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New York Times, Tuesday, May 15, 1951

43-Down : Sylphlike.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 20
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 695
Across
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Where Gottwald is Premier. : PRAGUE
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Former Federal Reserve chief. : MCCABE
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Far away. : REMOTE
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Novel. : ORIGINAL
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Steadier. : EVENER
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Strong current. : TIDERACE
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Number of Muses. : NINE
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Egyptian goddess. : ISIS
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Columbia professor, author of "Philosopher's Quest." : EDMAN
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Fix the alarm hour. : SET
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Broadtailed dam builder. : BEAVER
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Product of a fountain. : SODA
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Not in dreamland. : AWAKE
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Range-country plateaus. : MESAS
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Sometime companion of Sen. : REP
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Tapestry. : ARRAS
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Two-banked galley of ancient Rome. : BIREME
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Guillotined French Revolutionist. : DANTON
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Burlesque. : PARODY
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The sounding sea. : DEPTHS
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Strange costume. : GETUP
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Druggist's pharmacopeia guide: Abbr. : USP
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Theatre lane. : AISLE
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Bike treadle. : PEDAL
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Source of beer. : MALT
50
Turns inside out. : EVERTS
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Swiss canton. : URI
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Bing's forte. : OPERA
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Facility. : EASE
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King Haakon's capital. : OSLO
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Tropical tree yielding thatch leaves. : NIPAPALM
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U. S. voice in U. N. : AUSTIN
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Personal grooming. : TOILETTE
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Last Mrs. John Barrymore. : ELAINE
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Sailed away from the sun. : EASTED
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Weed in grainfields. : DARNEL
Down
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Dr. Gainza Paz's paper. : PRENSA
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Critic's copy. : REVIEW
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Catkins. : AMENTA
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Departed. : GONE
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Western Indian. : UTE
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Hackle-raising. : EERIE
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Moving impulses. : MOTIVES
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Cabinet troubles in various countries. : CRISES
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Criminal division, Scotland Yard. : CID
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Askew. : AGEE
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Heavier-than-air fliers. : BIRDS
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Bewitched. : ENAMORED
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West Point. : ACADEMY
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Delaware Indian. : LENAPE
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The rain tree. : SAMAN
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Gun named for Frau Krupp. : BERTHA
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Seaport of French Morocco. : RABAT
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German philosopher. : KANT
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Pancake makeup. : SIRUPS
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___ the Riveter. : ROSIE
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Cowboy's equipment. : ROPE
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Tammany Hall sachem. : DESAPIO
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All-American dessert. : APPLEPIE
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Members of the House of Lords. : PEERS
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Television tycoon. : DUMONT
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Flashed. : GLEAMED
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Sylphlike. : SVELTE
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William Farnum's brother. : DUSTIN
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Actress Judge. : ARLINE
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Mr. Barrymore. : LIONEL
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"The flowers that bloom in the spring, ___." : TRALA
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Snacked at five. : TEAED
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Zoo dwellers. : APES
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Glacial ridges. : OSAR
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Criminal lawyer: Abbr. : ATT
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Diminutive suffix. : ULA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 19 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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