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New York Times, Friday, July 6, 1951

21-Across : Inventor of the electric pen, ancestor of the mimeograph.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { F J K Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 747
Across
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The "Constitution," for instance. : SHIP
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Fragrance. : AROMA
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Boxing program. : CARD
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Sound of feline felicity. : PURR
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Angled for morays. : EELED
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Awry. : AGEE
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Novel by Sinclair Lewis. : ARROWSMITH
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Long river in Siberia. : LENA
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Like a stone. : LITHOID
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Inventor of the electric pen, ancestor of the mimeograph. : EDISON
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Gelett Burgess creations. : GOOPS
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The Sheik. : ARAB
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Musial, of St. Louis. : STAN
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Warbling Romeo. : SERENADER
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Hamburger dressing. : CATSUP
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Bolshevik. : LENINITE
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Oriental name. : ALI
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Cardinal Spellman, for instance. : PRELATE
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"That not impossible ___." : SHE
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The legal profession. : LONGROBE
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Political line-ups. : SLATES
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Members of the Church of England. : ANGLICANS
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"If I ___ King." : WERE
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Undecided, as a question. : OPEN
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Of a Great Lake. : ERIAN
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Long-distance swimmer's protection. : GREASE
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Casanova. : AMORIST
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Offended. : HURT
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U. N. General Assembly group. : DELEGATION
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Hero of Anne Nichols' play. : ABIE
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King Michael, for instance. : EXILE
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Bacchanal cry. : EVOE
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Have charge of. : TEND
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Restrain through fear. : DETER
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Cancel. : DELE
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Belgian resort. : SPA
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Emulate Bob Lemon. : HURL
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Making fertile, as in Grand Coulee project. : IRRIGATING
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Parts of atoms. : PROTONS
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He wrote "The Lion and the Mouse." : AESOP
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Lax. : REMISS
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Having a strong smell. : OLID
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Bing's domain. : MET
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Politician's followers. : ADHERENTS
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Brute in "The Tempest." : CALIBAN
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Rock of ___. : AGES
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City on the Truckee. : RENO
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___ Rusk of the State Department. : DEAN
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Popular song by Jerome Kern. : WHO
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Mr. Tobin of the teamsters' union. : DANIEL
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Region. : AREA
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La ___, Milan's 8 Down. : SCALA
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Claw. : TALON
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Mrs. John McCloy. : ELLEN
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Enlarging. : DISTENSIVE
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The upper regions of space. : ETHER
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Robinson's "d.p." partner. : REESE
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Tears up. : UPRIPS
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Advanced. : PROCEEDED
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Israel's Ambassador to U. S. : EBAN
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Gazed with malignant joy. : GLOATED
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Expected. : AWAITED
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Mother of Dionysus. : SEMELE
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Airman's "that's all." : ROGER
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One of the Gershwins. : IRA
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One of India's coastal ranges. : GHAT
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___ Waddell, Athletics' immortal pitcher. : RUBE
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James Joyce's homeland. : ERIN
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Dismounted. : ALIT
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Dupe. : TOOL
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River in England. : EXE
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Dixie Crosby, ___ Lee. : NEE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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