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New York Times, Thursday, January 25, 1951

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.33)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 31.9
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 585
Across
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Commander of the Seventh Fleet, now in Formosa Strait. : STRUBLE
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E. C. A. Administrator. : FOSTER
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In that place. : THEREIN
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Neapolitan secret society. : CAMORRA
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Things retained in the mind. : RETENTS
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Semitic language group. : ARAMEAN
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Delicate. : AIRY
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Alabama's Senator. : HILL
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Medieval trading guild. : HANSE
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Group providing entertainment for the Army. : USO
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Well-known Spanish guitarist. : SEGOVIA
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Part of a golf course. : TEE
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Leather band. : STRAP
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___ Coward. : NOEL
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She was Miss Wallace. : BESS
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Edith Sitwell to Sacheverell. : SISTER
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Vanity. : PRIDE
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Representative from Brooklyn. : CELLER
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Roofing worker. : TARRER
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The Veep. : ALBEN
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Republican adviser to State Dept. : DULLES
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Secures. : GETS
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Ancient region bordering on Palestine. : EDOM
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Prototype for Sally Adams. : MESTA
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Custom. : USE
50
Characteristic qualities. : FLAVORS
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Scottish form of John. : IAN
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Behind the footlights. : STAGE
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Thespian's objective. : ROLE
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___ Bagnold, author of "National Velvet." : ENID
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Native of Albania's capital. : TIRANAN
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Windflower. : ANEMONE
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Punishes by a fine. : AMERCES
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One qualified for an old-age pension. : RETIRER
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She wrote "Show Boat." : FERBER
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Ushers. : SEATERS
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Composer of "Salome." : STRAUSS
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Believing in the existence of a God. : THEISTIC
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Bent backward. : RETRORSE
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Discoverer of heavy hydrogen. : UREY
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London's big clock. : BEN
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Supple. : LITHE
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Lowest commissioned officer in the U. S. Navy. : ENSIGN
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Distant. : FAR
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City in Nebraska. : OMAHA
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Body of an organism. : SOMA
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Thirty: French. : TRENTE
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Rubs out. : ERASES
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Indian queens. : RANEES
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First Governor of Maryland, as a British colony. : CALVERT
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Famed Chicago locale. : LOOP
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Enchantment. : SPELL
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The tale of the siege of Troy. : ILIAD
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Statue in Rockefeller Center. : ATLAS
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Adolf ___, former Ambassador to Brazil. : BERLE
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Resist authority. : REBEL
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Band instruments. : DRUMS
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Mends again. : REDARNS
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Hamlet's home. : ELSINORE
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What Perry Mason seldom undertakes a case without. : RETAINER
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New: Comb. form. : NOVO
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Cinema actor, villain in "All About Eve." : SANDERS
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Swedish King. : GUSTAF
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President of Haiti. : ESTIME
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Ripper. : TEARER
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Teeth. : MOLARS
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Receiver of stolen goods. : FENCE
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Mlle. Jeanmaire, star of Ballets de Paris. : RENEE
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Clothing. : GARB
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Give forth. : EMIT
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Atmosphere: Comb. form. : AER
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Greek letter. : ETA

Answer summary:
10 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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