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New York Times, Monday, May 28, 1951

51-Down : Girl's name.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q V }, Scrabble score: 318 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 708
Across
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Senator since 1939. : TAFT
5
He wrote "Winnie-the-Pooh." : MILNE
10
Lounge idly. : LAZE
14
Venezuelan copper town. : AROA
15
Constellation containing Betelgeuse and Rigel. : ORION
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Discoverer of heavy hydrogen. : UREY
17
Tom's constituents. : NEWYORKERS
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Mention. : CITE
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He takes polls. : GALLUP
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It's named after a planet. : SATURDAY
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Roman emperor, 69 A.D. : OTHO
25
Loathe. : HATE
26
War horses. : CHARGERS
30
___ dazzle. : RAZZLE
34
Soak. : RET
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Should. : OUGHT
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___ City, on the Missouri. : SIOUX
38
Songstress Fitzgerald. : ELLA
40
Churchill's daughter. : SARAH
42
Bullets, bombs, etc.: Slang. : AMMO
43
Army camp in Maryland. : MEADE
45
Hercules slew a lion here. : NEMEA
47
Where flowers grow. : BED
48
Reduce to slavery. : ENSERF
50
Girl's name. : DELPHINE
52
German song. : LIED
54
River bank. : RIPA
55
Wooer of Lydia Languish. : BOBACRES
59
Excuses. : ALIBIS
63
Kirghiz mountains. : ALAI
64
Queen Mary, for instance. : GRANDEDAME
66
"The Swedish Nightingale." : LIND
67
Consolidate. : UNITE
68
Quod ___ demonstrandum. : ERAT
69
Leave far behind. : LOSE
70
Hans, in "Die Meistersinger." : SACHS
71
Queen Juliana's grandmother. : EMMA
Down
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Sharp flavor. : TANG
2
Sector. : AREA
3
Ducks, pheasants, etc. : FOWL
4
Joseph Deems of the air. : TAYLOR
5
Greek god of dreams. : MORPHEUS
6
Annoy. : IRK
7
Tales. : LIES
8
Little Eleanor. : NORAH
9
Bespangle. : ENSTAR
10
Thrice-wed Duchess of Ferrara. : LUCREZIA
11
Moistless. : ARID
12
Betwixt epsilon and eta. : ZETA
13
Holey, as cheese. : EYEY
18
Expenditure. : OUTGO
22
Girls named after Miss Hagen. : UTAS
24
"Lost Chord" instrument. : ORGAN
26
___ de menthe. : CREME
27
Name meaning bright one. : HELEN
28
He supported the world before E.C.A. : ATLAS
29
Fragment. : SHRED
31
Voodoo specter. : ZOMBI
32
Unit of light. : LUMEN
33
A going out: Var. : EXODE
36
Clyde Beatty, for instance. : TAMER
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Capital of S. Australia. : ADELAIDE
41
Daughters of Greek sun god, changed into poplar trees. : HELIADES
44
Man's name. : ERIC
46
Northern Spy. : APPLE
49
Irishman's name. : FERGUS
51
Girl's name. : HAIDEE
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Libyan port, east of Bengasi. : DERNA
55
Former Senator from Minnesota. : BALL
56
Potpourri. : OLIO
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Forbids. : BANS
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Levantine ketch. : SAIC
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Yeast. : BARM
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Priest of a mosque. : IMAM
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Bristle. : SETA
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The ___ degree. : NTH

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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