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Charles Cross
Charles Cross

VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE

New York Times, Sunday, September 16, 1951

55-Down : She wrote "Back Street."

Author:
Charles Cross
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 172, Blocks: 77, Avg Word Len: 5.26, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 680 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 136, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 31 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
Charles Cross has 25 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Original 134-Across clue had "Dutchess"; changed to "Duchess."

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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 819
Across
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Mesta or Merman. : MADAM
6
F. D. R.'s specialty. : CHATS
11
Handbag closing. : CLASP
16
Wellesley president. : CLAPP
21
Lower. : ABASE
22
Dress of a religious order. : HABIT
23
June of Hollywood. : HAVER
24
Feebler. : LAMER
25
Queen who instigated a massacre, 1572. : CATHERINEDEMEDICI
28
Piazza's vocation. : OPERA
29
Summer in Paris. : ETE
30
Mrs. Lincoln's maiden name. : TODD
31
Miss Tanguay. : EVA
32
Confined. : YARDED
34
His wife looked back. : LOT
35
Slave. : SERF
37
Four kings, for instance. : MELD
39
Two ball teams. : EIGHTEEN
41
Where Mrs. Ross is boss. : MINT
42
Girl's name. : OSA
44
Before. : ERE
46
Spatter: Dial. : SLART
47
Rain slightly. : SPIT
49
Long: Prefix. : MACRO
52
Useless adornment. : FRILL
54
Mennonites. : AMISH
56
Collect. : AMASS
59
Menu phrase. : ALAMODE
61
Miss Potter of Peter Rabbit fame. : BEATRIX
63
Kind of piano. : UPRIGHT
65
Re-evaluating. : RERATING
67
Basket. : CREEL
68
Piccadilly Circus statue. : EROS
69
Swiss river. : AAR
70
Widow who married well in 1759. : MARTHACUSTIS
72
Ankles. : TARSI
74
___ Gluck. : ALMA
75
Alpine necessity. : SKI
76
Bungling. : INEPT
77
Whence came Elaine. : ASTOLAT
79
Heaped. : PILED
80
Author of "Show Boat": 1st name. : EDNA
82
Measure. : PINT
84
S. A. Indians. : ONAS
85
Indonesian island. : BALI
86
With dark glasses and phony name: Slang. : INCOG
88
Verbal thrust. : RIPOSTE
90
Pinchpenny. : MISER
92
Conserve. : CAN
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Cheers. : RAHS
96
Good nylons are. : SHEER
97
She played Camille, Juliet, Magda, etc. : ELEONORADUSE
100
Girl's name. : AVA
101
Fabre's subject. : BEES
102
A chief interest of females. : MALES
104
Famous square in N. Y. C. : GRAMERCY
105
Dessert. : TAPIOCA
107
The fabulous Dolly. : MADISON
109
Wild horses. : BRONCOS
110
Noted violinist. : ELMAN
111
Sudden effort. : SPASM
113
Footgear. : SPATS
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Singleness: It. : UNITA
116
Connectives. : ANDS
118
Assyrian god. : ASHIR
120
English title. : SIR
121
Indian title. : SRI
122
Units of freight volume. : TONS
124
___ fallacy. : PATHETIC
127
Italian coins. : LIRE
129
Soaks in. : SOPS
133
Begun by 140 Across: Abbr. : ARC
134
Duchess of Kent. : MARINA
135
Portuguese India. : GOA
137
Dickens heroine. : DORA
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___-polloi. : HOI
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Miss Barton. : CLARA
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Signature on our paper money. : GEORGIANEESECLARK
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Observer. : NOTER
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___ den Linden. : UNTER
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Former Chief Justice. : STONE
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Flambeau. : TORCH
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Skillfully. : APTLY
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Suffixes of profession. : STERS
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Colors. : TINTS
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Indian nurses. : AYAHS
Down
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Staffs of office. : MACES
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Slacken. : ABATE
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Useful rubber stamp. : DATER
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Baseball bat wood. : ASH
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Grapple with. : MEET
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Scold. : CHIDE
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Man in boxer's corner. : HANDLER
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Sally Bush's stepson. : ABE
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Opportune time. : TIDE
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Mr. Brodie. : STEVE
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What: Ital. : CHE
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Romney painted many portraits of her. : LADYHAMILTON
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Jacqueline Cochran, for instance. : AVIATRIX
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Hidden causes. : SECRETS
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First word of Jane Austen title. : PRIDE
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Bumpkin. : CLOD
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Be one circuit ahead. : LAP
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One of opera's all-time greats. : AMELITAGALLICURCI
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An American Presidential candidate. : PERON
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N. Y. Congresswoman for many years. : PRATT
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European capital. : ROMA
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But: French. : MAIS
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Being. : ENS
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Newspaper make-up. : FORMAT
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Take little by little: Obs. : DRIB
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Showiness. : GLARE
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Opera heroine. : MIMI
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Caressing. : SOOTHING
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Vote in. : ELECT
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72's, usually. : PARS
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Ladies: Dial. : MARMS
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Dripping. : ALEAK
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Suffragist and peace advocate. : CARRIECHAPMANCATT
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Baffle by evasion. : FENCE
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Lassos. : LARIATS
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She wrote "Back Street." : HURST
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Fie! : SHAME
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Valuable violin. : STRAD
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Miss Wynyard. : DIANA
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Fiction heroine. : TESS
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Hawaiian fare. : POI
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Tropical fish. : GUPPIES
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Blackboard cleaning. : ERASING
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Stalk. : STIPE
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Texan memory. : ALAMO
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Be unwell. : AIL
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A fashion in female footgear. : TOELESS
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Mme. Pompadour, for instance. : PARAMOUR
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___ Passos. : DOS
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Famous name in Hollywood. : NORMASHEARER
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Indian province. : BERAR
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Angry. : IRATE
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WAVES are. : NAVAL
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Ostriches. : RHEAS
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Low Hindu caste. : TELI
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Rowan trees. : SORBS
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Fashionable raceway in England. : ASCOT
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Artist McMein. : NEYSA
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Dry. : SEC
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___ Fables: Var. : ESOPS
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Cape Cod resort. : DENNIS
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She wrote many of our beloved songs. : BOND
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Concede. : ADMIT
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Scottish Johns. : IANS
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Item in fan mail. : MASHNOTE
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Pin down. : NAIL
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Persevering. : PATIENT
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Part of Neptune's gear. : TRIDENT
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Saratoga. : SPA
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Swiss mountain. : RIGI
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Dry. : SERE
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Chilean province ceded to Peru, 1929. : TACNA
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Deck of a battleship. : ORLOP
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Giant with 100 eyes. : ARGUS
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Seaside. : COAST
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Bampton, Macaulay, etc. : ROSES
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Maureen of Hollywood. : OHARA
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Architectural item. : PORCH
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Indian caste-rejectors. : SIKHS
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Queen portrayed by Helen Hayes. : MARY
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Against. : ANTI
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Legal proceedings. : ACTA
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Electrical unit. : REL
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Small weights: Abbr. : GRS
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Long time. : EON
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Movie star. : LOY

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 23 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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