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New York Times, Thursday, December 27, 1951

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 1, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
David Steinberg notes:

Original 10-Down clue had acute accent over "e" in "Liège"; changed to grave.

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P
2
A
3
S
4
T
5
E
6
U
7
R
8
G
9
R
10
A
11
S
12
S
13
E
14
E
N
T
E
N
T
E
15
B
R
A
N
N
A
N
16
S
T
R
A
I
T
S
17
R
A
N
S
O
M
S
18
T
O
E
19
D
E
T
20
R
O
I
T
21
R
O
C
22
L
I
E
23
D
24
R
O
Y
A
L
25
F
I
V
E
26
E
N
T
E
27
R
28
R
E
D
29
R
E
N
A
N
30
E
S
C
A
31
P
E
S
32
M
E
A
G
R
E
33
A
C
E
34
O
A
T
35
S
36
A
37
L
T
E
N
38
C
39
R
O
C
H
40
E
41
T
42
P
R
O
U
D
43
P
O
A
44
H
E
C
H
45
T
46
H
E
R
R
47
J
U
N
T
48
A
49
R
U
E
R
50
E
N
E
51
D
E
S
E
A
D
52
O
53
A
N
Y
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R
O
T
55
T
E
R
S
56
T
E
R
57
E
D
O
S
58
E
S
T
U
A
R
Y
59
A
L
A
M
O
R
T
60
D
E
A
R
L
Y
61
T
E
N
U
R
E
S
© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 921
Across
1
French chemist, born 129 years ago today. : PASTEUR
8
French town noted for perfumes. : GRASSE
14
Triple ___, alliance that ended in 1917. : ENTENTE
15
Secretary of Agriculture. : BRANNAN
16
Gibraltar, Bass, Torres, etc. : STRAITS
17
Payments releasing captives. : RANSOMS
18
Part of Italy. : TOE
19
Site of Briggs Stadium. : DETROIT
21
Navy's ROTC. : ROC
22
Spread false propaganda. : LIED
24
The "R" in RAF. : ROYAL
25
Basketball team. : FIVE
26
Matriculate. : ENTER
28
Color on outside edge of rainbows. : RED
29
French writer of religious history. : RENAN
30
Emulates Mr. Konvalinka. : ESCAPES
32
Scanty. : MEAGRE
33
Mr. Goodman of radio. : ACE
34
Tidbit for Count Fleet. : OAT
35
Bambi's creator. : SALTEN
38
A kind of needlework. : CROCHET
42
Having self-respect. : PROUD
43
Kentucky blue-grass. : POA
44
Co-author of "The Front Page." : HECHT
46
Mr. Anybody in Berlin. : HERR
47
Spanish administrative council. : JUNTA
49
The sorry one. : RUER
50
Opposite of WSW. : ENE
51
River in Argentina. : DESEADO
53
One of all. : ANY
54
Blackguards: British slang. : ROTTERS
56
Shipworms. : TEREDOS
58
Sea arm at lower end of a river. : ESTUARY
59
Dejected. : ALAMORT
60
With affection. : DEARLY
61
Rights held by experienced teachers. : TENURES
Down
1
Tool for pounding. : PESTLE
2
De Saint-Exupery, French aviator and author. : ANTOINE
3
Main, Elm, etc. : STREETS
4
Export from Ceylon. : TEA
5
Authoress Bagnold. : ENID
6
Express. : UTTER
7
Touch up old masters. : RESTORE
8
Galahad's quest. : GRAIL
9
Yawp. : RANT
10
Suburb of Liège, Belgium. : ANS
11
It keeps neighbors awake. : SNORING
12
Copper urn for making tea. : SAMOVAR
13
Provide a stage setting. : ENSCENE
15
Liberal. : BROAD
20
Cereal grains. : RYES
23
He said, "Our country, right or wrong!" : DECATUR
25
With 28 Across, Community Chest symbol. : FEATHER
27
What Sea Biscuit did. : RACED
29
Vital statistic re Sugar Ray. : REACH
31
Literary expression. : PEN
32
Pasture palaver. : MOO
35
Made round. : SPHERED
36
Full of sand. : ARENOSE
37
Filmland's Miss Young. : LORETTA
38
Shape of many a peak. : CONE
39
Drumbeat. : RATATAT
40
Guayaquil is its chief seaport. : ECUADOR
41
The 58 Across of the Thames: 2 wds. : THENORE
43
Occupant of a "beautiful pea-green boat." : PUSSY
45
Secret meetings. : TRYSTS
47
Comedian Colonna. : JERRY
48
Fred Astaire's sister. : ADELE
51
Political or business agreement. : DEAL
52
Algerian seaport. : ORAN
55
Wild goat. : TUR
57
Cousin of the cassowary. : EMU

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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