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J. F. Kelly
J. F. Kelly

New York Times, Wednesday, January 3, 1951

Author:
J. F. Kelly
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.57, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 20
J. F. Kelly has 25 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 563
Across
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Polite Frenchman. : GASTON
7
He traveled to Tibet. : THOMAS
13
Model anew. : RESHAPE
14
Current national shortage. : HOUSING
16
An agent to prevent weight increase. : ANTIFAT
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Calling of the horse-opera villain. : RUSTLER
18
Signified. : MEANT
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Soothing exclamation. : THERE
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Leader of Red China. : MAO
22
Cream cheese. : BRIE
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General who was Chief of Staff, 1917. : BLISS
24
Nickels in Albania. : LEKS
25
Gibbon. : LAR
26
Sound of taffeta. : SWISH
27
Teeth or spikes. : TINES
28
Political symbol. : ELEPHANT
30
Watch: French. : MONTRE
31
Ferenc Nagy's nationality. : HUNGARIAN
33
Green rust on old bronze. : PATINA
36
Crumbled to dust. : MOLDERED
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Short pastoral poems. : IDYLS
41
Waiter's shirt front. : DICKY
42
Projecting lug. : EAR
43
Targets of the McCarran Bill. : REDS
44
Fur-bearing animals. : MINKS
45
Protective device in an electric circuit. : FUSE
46
Arabian name. : ALI
47
Below the Yalu. : KOREA
48
City: Italian. : CITTA
49
Slight coloring. : TINTING
51
Swept. : BRUSHED
53
On the qui vive. : ENGARDE
54
Citizens of a Pennsylvania city. : YORKERS
55
Glimpses. : ESPIES
56
Smoldering ashes. : EMBERS
Down
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Nathan Farragut Twining's rank. : GENERAL
2
Song-and-dance man. : ASTAIRE
3
Bright weather. : SHINE
4
Mr. Republican. : TAFT
5
Bowles' wartime bureau. : OPA
6
Irritating. : NETTLING
7
Separate the grain from the husk. : THRESH
8
Second word of "The Rosary." : HOURS
9
River in Yorkshire. : OUSE
10
U. S. time zone. : MST
11
Indisposition. : AILMENT
12
Tennis shoe. : SNEAKER
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Walk for pleasure. : RAMBLE
15
___ Pointe, Mich. : GROSSE
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Substance that lowers blood pressure. : HISTAMINE
23
Master; boss: Africa. : BWANA
24
Small lunar crater. : LINNE
26
Keeps away from. : SHUNS
27
Sycophant. : TOADY
29
The Whiz Kids. : PHILS
30
Drains wealth from. : MILKS
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Nursery word. : ROCKABYE
33
Member of Crosby's ball team. : PIRATE
34
Heroine of popular sentimental song. : ADELINE
35
Defeated Maryland Senator. : TYDINGS
37
Union head, advocate of wage-price control. : REUTHER
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Church festivals. : EASTERS
39
Fears. : DREADS
41
Mournful songs. : DIRGES
44
The world: French. : MONDE
45
Famous American actress, starred in Ibsen (1865-1932). : FISKE
47
Hara-___. : KIRI
48
"Sidewalk" stock market. : CURB
50
Faucet. : TAP
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Gypsy. : ROM

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 18 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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