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New York Times, Monday, October 22, 1951

53-Down : Money for the 57 Across: Abbr.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 855
Across
1
Ace Gabreski's flying jet. : SABRE
6
User of a contrivance for calculating. : ABACIST
13
Mr. Groucho Marx. : JULIUS
14
High pay, no work. : SINECURE
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Hidden; secret. : ARCANE
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The United States Government: Colloq. : UNCLESAM
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Bestowed happiness upon. : BLEST
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A cast mass of metal. : INGOT
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"A dainty dish to set before a king." : PIE
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Three-toed sloths of S. America. : AIS
22
Soaked and soft. : SODDEN
24
Home of the Quakers. : PENN
25
Gives out on contract. : LETS
27
Stingo brews. : ALES
28
Set at the proper rate of motion. : PACED
29
Story teller. : RECITER
31
Arkansas tributary of the Mississippi. : WHITE
32
Revolutionary statesman of Massachusetts. : OTIS
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Senator from Tacoma. : CAIN
34
Trims by cutting. : PARES
36
President Gonzales Videla. : CHILEAN
39
Intense excitement. : FEVER
40
Wood: Fr. : BOIS
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Endure: Scot. : DREE
43
Rouses to anger. : IRES
44
Persuades to evil. : TEMPTS
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Large cask. : TUN
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Author ___ Yutang. : LIN
48
British umbrellas. : GAMPS
49
Greek letter. : THETA
51
Kathryn Grayson's role in "Show Boat." : MAGNOLIA
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Shaper or fashioner. : FRAMER
54
Poet Stephen and Ambassador Percy. : SPENDERS
55
Go away. : RETIRE
56
Flowing locks. : TRESSES
57
Natives of St. Gallen. : SWISS
Down
1
More churlish. : SURLIER
2
Hero of Molière's "Le Misanthrope." : ALCESTE
3
Tendency which prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question. : BIAS
4
Dwarfish animals. : RUNTS
5
Suffix indicating locality. : ESE
6
Into separate parts. : ASUNDER
7
Carousals: Slang. : BINGES
8
Suburb of Panama. : ANCON
9
Stone ax of early times. : CELT
10
Eliza's crossing blocks. : ICE
11
Character in a whodunit. : SUSPECT
12
New marine, for instance. : TRAINEE
13
Son of Lamech, in Genesis. : JABAL
15
Editors do it. : EMEND
19
Twiddles the time away. : IDLES
23
Czech-jailed U. S. newsman. : OATIS
24
Caused much discomfort. : PAINED
26
Crosses the goal line. : SCORES
28
Mr. Jessup's nickname. : PHIL
30
Roman road. : ITER
31
Middle part of a bomber. : WAIST
33
Popular character in a James Hilton story. : CHIPS
34
A charm worn against disease or mischief. : PERIAPT
35
A nemesis. : AVENGER
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Surveyor's instrument. : COMPASS
37
Twin sister of Apollo. : ARTEMIS
38
People who take no part in a controversy. : NEUTERS
39
Hollywood's business. : FILMS
40
Stick in the mud. : BEMIRE
42
Large lake in Finland. : ENARE
44
Gossips' delight. : TALES
45
Sprinkle. : STREW
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Woden, Thor, Balder, etc. : GODS
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The heart, in ancient Egypt. : HATI
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Compass point. : NNE
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Money for the 57 Across: Abbr. : FRS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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