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New York Times, Saturday, April 14, 1951

55-Down : Girl's name.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { V }, Scrabble score: 330 (avg 1.71)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 6, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14
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P
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J
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 664
Across
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Turkish military commander. : PASHA
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Mighty warrior of the Greeks before Troy. : AJAX
10
Good name for a dog. : SPOT
14
Dismay. : APPAL
15
Take it easy. : LOLL
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Press; importune. : URGE
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Jessamyn West's new novel. : THEWITCHDIGGERS
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The voice of a clock. : TICK
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One of the Hebrides islands. : IONA
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Where caravans stop. : OASES
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Disciple; adherent. : IST
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Baghdad is its capital. : IRAQ
25
Trading center. : MART
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Lloyd Douglas' best seller (with The). : ROBE
28
Indians. : UTES
30
Questions; doubts. : IFS
33
Greeting with a lei. : ALOHA
35
Loose earth. : DIRT
36
Slothful. : IDLE
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Lack of systematic arrangement. : DISORGANIZATION
40
Bows. : ARCS
41
Sea animals. : ORCS
42
Carried on, as a battle. : WAGED
43
Mystery man of Red China. : MAO
44
The late Mr. Long. : HUEY
45
Language of the Buddhist scriptures. : PALI
46
Conspire. : PLOT
48
Nautical term for hailing. : AHOY
50
___ Day at Yale. : TAP
53
Of bees. : APIAN
55
False god. : IDOL
56
Dining hall: Span. : SALA
57
He wrote "The Voice of Bugle Ann." : MACKINLAYKANTOR
60
Baby coach. : PRAM
61
Novel by Jane Austen, 1816. : EMMA
62
French river. : SAONE
63
Department store event. : SALE
64
Game fish. : BASS
65
Binge. : SPREE
Down
1
Famous soprano of the 19th century. : PATTI
2
Genus of plant lice. : APHIS
3
Pertaining to an instrument used to disperse light beams. : SPECTROSCOPICAL
4
Bird of prey. : HAWK
5
Oriental name. : ALI
6
Town in Blount Co., Tenn. : ALCOA
7
Our sixth President. : JOHNQUINCYADAMS
8
He's in "Guys and Dolls." : ALDA
9
41. : XLI
10
Mr. Robinson. : SUGAR
11
John Mulholland, for instance. : PRESTIDIGITATOR
12
Fairy tale character. : OGRE
13
She of the D'Urbervilles. : TESS
18
Nonskid item. : TIRE
19
Gazelles of Tibet. : GOAS
24
Steel girder shaped like a letter. : IBAR
25
Fortress city in N. E. France. : METZ
27
Exclamations. : OHOS
29
Mr. Speaker. : TRIS
31
Oversize ice cube. : FLOE
32
Transmit. : SEND
33
William Dillard's role. : ADAM
34
Money in 36 Down. : LIRA
35
Challenge. : DARE
36
Sforza's country: Abbr. : ITAL
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Affliction that attacks the big toe. : GOUT
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Off. : AWAY
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"___ soit qui mal y pense." : HONI
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Our eleventh President. : POLK
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One of Lily Pons' roles. : LAKME
49
Georgetown students. : HOYAS
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Apart from others. : ALONE
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Gay ___. : PAREE
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Units of electric current: Abbr. : AMPS
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Rubber city, also called Belém. : PARA
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Girl's name. : ILMA
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Fastener. : SNAP
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Beak. : NEB
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Sure-footed beast. : ASS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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