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New York Times, Wednesday, July 25, 1951

40-Across : Sea bird.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.37, Missing: { F H K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 252 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 766
Across
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Premier Salazar's capital. : LISBON
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Ibn Sa'ud's people. : ARABS
12
The "T" in PT boat. : TORPEDO
13
New Hampshire, the ___ State. : GRANITE
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Was in store for. : AWAITED
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Capital of Burma. : RANGOON
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Where Norris Dam is. : TENNESSEE
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Realistic style of painting. : GENRE
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Shakespeare's spirit of the air. : ARIEL
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Part of the name of a city near Jaffa. : TEL
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Any French king. : ROI
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Made noises like wrestlers. : GROANED
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Collided. : MET
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Mate. : COMPEER
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Member of a Caucasian race. : SEMITE
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Employ excessively. : OVERUSE
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Ways in which a thing may be regarded. : ASPECTS
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Having veins. : VENOSE
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Descent of Luna. : MOONSET
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Sea bird. : ERN
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Puts an injunction on. : ENJOINS
44
Little shaver. : TOT
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Piece of metal on a dancer's shoe. : TAP
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Moslem sect of dervishes. : ISAWA
52
Boss's Christmas gift. : BONUS
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Native of Winnipeg. : MANITOBAN
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What Disney artists do. : ANIMATE
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Loving. : ADORANT
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Puts out, in baseball. : RETIRES
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Takes to task. : BERATES
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Grasslike herb in marshes. : SEDGE
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Spoke impertinently. : SASSED
Down
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Vienna is in ___ Austria. : LOWER
2
Persian. : IRANI
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The back of a book cover. : SPINE
4
Giant reddish star in Orion. : BETELGEUSE
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Pindaric lyrics. : ODES
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Takes a nap. : NODS
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Constellation also called "Altar." : ARA
8
Tinkled. : RANG
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Spleen. : ANGER
10
Science of relationship of organisms to environment. : BIONOMICS
11
Brief tale. : STORIETTE
12
Bye-bye. : TATA
13
President of A. F. L. since 1924. : GREEN
14
Opposite of W. S. W. : ENE
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Just before Theta. : ETA
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Piece of homework. : LESSON
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Take offense at. : RESENT
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Where Portland is: Abbr. : ORE
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Bank's customers. : DEPOSITORS
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Follow-up on 22 Down. : TEST
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Safe spot for a boat. : COVE
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Richness of suggestion, as in a poem. : OVERTONES
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Evangelical Protestant. : MENNONITE
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Golfer Mangrum, for example. : PRO
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___ of good will. : MEN
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Friend from Marseille. : AMI
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Grable's husband. : JAMES
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O. P. S. predecessor. : OPA
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Pompous. : TUMID
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Marsh birds of the Atlantic States. : SORAS
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Let up. : ABATE
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Was on the downgrade. : WANED
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Aardvark's diet. : ANTS
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Part of a ranch's name. : BAR
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Famous puppeteer (1882-1942). : SARG
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Collars. : NABS
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Author's notebook item. : IDEA
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Gadget used by Ben Hogan. : TEE

Answer summary:
12 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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