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New York Times, Wednesday, August 29, 1951

33-Down : Make hilarious.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F H Q W X }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 801
Across
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Reporter sentenced by Czechs. : OATIS
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Kennel dwellers : PUPS
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Serious phase of the smoke menace. : SMOG
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British buccaneer, circumnavigator of the globe (1540-96). : DRAKE
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In the matter of: Latin. : INRE
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Beautiful: Comb. form. : CALO
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Small picture in a larger one. : INSET
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Second word of "Home, Sweet Home." : PLEASURES
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___ de plume. : NOM
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Carpet. : TAPIS
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Biblical name. : ELIAS
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President of Mexico. : ALEMAN
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Pat McCarran's colleague from Nevada. : MALONE
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Campers' transportation. : CANOES
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Makes sweaters. : KNITS
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Plant yielding deep blue dye. : ANIL
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Actor's remark for the audience only. : ASIDE
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Admiral, negotiator in Korean cease-fire. : JOY
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Native of Leghorn. : ITALIAN
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Having tendrils, as a leaf. : CIRROSE
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Girl's nickname. : NAN
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Phantom. : SPOOK
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Welsh form of John. : EVAN
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Stadium. : ARENA
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Leo and Gertrude. : STEINS
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Virginia Ruth Egnor, TV star. : DAGMAR
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A native Hawaiian. : KENAKA
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Run off to Yuma. : ELOPE
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Swell. : BLOAT
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Chap. : LAD
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Waxy roselike flowers, named after a missionary. : CAMELLIAS
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Commonplace. : TRITE
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1/10th of an ephah. : OMER
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Tweedledee said, "But as it ___, it ain't." : ISNT
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Where Manila is. : LUZON
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Part. : ROLE
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Mother of Helen of Troy. : LEDA
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"Security is mortals' chiefest ___."—Macbeth. : ENEMY
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Valhalla god with one eye. : ODIN
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Florence's river. : ARNO
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Native of Hobart. : TASMANIAN
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Nickname often used in political talk. : IKE
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Lounge. : SETTEE
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Browning heroine whose song was "All's right with the world." : PIPPA
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Disconnects. : UNLINKS
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Conant's title: Abbr. : PRES
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___ of Okhotsk. : SEA
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Racing boats for oarsmen. : SCULLS
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Mr. Lanza. : MARIO
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City in SW New York. : OLEAN
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Essayist, friend of R. L. S. : GOSSE
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Usher. : SEATER
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Mornings. : AMS
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Recline indolently. : LOLL
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The south of France. : MIDI
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Magnuson's colleague from Washington. : CAIN
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Theatrical group. : ANTA
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___ Longworth, T. R.'s son-in-law. : NICK
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Soon. : ANON
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Make hilarious. : JOVIALIZE
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Chemical suffix. : OSAN
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Desires: Slang. : YENS
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New state where elections were recently held. : ISRAEL
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Mimic. : APER
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Give off smoke. : REEK
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Manufacturing city on San Francisco Bay. : OAKLAND
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Unit of electric current. : AMPERE
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Wild sheep of Tibet. : SNA
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Gossip. : TATTLE
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Embellishment. : DECOR
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Scene of 1836 massacre in Texas. : ALAMO
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City north of Kiev. : GOMEL
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City in Italy. : EOSTA
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Cold dry north wind of Mediterranean regions. : BISE
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Fissionable particle. : ATOM
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Repudiate. : DENY
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Mae West's alter ego. : LIL
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Stand for office. : RUN

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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