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New York Times, Monday, April 30, 1951

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11, Grid flow: 41.0 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 680
Across
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Chairman of New York's Anti-Crime Commission. : BRADEN
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What landlords mustn't do to tenants. : COERCE
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Replace inner surfaces. : RELINE
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Victoria de Los ___, Met's Cio-Cio-San. : ANGELES
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Big Four program. : AGENDA
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Charles of France. : DEGAULLE
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Proceed with pep. : ZIP
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Throw; scatter: Archaic. : STROW
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Laws: Latin. : LEGES
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Mischief makers. : IMPS
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Golfer who made comeback. : HOGAN
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Darn it! : DRAT
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Sierra ___, in Africa, capital is Freetown. : LEONE
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City leader. : MAYOR
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Actress Gardner. : AVA
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Original name of the Alaska Highway. : ALCAN
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Winter apple. : RUSSET
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Our Chief of Naval Operations. : SHERMAN
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How to win a trick at bridge. : FINESSE
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A corroding influence. : CANKER
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Captain Alvin Dark, for instance. : GIANT
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___ Razmara, late of Iran. : ALI
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Raises. : REARS
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2300-mile river to the Bering Sea. : YUKON
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Minimum values. : LOWS
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Footwear for wedding ushers. : SPATS
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Read closely. : PORE
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Deputy. : AGENT
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Small picture in a larger one. : INSET
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Nehru's U. N. delegate. : RAU
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Sold to the public. : RETAILED
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Pare off. : RESECT
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Lillian ___, Wagnerian soprano (1859–1914). : NORDICA
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Breathe out. : EXHALE
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Capsized. : KEELED
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Kitchen device. : STONER
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Coffee country. : BRAZIL
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System of government. : REGIME
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Syria's second city. : ALEPPO
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Noise. : DIN
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Terminals. : ENDS
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Under: Poetic. : NEATH
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Permanent British U. N. man. : CADOGAN
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Sign for motorists. : ONEWAY
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Oeuf. : EGG
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Authentic. : REAL
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Rolled thread into a ball. : CLUED
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Coarse shoreline verdure. : EELGRASS
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Tangled skeins. : SLEAVES
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Condition in life. : ESTATE
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Native of the Holy City. : ROMAN
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Lewis Carroll's imaginary animal. : SNARK
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Water wheel. : NORIA
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Commentator Davis. : ELMER
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Too liquid, as dough. : RUNNY
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Worries. : CARES
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Framed fight. : SETUP
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Ladderlike. : SCALAR
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Element like chlorine. : HALOGEN
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Pacific atomic proving ground. : ENIWETOK
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Hand weapons. : FISTS
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Spencer Tracy's current role. : GRANDAD
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For each. : APIECE
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R. O. K. : KOREAN
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Forecaster. : ORACLE
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One of the genders in grammar. : NEUTER
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Noose for catching a hare. : SNARE
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Dries with age. : SERES
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Bay of Fundy phenomenon. : TIDE
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Sermon subject. : TEXT
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"___ Abner." : LIL
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Southern exclamation. : SHO

Answer summary:
11 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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