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New York Times, Saturday, March 21, 1953

44-Down : Blockheaded.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,371
Across
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Character in "East of Eden." : ADAM
5
Having "je ne sais quoi." : CHIC
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South American timber tree. : CAROB
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Like the Coronation plans. : GALA
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Tenor in an opera. : HERO
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Out of the way. : ASIDE
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Neglect. : OMIT
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Saroyan's son. : ARAM
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Law of the ___ and Persians. : MEDES
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Wally Cox's role on TV. : ROBINSONPEEPERS
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Flavoring for a liqueur. : ANISEED
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Dory equipment. : OARS
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Weight of India. : SER
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Halfway station on Suez Canal. : ISMAILIA
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Prototype of Ted Mack. : BOWES
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Con ___ (with spirit): Music. : BRIO
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Land of Tuptim and Lun Tha. : SIAM
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Wood for 24 Across. : ASH
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Stephen, in France. : ETIENNE
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"The ___ of Anxiety": Auden. : AGE
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Russian. : SLAV
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Perhaps the world's most common name. : WONG
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Met tenor, ___ Vinay. : RAMON
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"A Woman Is a ___ Thing." : SOMETIME
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Fuel. : GAS
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Sand pile. : DUNE
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G. B. S. wrote many. : SATIRES
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Unhappy man on Friday the 13th. : SUPERSTITIONIST
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Speechify. : ORATE
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Horse of a certain color. : ROAN
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Authoress Chase. : ILKA
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A votre ___ (to your health): Fr. : SANTE
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Phrase beginning a business letter. : INRE
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___-do-well. : NEER
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Johnson's stage partner. : OLSEN
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Half of a heavy downpour. : CATS
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Jane Rochester's maiden name. : EYRE
Down
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Meeting place in old Athens. : AGORA
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Runyon's middle name. : DAMON
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Excuse. : ALIBI
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Octogenarian French painter. : MATISSE
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Pursuit plane. : CHASER
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Salome danced for him. : HEROD
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Where Isfahan is. : IRAN
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Stravinsky's forte. : COMPOSING
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Modern newsgatherer, par excellence. : CAMERA
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Freedom from bacteria. : ASEPSIS
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Emulate the Valkyries. : RIDE
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Breslau's river. : ODER
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Housewife of Independence, Mo. : BESS
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Middle name of former U. S. Treasurer. : NEESE
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Prime Minister de Valera of Ireland. : EAMON
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Girl's name meaning peace. : IRENE
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Novelist O'Flaherty. : LIAM
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Symbol of false friendship. : IAGO
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Sanction. : AMEN
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Kipnis' voice. : BASS
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Setting of "The Doll's House." : OSLO
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Sound of hard impact. : WHAM
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Reckoning the span of human life. : BIOMETRIC
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The Bobbsey girls. : TWINS
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Sister of Terpsichore. : ERATO
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Small naval scouting vessel. : VEDETTE
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Blockheaded. : ASININE
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Vessel for vichysoisse. : TUREEN
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General at Fort Erie, 1814. : GAINES
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Inaugurate. : START
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William Bendix's TV role. : RILEY
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Glacial ridge of sandy drift. : ESKER
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Gawp. : STARE
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Tolerable. : SOSO
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River into the Caspian, 1,400 miles. : URAL
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Spiders. : PANS
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One of the Hebrides. : IONA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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