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New York Times, Tuesday, January 23, 1951

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.75, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17, Grid flow: 38.6
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 583
Across
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It flies with the speed of sound. : SABRE
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Speediest dogfighters. : JETS
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Love: Latin. : AMOR
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Vernacular. : IDIOM
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Pertaining to a grandparent. : AVAL
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Husband: Fr. : MARI
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Tail star in a constellation. : DENEB
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The Big Inch and others. : PIPELINES
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Underpinning. : LEG
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Israeli U. N. delegate. : EBAN
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Manage by hook or crook. : WANGLE
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Subject of Truman's December speech. : EMERGENCY
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The way of a sailor. : SEA
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Protein food. : EGG
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Dawnward. : EAST
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Bite. : NIP
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Honorary Turkish title: Var. : PACHA
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Cartoonist of high life. : ARNO
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Any plane. : AERO
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Not having rowing implements. : UNOARED
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Israeli parliament. : KNESSET
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Draw in outline. : LIMN
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South Korean soldiers. : ROKS
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A game of pure skill. : CHESS
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Shade tree. : ELM
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Arctic sea E. of Nova Zembla. : KARA
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Enemy. : FOE
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A democracy. : USA
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The office Mercury. : ERRANDBOY
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Director of U. N. trusteeship division. : BUNCHE
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Extinct bird. : DODO
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Initials for a soldier's address. : APO
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Revenue for the CIO, UMW, etc. : UNIONDUES
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Russian U. N. delegate. : MALIK
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Classic American political cartoonist. : NAST
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Old measures, 45 inches. : ELLS
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Tin Pan Alley's girl for 1950. : IRENE
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Charitable gift. : ALMS
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A prince of India. : RAJA
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Granted. : CEDED
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Move edgewise. : SIDLE
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Revoke a legacy: Law. : ADEEM
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Spree: Slang. : BINGE
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What caviar is. : ROE
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Make a pauper. : EMBEGGAR
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MacArthur's base. : JAPAN
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Displayer. : EVINCER
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Kind of dance. : TAP
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Killed. : SLEW
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Ammonia compound. : AMINE
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Metal used for hardening steel. : MANGANESE
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City between Moscow and Kharkov. : OREL
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Ascend. : RISE
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Endure. : LAST
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Implore. : BEG
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Ada ___, actress (1860–99). : REHAN
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Casey Stengel's men. : YANKS
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An heir. : SON
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Makes angry. : IRES
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Kitchenware. : POTS
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Cry like a baby. : PULE
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Indigo. : ANIL
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Totalitarian form of government. : COMMUNISM
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Dote on. : ADORE
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Reduced by fire. : ASHED
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Significant age. : ERA
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Financially politic. : ECONOMIC
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Tito's Foreign Minister. : KARDELJ
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Otto ___, banker and opera patron, d. 1934. : KAHN
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Quirk of fashion. : FAD
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Wha hae wi' Wallace bled? : SCOTS
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Barba___, Frederick the Red Beard. : ROSSA
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Bundled cotton. : BALED
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Think: Humorous. : OPINE
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Double harnessed. : YOKED
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Synthetic rubber. : BUNA
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Single. : UNAL
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German river. : EDER
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Noun suffix forming a diminutive. : ULA
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Exist. : ARE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 15 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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