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New York Times, Friday, June 22, 1951

44-Down : Cousin of a Brownie.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J Q V }, Scrabble score: 322 (avg 1.69)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 733
Across
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First name in the field of animated pictures. : WALT
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Looks amazed. : GAPES
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Native village, in South Africa. : STAD
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Hebrew lyre. : ASOR
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Macaw or cockatoo. : ARARA
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Cougar. : PUMA
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Type of blond Casey waltzed with. : STRAWBERRY
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Epochal. : ERAL
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Levers for moving cars. : PINCHBARS
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Marshal Pétain of France. : HENRI
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To consume, as time. : KILL
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Diplomacy. : TACT
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Small one-seeded fruit. : ACHENE
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Braggart: Slang. : BLOWHARD
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Very cautious. : CHARY
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Practical joke. : PRANK
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Resident of an apiary. : BEE
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Long periods of time. : EONS
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"We sail the ocean blue and our ___ ship's a beauty." : SAUCY
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Good-sized slice. : SLAB
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Disencumber. : RID
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Tributary of the Oise. : AISNE
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___ Bara, former movie vampire. : THEDA
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Where Makoko, the great ape, lived and died. : BRONXZOO
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Industrialist Henry J. : KAISER
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Assumed part. : ROLE
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Vitrifying chamber used in ceramics. : KILN
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Tidal flood. : EAGRE
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Pictorial photograph. : PHOTOGRAM
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Tie score. : DRAW
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New York City's jewelry trade center. : MAIDENLANE
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Girl's name. : GINA
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Place of sacrifice. : ALTAR
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One of Adam's grandsons. : ENOS
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Evenly divided between opposing sides, as ___ aces. : EASY
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Classroom furniture. : DESKS
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___ Andrews, actor. : DANA
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Stinger. : WASP
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Site of famous Italian vineyards. : ASTI
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Forsaken; bereft. : LORN
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Bloodhounds, for instance. : TRACKERS
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Rapid unintelligent talk. : GABBLE
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Pertaining to a region. : AREAL
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Young salmon. : PARR
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Goes astray. : ERRS
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Second word of "The Star-Spangled Banner." : SAY
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Fourth of July function. : SPEECH
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Roundhouse equipment. : TURNTABLES
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Swedish measures. : AMAR
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Ultra-modernist painter. : DALI
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Querulous. : WHINY
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Bob of the radio. : HAWK
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Samuel Weller's father. : TONY
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Sharp and harsh. : ACERB
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Hall-Johnson singers. : CHOIR
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Music-makers of the big city. : HANDORGANS
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Mr. Walter of the "Met." : BRUNO
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What Cluny is famous for. : LACE
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He wrote "Peg Woffington." : READE
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Preclude. : DEBAR
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El ___, Texas. : PASO
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Magnitude. : SIZE
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Roofed with thin slabs. : SHINGLED
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Roller-skate part. : AXLE
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Eagle's claw. : TALON
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Where Stavanger is. : NORWAY
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Raisers of fictitious stock market credit. : KITERS
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Cousin of a Brownie. : KODAK
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Part of a razor blade. : EDGE
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Risë Stevens specialty. : ARIA
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Beyond the ___. : PALE
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Texas leaguers. : HITS
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Genus of frogs. : RANA
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Presently. : ANON
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Tableland. : MESA
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March hares are. : MAD

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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