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New York Times, Saturday, March 31, 1951

44-Down : Sky hook.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.57, Missing: { H J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 650
Across
1
Floating airport. : FLATTOP
8
D'Oyly Carte character. : MIKADO
14
Where Monte Carlo is. : RIVIERA
15
Harbor dwellers. : PORTMEN
16
He wrote billets-doux to Héloïse. : ABELARD
17
Terrifying. : AWESOME
18
Stag goers. : MEN
19
Conundrums. : RIDDLES
21
Kidney: Latin. : REN
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C.G.S. units. : ERGS
24
More dissembling. : SLIER
25
Any cold wind. : BISE
26
Legislatures of Sweden, Finland, etc. : DIETS
28
Consume. : EAT
29
Notice of wedding bells. : BANNS
30
Hindu lamp-waving rite. : ARATI
32
They take affidavits. : NOTARIES
34
Target of Kefauver's committee. : RACKETEER
36
Capable of feeling. : SENTIENT
39
Bird like the loon. : GREBE
42
What Garbo is no longer. : ALIEN
43
German word for 31 Down. : EIS
45
Head of Federal Council of Churches, 1948-50. : STAMM
47
Describing a former Broadway "Ruth." : DEAR
48
Won by Judy and José. : OSCAR
50
Musical threesome. : TRIO
51
___ Harbor, Long Island. : SAG
52
Handy things for sneezers. : TISSUES
54
Cry: French. : CRI
55
M. France of France. : ANATOLE
57
Language spoken in Valencia. : CATALAN
59
The Prince of Wales may wear one. : CORONET
60
Train. : EDUCATE
61
U. S. tennis champ, 1946-47. : KRAMER
62
The effects of weeping. : REDEYES
Down
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Trumped up a charge: Slang. : FRAMED
2
President Tubman's country. : LIBERIA
3
Navy torpedo bomber. : AVENGER
4
Sesame. : TIL
5
Briny drop. : TEAR
6
Upholstery trimming. : ORRIS
7
Row gently. : PADDLE
8
Grass cutter. : MOWER
9
Makes choleric. : IRES
10
Jumping chessmen: Abbr. : KTS
11
Infant cupids. : AMORINI
12
Realm or province. : DEMESNE
13
Unity. : ONENESS
15
An overcoat. : PALETOT
20
L. Ron Hubbard's subject. : DIANETICS
23
Race track official. : STARTER
25
Governor of Wyoming. : BARRETT
27
Discolor. : STAIN
29
Max and Buddy of boxing. : BAERS
31
On which the Red Wings reign. : ICE
33
Sheep in its second year. : TEG
35
Israel's Parliament. : KNESSET
36
Geo. Baker's cartoon G.I. : SADSACK
37
The Met's Miss Steber. : ELEANOR
38
River joining Lakes Erie and Ontario. : NIAGARA
40
A Street in lower Manhattan. : BARCLAY
41
Where an Arabian chief rules. : EMIRATE
44
Sky hook. : SAUCER
46
Des ___. : MOINES
48
Tanker. : OILER
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He wrote "It's Never Too Late To Mend," 1856. : READE
52
Stage and screen star. : TONE
53
Hold-card poker. : STUD
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Nursery pork-thief. : TOM
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Good card for 53 Down. : ACE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 14 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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