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New York Times, Tuesday, October 23, 1951

12-Down : Person of importance.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.51, Missing: { J Q W }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 856
Across
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Item soon to double in price. : POSTAL
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Arm muscle. : BICEPS
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Intertwine. : ENLACE
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In behalf of organized labor. : PROUNION
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Tidy up. : NEATEN
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Epithet for an Adonis. : HANDSOME
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___ sequitur. : NON
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Causes to disagree. : DIVIDES
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Born. : NEE
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Of a certain country: Comb. form. : INDO
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Where the Aswan Dam is. : NILE
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Feudal estate. : FEOD
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Incessant: Archaic. : ETERN
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Place to go skating. : POND
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M. Pleven. : RENE
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Product of California. : SARDINES
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Bawled. : ROARED
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Study of mites and ticks. : ACAROLOGY
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Depends. : RELIES
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Zippiest. : PEPPIEST
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Native of Exeter, England. : EXON
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Sound of laughter. : HAHA
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Immodest. : UNDUE
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Portuguese navigator who discovered Cape of Good Hope. : DIAS
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Haze. : MIST
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Boats reserved for ships' captains. : GIGS
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Jacta ___ alea (the die is cast). : EST
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Tennis players' jackets. : BLAZERS
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Opulent. : FAT
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Treat with an anesthetic. : ETHERIZE
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Undiminished. : ENTIRE
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Intensified. : DEEPENED
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Aerial "ghost." : SAUCER
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"It's a long time between ___." : DRINKS
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Expedites. : SPEEDS
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Acute shortage of these, says Treasury. : PENNIES
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City in N. Y., on the Susquehanna River. : ONEONTA
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Defamation. : SLANDER
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Make knotted lace. : TAT
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Scored against on sharp service: Tennis. : ACED
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His tomb is in Red Square. : LENIN
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Ex-Ambassador to Argentina, anti-crime leader in N. Y. C. : BRADEN
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Girl in "Last Days of Pompeii." : IONE
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Quids of tobacco: Slang. : CUDS
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Naval officer: Abbr. : ENS
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Open a way. : PIONEER
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Person of importance. : SOMEONE
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Searched into the reason and nature of things. : PHILOSOPHIZED
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Wanted. : NEEDED
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Treacherous person. : VIPER
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Institutes. : ORDAINS
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Wearing off. : FRAYING
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City near Monaco. : NICE
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Discontinue. : DROP
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Contemporary writer of meterless verse. : NASH
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Soviet secret service, before 1935. : OGPU
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Let. : LEASE
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Retransfer, legally. : REDEED
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Continued to be. : EXISTED
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Detester. : LOATHER
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The U. N. building, for instance. : EDIFICE
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Sweetened. : SUGARED
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Canopies over beds. : TESTERS
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Bewilders. : AMAZES
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Long lock of hair. : TRESS
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Kind of British machine gun. : BREN
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Attach. : LINK
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Short spell, as of cold weather. : SNAP
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Covering for the apex of roof: Fr. : EPI
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Kill: French. : TUE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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