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New York Times, Friday, March 16, 1951

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { B Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14, Grid flow: 44.7
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 635
Across
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Gridiron music. : RAHS
5
Ruler of Entezam's country. : SHAH
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Vermont's famous Allen. : ETHAN
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Beautiful youth: Lat. : ADON
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Site of Aswan Dam. : NILE
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Spencer of the movies. : TRACY
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He has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. : JAWAHARLALNEHRU
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Hope of the World. : AMERICA
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"Information ___." : PLEASE
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Romantic opera by Delibes. : LAKME
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Fellow of the American Academy: Abbr. : AAS
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Comes down in snow and rain. : SLEETS
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Hurled shells at the enemy. : CANNONED
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Follower of 17 Across. : HINDU
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Sailors' patron saint. : ELMO
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Jules Verne's submarine captain. : NEMO
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Radical: Abbr. : RAD
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Quickest in movement. : SPRIEST
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Shaft of a coal mine. : PIT
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Mr. Slaughter. : ENOS
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Tears away roughly. : RIPS
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French school. : ECOLE
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Current rumblings. : WARCRIES
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Sententiously more concise. : TERSER
49
Billina in the Oz books. : HEN
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Ghost story effect. : EERIE
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Show with certainty. : EVINCE
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Family tree. : LINEAGE
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Controversial figure in music. : KIRSTENFLAGSTAD
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Emulate Demosthenes. : ORATE
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Satan: Scot. : DEIL
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Miss Raines. : ELLA
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George ___ of the Yankees. : WEISS
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Possesses. : OWNS
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Setting of "The King and I." : SIAM
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East Indian prince. : RAJA
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Resident of Eden. : ADAM
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Canadian Trade Minister. : HOWE
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In a mixup. : SNARLED
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Midnight meals. : SNACKS
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Name meaning noble. : HIRAM
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Apiece, in tennis. : ALL
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Injun word signifying a lot. : HEAP
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Pertaining to a Sicilian volcano. : ETNEAN
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Giving aid and comfort to the enemy. : TREASON
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Cries of triumph. : HAHS
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Historic seaport in Palestine. : ACRE
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Where $32,000,000 medical center is being built. : NYU
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Gap. : HIATUS
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Lowlands in South America. : LLANOS
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Temporary obscurity. : ECLIPSE
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Katharina of Padua. : SHREW
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Climbing plant or vine. : LIANA
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Witch of ___. : ENDOR
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City in Iowa. : AMES
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Roman historian of 1st Cent. B. C. : NEPOS
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Rousseau's hero, 1762. : EMILE
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Overfond individual. : DOTER
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Buffalo's lake. : ERIE
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Subject of treatise by Machiavelli. : PRINCE
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Setting up a golf ball. : TEEING
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Rocks that split readily. : SCHISTS
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Serpentine-bladed daggers. : CREESES
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Annuities in France. : RENTES
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Items on the court calendar. : TRIALS
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Mrs. Irving Berlin. : ELLIN
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O'Kelly's country. : EIRE
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True: French. : VRAI
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Within: Comb. form. : ENDO
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Legendary Norse king. : ATLI
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Festive. : GALA
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Round Dutch cheese. : EDAM
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___ tow, form of obeisance. : KOW
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Not many. : FEW

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 13 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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