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New York Times, Tuesday, August 28, 1951

11-Down : Native of the New York city where Mark Twain lived.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.42, Missing: { B Q Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 800
Across
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Capital of Indonesia. : JAKARTA
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Dean of diplomats. : ACHESON
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Anniversary speech. : ORATION
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A potion for Tristram. : PHILTRE
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Pacific saga in book and movie. : KONTIKI
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Using sleight-of-hand. : PALMING
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Famous Italian family. : ESTE
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A mouth of the Rhine, at Zuyder Zee. : YSSEL
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Fleur-de-lis. : IRIS
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Cobbler. : SHOEMAKER
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Pasquale ___, Met baritone. : AMATO
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High crag. : TOR
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Inclined ways. : RAMPS
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Yodeler's pitch. : FALSETTO
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The Promised Land of Moses. : CANAAN
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Twitch. : TIC
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Fat fighters. : DIETERS
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Smash-hit sign. : SRO
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Charm. : ENAMOR
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Boxer's roundhouse swing. : HAYMAKER
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Revivify. : RENEW
46
Sea: French. : MER
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Not prepared. : UNSET
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Overcoat with a removable cape. : INVERNESS
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Phone mechanism. : DIAL
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Foe of Raleigh, friend of Elizabeth. : ESSEX
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Small Air Force unit. : WING
59
Naval officers. : ENSIGNS
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Indefinite number. : SEVERAL
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Sedative derived from monkshood. : ACONITE
64
Three-banked galley. : TRIREME
65
Bounty. : LARGESS
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Minnesota's chief statesman. : STASSEN
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Milton Berle specialty. : JOKE
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Nigerian tribesmen. : AROS
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Philosopher of "pure reason." : KANT
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Bears witness. : ATTESTS
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Venetian canals. : RII
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U. S. Asiatic headquarters. : TOKYO
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Pale sweet liqueur. : ANISETTE
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Come on stage. : APPEAR
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The cliffs of Dover. : CHALK
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Hilary: Abbr. : HIL
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Native of the New York city where Mark Twain lived. : ELMIRAN
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Mild sensation. : STIR
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Bird: Comb. form. : ORNI
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Undeveloped photos: Colloq. : NEGS
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Mollifiers. : SMOOTHERS
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Lively country dance. : HOEDOWN
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Dutch theologian and scholar of the Renaissance. : ERASMUS
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Later. : AFTER
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Down East state. : MAINE
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Highway to Alaska. : ALCAN
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Theatrical faces. : MASKS
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A gay place. : PAREE
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Sound of expelled breath. : SNORT
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Shooting match: Fr. : TIR
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Political slogan. : CRY
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Token payments to bind a contract: Law. : EARNESTS
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Mme. Chiang Kai-shek. : MEILING
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Solutions. : ANSWERS
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Pretty kettles of fish. : MESSES
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Gives outlet. : VENTS
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Strain. : EXERT
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Plank of fir or pine. : DEAL
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Royal Peruvian. : INCA
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Hebrew lyrelike instrument. : ASOR
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Provokes to anger. : IRES
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One of nominal fame. : NAME
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Where bagpipes resound. : GLEN
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Offer: Scot. : GIE
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By way of. : VIA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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