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New York Times, Tuesday, March 27, 1951

22-Down : Symbol of Boston.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 646
Across
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Evita Duarte's husband. : PERON
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Busy section of a department store. : MISSES
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Senator from Nevada. : MALONE
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Prime Minister of Eire. : COSTELLO
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Adroit. : CLEVER
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Pelican State Senator. : ELLENDER
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Sticky stuff. : GLUE
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Illinois Congressman. : VELDE
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Blind the eyes, as of a falcon. : SEEL
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Royal Academicians. : RAS
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Price of a stamp. : CENT
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Squally, as the weather. : DIRTY
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Fatty. : ADIPOSE
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Subversive activity. : PLOT
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Having prongs. : TINED
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Groups of civilian soldiers. : MILITIAS
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New Zealand bird allied to starling. : HUIA
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Took a stand. : SIDED
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Celebrities. : VIPS
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Editorial page statement of ownership, etc. : MASTHEAD
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Yankee star. : BERRA
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Departs expeditiously. : HIES
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Avaricious person. : GRASPER
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Truman is one. : MASON
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Evil glance. : LEER
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Money in Riga. : LAT
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Grocery store item. : OLEO
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Describing Jack Sprat's spouse. : OBESE
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Lower part of an interior wall. : DADO
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Masses of sediment. : SILTAGES
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The tower of Pisa, for instance. : LEANER
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Monotony. : SAMENESS
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Trenchermen. : EATERS
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Noncoms: Slang. : SARGES
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Parade uniform. : DRESS
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Rare element harder than platinum. : PALLADIUM
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Famous mysteries and festival honoring Demeter. : ELEUSINIA
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Wander. : ROVE
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Strike ___. : ONE
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War of ___. : NERVES
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Source of penicillin. : MOLD
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Emerald ___. : ISLE
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Sault ___ Marie. : STE
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Clairvoyants. : SENSITIVES
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Kind of statesman Churchill is. : ELDER
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Icy rain. : SLEET
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U. S. Attorney General since 1949. : MCGRATH
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Hibernian. : CELT
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Airfield near Paris. : ORLY
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Yugoslavia and Russia, for instance. : ENEMIES
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Symbol of Boston. : COD
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Marriage portion. : DOT
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Juvenile weapon of destruction. : PEASHOOTER
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Students who have promised to join fraternities. : PLEDGES
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Cover. : LID
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Miss Lupino. : IDA
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General LeMay's concern. : AIRPLANES
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Butter knives. : SPREADERS
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Pronoun. : SHE
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Tailors: Humorous. : SARTORS
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Vital mineral. : TIN
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The legal profession. : BAR
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Participated in a folk dance. : REELED
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Money, in the "rolling stone" proverb. : MOSS
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Adonis is one. : ALIAS
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Authoress Lagerlof. : SELMA
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Without. : LESS
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Double curve. : OGEE
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Margaret's mother. : BESS
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Boy meets girl. : DATE
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In English: Abbr. : ANG
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Requisite for music appreciation. : EAR

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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