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Edward Barnett
Edward Barnett

New York Times, Wednesday, February 28, 1951

25-Down : Balloons make them.

Author:
Edward Barnett
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 619
Across
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Ball park in Philadelphia. : SHIBE
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Dips into water. : DAPS
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Army chow. : MESS
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Willy the Salesman. : LOMAN
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Mr. Johnston. : ERIC
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Again. : ANEW
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Great poems. : EPICS
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Roman highway. : ITER
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Roster. : ROTA
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Particulars. : DETAILS
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Name prominent in Korean news. : RIDGWAY
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Beast of burden in South America. : LLAMA
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Miss Lillie. : BEA
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Went at an easy pace. : AMBLED
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The ___, Doug and Norma. : SHEARERS
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Man's nickname. : MOE
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Significant card in canasta. : DEUCE
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Dormouse. : LEROT
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Third Vice President of U. S. : BURR
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Kind of large whale. : SPERM
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This waits for no man. : TIDE
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Prohibit. : ESTOP
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Assault. : ONSET
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104. : CIV
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Say yes again. : REASSENT
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First name of author of "Rebecca." : DAPHNE
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Kind of power stressed by Hoover. : AIR
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City in the headlines. : SEOUL
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He was Secretary of War, 1940-45. : STIMSON
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Road-building machine. : SCRAPER
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Large African antelope with vertical stripes. : KUDU
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Clothes: Colloq. : TOGS
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Harden. : INURE
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Very black. : EBON
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Heroine of "Last Days of Pompeii." : IONE
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Italian Socialist leader. : NENNI
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Unite metals by heating. : WELD
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Decisive point. : CRUX
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City of the Krupp works. : ESSEN
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Drawn by Rudolph. : SLED
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Man with a Hooper. : HOPE
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Counterfeit: Abbr. : IMIT
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Mrs. Bogart's maiden name. : BACALL
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Stored as fodder. : ENSILED
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Belief in the existence of a personal God. : DEISM
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Raoul Dufy's forte. : ART
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Breakwater. : PIER
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Writer. : SCRIBE
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First name of popular concert singer. : MARGARET
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Presently: Dial. : ENOW
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Slender bristle of a plant. : SETA
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Swing and ___. : SWAY
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Takes on cargo. : LADES
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Distribute. : DEAL
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Balloons make them. : ASCENTS
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Kathleen Winsor's heroine. : AMBER
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Scary animal. : MOUSE
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Girl's nickname. : BERTA
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Not his. : HERS
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Remarque's first name. : ERICH
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Creator of "Le Penseur." : RODIN
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Mr. Early. : STEVE
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Atop. : UPON
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Girl's name. : ROSAMUND
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Wine from France. : MEDOC
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Greek letters. : PSIS
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A bull. : TAURINE
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Amatory. : EROTIC
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B-36's. : PLANES
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County in New Jersey. : ESSEX
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Turn aside. : SKEW
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Transportation to New Jersey. : TUBE
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Graven image. : IDOL
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Famous racehorse. : NOOR
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Plays on words. : PUNS
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Sea eagle. : ERNE
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Harness part. : REIN
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Oxlike animal with short mane and long flowing tail. : GNU

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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