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New York Times, Thursday, June 7, 1951

51-Down : Comfortable.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 718
Across
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Famous aircraft carrier. : WASP
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Silver salmon. : SMOLT
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Hudson River delicacy. : SHAD
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Genus of maple trees. : ACER
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Grecian goddesses of the seasons. : HORAE
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Footloose worker. : HOBO
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Hoosier author. : THEODOREDREISER
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Not out of this world. : TEMPORAL
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New diamond star. : MANTLE
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Animal stalked by another. : PREY
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Indicate for decoration. : CITE
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Sturgeon roe. : CAVIAR
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Disliker. : DETESTER
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Hot places. : OVENS
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Contriver of signals. : CODER
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Mohammedan name. : ALI
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Large marine fish. : LING
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Fountain drinks. : COLAS
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College course: Abbr. : BIOL
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Equal: Comb. form. : ISO
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Appreciate discriminatingly. : SAVOR
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Where the deer and the antelope play. : RANGE
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Samuel Barber or David Diamond. : COMPOSER
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Gave utterance to. : VENTED
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Brown color. : RUST
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Placed. : LAID
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House and garden. : ESTATE
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Advertised opportunities. : BARGAINS
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Another Hoosier author. : BOOTHTARKINGTON
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Tree trunk. : BOLE
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Mint plant with pungent leaves. : THYME
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Light shade. : ECRU
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Bette or Betelgeuse. : STAR
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Slaves of the Anglo-Saxons. : ESNES
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Heavy rough woolen fabric. : SHAG
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He was inspired by a tea kettle. : WATT
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Long for. : ACHE
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Look to be. : SEEM
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Bolstering. : PROPPING
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Bolsterer. : SHORER
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Eel valued as food. : MORAY
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City between Moscow and Kharkov. : OREL
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Barefoot boy. : LAD
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Eaters of furniture. : TERMITES
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Is unusually bright. : SHINES
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Landlord of an inn. : HOST
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He died before his brother. : ABEL
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Mr. Schary of Hollywood. : DORE
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Theodora and Dorothea. : DORAS
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Diner. : EATER
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Tree; then chest. : CEDAR
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Baby's stomachache. : COLIC
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Intelligence dispatch. : AVISO
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Malice. : VENOM
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Sadness. : DOLOR
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Sully. : TAINT
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Eulogy. : ELOGE
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Irritated. : RILED
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Desire without due regard to the rights of others. : COVET
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Photographic film holder. : CASSETTE
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First-aid items. : BANDAGES
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Part of the U. S. : SOUTH
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Edward VIII's was 326 days. : REIGN
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Indulger in foolish talk. : PRATER
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Undergoes change. : VARIES
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Delibes' coloratura heroine. : LAKME
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Recedes. : EBBS
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Element of smog. : SOOT
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Indian weight. : TOLA
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Half of a Pennsylvania college. : BRYN
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Uneasy or restless longing. : ITCH
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Miss Bayes. : NORA
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Comfortable. : SNUG
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Exclamations. : AHS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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