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New York Times, Tuesday, April 8, 1952

31-Down : Large genus of tree mosses.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,024
Across
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Philanthropist and benefactor of the Met. : KAHN
5
Post-election office cleanup. : SWEEP
10
Talk indiscreetly: Colloq. : BLAT
14
Member of a famous Virginia family: 2 wds. : ALEE
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Famous name in Ohio politics. : HANNA
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To laugh, in Paris. : RIRE
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Supervisor of 150 miles of track. : ROADMASTER
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One of the Roosevelts. : ANNA
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Went first. : LED
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City near Padua. : ESTE
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Pre-auto transportation. : TANDEM
24
Du Maurier's Svengali, for instance. : MASTERMIND
27
First name of Hercule Poirot's creator. : AGATHA
29
Eight-armed cephalopod. : OCTOPUS
33
First, second or third. : BASE
34
Spout used to tap maple trees. : SPILE
36
Character in "Peer Gynt." : ASE
37
Bridle parts. : BITS
38
Diaphanous fabric. : VOILE
39
Annapolis. : USNA
40
Beverage. : ALE
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Beats decisively. : ROUTS
42
Part of a flower. : STEM
43
Citizens of Beyrouth. : SYRIANS
45
Greek letters. : GAMMAS
47
Morocco port, scene of 1943 conference. : CASABLANCA
50
City in "Kubla Khan." : XANADU
53
Jacob van___, Flemish painter. : OOST
54
Emulate Andrea Mead Lawrence. : SKI
57
Actress Jean. : MUIR
58
Albert Goldman, for instance. : POSTMASTER
61
Island in the Bering Sea. : ATTU
62
___ Vecchio, famous bridge in Florence. : PONTE
63
Wife of Zeus. : HERA
64
Provided that: 2 wds. : SOAS
65
City of the Ruhr. : ESSEN
66
White-tailed eagles. : ERNS
Down
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Senator Mundt of South Dakota. : KARL
2
A lily. : ALOE
3
Heely of Lawrenceville, for instance. : HEADMASTER
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Garver of the Browns. : NED
5
Our second highest dam. : SHASTA
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Use profligately. : WASTE
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Become a party to. : ENTER
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Chemical suffix. : ENE
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Scintilla. : PARTICLE
10
Hero of "Viva Zapata." : BRANDO
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Sensational singer of 1850. : LIND
12
He composed "Rule Britannia." : ARNE
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Men working together. : TEAM
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Net. : MESH
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Card term. : ANTE
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Roscoe the stutterer. : ATES
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Works hard. : MOILS
27
Hebrew fathers. : ABBAS
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"___ the Troubadour touch'd his guitar." : GAILY
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Truman's Masonic title. : PASTMASTER
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Large genus of tree mosses. : USNEA
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Lines of stitching. : SEAMS
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Famous bandmaster. : SOUSA
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Where gravel comes from. : PIT
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He composed "Poet and Peasant." : VONSUPPE
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Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr.'s command. : USMC
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Former assembly of the Transvaal Republic. : RAAD
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Mythological flier. : ICARUS
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They read the meters. : GASMEN
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Helen Hayes' theatrical group. : ANTA
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Petty officers on merchant ships. : BOSNS
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The "beloved Lehmann." : LOTTE
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267 days to ___. : XMAS
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Jeep or jalopy. : AUTO
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Girl in a Spanish song. : NITA
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He composed "Show Boat." : KERN
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Hirschmann and Gershwin. : IRAS
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Hawaiian birds. : OOS
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First word of a Goldsmith title. : SHE

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1 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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