : ESTATE
13
Village officers, in Canada. : REEVES
18
Linda Christian's spouse. : POWER
21
Senator Johnson of Colorado. : EDWIN
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Ruler in Teheran. : SHAH
24
Vein of metal. : LODE
26
McCosky, for one. : RED
27
Feminine suffix. : ESS
29
A point of view. : ANGLE
31
Almost nonexistent member of the household. : MAID
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Mitigate. : ALLAY
34
Chimney residue. : SOOT
38
1950's "Whiz Kids." : PHILS
40
Frequent nemesis of the Yanks. : SENATORS
41
Big boats. : ARKS
42
Mountain in Greece. : OSSA
43
Messrs. Jolson and Smith. : ALS
44
Twenty-point Canasta card. : ACE
46
Indianapolis contestant. : RACER
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Punish by fine. : AMERCE
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Baseball's Bengals. : TIGERS
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Descriptive of Klansmen. : HOODED
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Take a nap. : SNOOZE
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Well-known tugboat captain. : ANNIE
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Girl's name. : ROSA
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Letters used for crossing out. : EXES
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Traffic sign. : STOP
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Patriotic group. : SAR
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The Defense Mobilizer's initials. : CEW
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Gypsy Rose. : LEE
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Adage. : SAW

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