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New York Times, Wednesday, December 12, 1951

48-Down : Gave a sly look.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 250 (avg 1.32)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 0, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 906
Across
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Central figure in church-state controversy. : CLARK
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The whaler in "Moby Dick." : AHAB
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Snare for bear. : TRAP
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British-born poet, now an American citizen. : AUDEN
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Game in which mallets are used. : POLO
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A kind of blanket. : ROBE
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Topic of 3 Down. : TRADE
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View from Riverside Drive. : PALISADES
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One-half of an academic year. : SEMESTER
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Marshall's successor. : LOVETT
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Pope wrote one on "Man." : ESSAY
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Alma mater of 22 Across. : ELI
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Breakfast dish. : OATMEAL
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Schoolbook. : READER
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Where Tuscaloosa is: Abbr. : ALA
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Pontiac's group. : TRIBE
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Monumental slab. : STELA
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Destroys insidiously. : SAPS
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Type of drum. : SNARE
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Border on. : ABUT
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Lets forth. : EMITS
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Outdoor cooking device. : GRILL
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Fresh-water fish. : IDE
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A brown horse. : SORREL
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Chose. : ELECTED
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Indian U. S. is now paying. : UTE
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Part of an opera. : SCENA
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Nebraska river flowing into the Missouri south of Omaha. : PLATTE
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Good-for-nothings. : WASTRELS
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Commager is one. : HISTORIAN
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Ancient Troy. : ILION
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Arrow poison. : INEE
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Girl's nickname. : ERMA
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Blackmore's heroine. : LORNA
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"Every inch a king." : LEAR
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Lower house of Eire's Parliament. : DAIL
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Perpendicular. : STEEP
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Siamese, Manx, etc. : CATS
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Decoy. : LURE
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Economist Smith. : ADAM
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Liberate. : REDEEM
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Israel's Parliament. : KNESSET
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Evoking sympathy. : APPEALING
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Gray with age. : HOARY
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The aggregate. : ALL
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Apparatus for steam heating. : BOILER
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Verdi's Violetta Valery. : TRAVIATA
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Emulated Arcaro. : RODE
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Be an accomplice. : ABET
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Town that has been part of Hungary's capital since 1873. : PEST
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Jobs for the shoemaker. : SOLES
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Peter I, Nicholas II, etc. : TSARS
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Stopovers for caravans. : OASES
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Where Davy Crockett died. : ALAMO
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Large animal of South America. : TAPIR
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Item in red ink. : DEBIT
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Be an artful dodger. : ELUDE
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Gave an exam mark. : RATED
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Measure, in music. : BAR
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DeWitt Clinton's project, opened in 1825. : ERIECANAL
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Drum majorette. : STRUTTER
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They: French. : ELLES
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Bout. : SETTO
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Ingredients for a soup. : LENTILS
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Gave a sly look. : LEERED
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Place to buy a jalopy. : CARLOT
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Hindu religious teacher. : SWAMI
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Mr. Silvers of "Top Banana." : PHIL
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Football team's "forward wall." : LINE
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Puzzled. : ASEA
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De Valera is its Premier. : EIRE
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Standing apart. : LONE
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Photo. : SNAP
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Man's name meaning watcher. : IRA

Answer summary:
8 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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