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New York Times, Friday, November 23, 1951

44-Down : Dewey's working place.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { F G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 887
Across
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Nanki-poo's father. : MIKADO
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Deserves. : MERITS
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Captivate. : ENAMOR
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Performer in "Two on the Nile." : OLIVIER
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Draw in and hold condensed gas, in chemistry. : ADSORB
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Untwisted. : RAVELLED
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County prosecutors: Abbr. : DAS
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Houdini feat. : ESCAPE
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Head: French. : TETE
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Paunchy. : OBESE
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Rolls of names. : LISTS
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"Rhubarb." : CAT
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Sharecroppers' street. : WALL
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Sharpen on a whetstone. : HONE
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Pretty miss: Slang. : CUTIE
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Speak with declamation. : ORATE
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Juries. : PANELS
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Foot troubles of horses. : SPAVINS
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Most fermented. : SOUREST
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Mission. : ERRAND
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Zoo spectacle. : HIPPO
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Rakes into a heap. : RUCKS
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Strewn with small figures, as stars or flowers. : SEME
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Girl. : LASS
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Adjective suffix. : ISH
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Miss Merman. : ETHEL
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Ambassador to Yugoslavia. : ALLEN
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___ Minor. : ASIA
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Devices detecting by sound echo. : RADARS
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Ambassador to Norway. : BAY
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High-voltage business man. : LIVEWIRE
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Within reach: 2 words. : ATHAND
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Gas infuser. : AERATOR
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Step proudly. : PRANCE
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Glamour girls. : SIRENS
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Secretary of Commerce. : SAWYER
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Green field. : MEADOW
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Big conference among South African natives. : INDABA
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Manufacturing city in 36 Down. : KASSEL
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I love: Latin. : AMO
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Food fish, also called John Dory. : DOREE
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Spherical bodies. : ORBS
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Earth and stones of glacial deposit. : MORAINE
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Pass, as time. : ELAPSE
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Firm fastening. : RIVET
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"___ Got Rhythm." : IVE
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Joust. : TILT
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Draftee. : SELECTEE
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Tells again and again. : RETAILS
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Abhor. : DETEST
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Coagulates. : CLOTS
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Czech co-countryman. : SLOVAK
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Relative of the canvasback. : SCAUP
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Four inches. : HAND
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Spread out a bolt. : UNROLL
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Shampoo finale. : RINSE
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Maker of Cardinals. : POPE
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Magazine story. : SERIAL
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Country of the Junkers. : PRUSSIA
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Official records. : ARCHIVES
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India's summer capital. : SIMLA
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The careful ones. : HEEDERS
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City in Pennsylvania. : SHARON
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Dewey's working place. : ALBANY
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Session with poltergeists invited. : SEANCE
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Alexander Hamilton's current counterpart. : SNYDER
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Unoriginal. : TRITE
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Ad ___ per aspera: Motto of Kansas. : ASTRA
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Air: Comb. form. : AERI
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Noises expected at 45 Down. : RAPS
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Sometimes hot, sometimes cold. : WAR
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Exclamation expressing hesitation. : HAW

Answer summary:
12 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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