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New York Times, Thursday, April 5, 1951

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11, Grid flow: 20.5
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 655
Across
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The Bear. : RUSSIA
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Queen of the gods. : JUNO
11
Independent communism. : TITOISM
12
Weapons of psychological warfare. : IDEAS
14
Feeler. : TENTACLE
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Mr. Washington. : BOOKER
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Make different. : ALTER
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The Ram. : ARIES
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Scottish Arctic explorer (1813–93). : RAE
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Free from bias, dishonesty or injustice. : FAIR
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Faulty. : AMISS
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John Stuart ___, English economist. : MILL
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Half a score. : TEN
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Baby Snooks. : BRICE
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Miss Thompson of "Rain." : SADIE
27
What the Kon-Tiki raft was made of. : BALSA
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Important seaport in French Indo-China. : SAIGON
29
A little bone. : OSSELET
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"No ___"; politician's retort. : COMMENT
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Former Prime Minister of France. : PLEVEN
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D'état et de grâce. : COUPS
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Juliet is his betrothed. : PARIS
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Mails. : POSTS
37
Spelling match. : BEE
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Baking place. : OVEN
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Two blocks west of Times Square. : NINTH
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Security exchange on Trinity Place, N. Y. : CURB
43
Small Japanese coin. : SEN
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In the future. : HENCE
45
Composition by Handel. : LARGO
46
Heretofore. : ERENOW
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Hydrogen bomb site in South Carolina. : ELLENTON
50
Great Belgian violinist (1858–1931). : YSAYE
51
A lieutenant's command. : PLATOON
52
Rip. : TEAR
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Long Island military post. : TOTTEN
Down
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Part of the name of a movie dog star. : RINTIN
2
Say. : UTTER
3
Fly high. : SOAR
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Thus. : SIC
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One of the Moslem faith. : ISLAMIST
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Hymn by Samuel Francis Smith. : AMERICA
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Harmonizes: Colloq. : JIBES
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Herbs eaten by the Japanese. : UDOS
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Modernist. : NEO
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Center of atomic research in Tennessee. : OAKRIDGE
11
Membranes: Anat. : TELAE
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Large eared seal of the Pacific Coast. : SEALION
14
Charles Phelps ___. : TAFT
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Ease up. : RELENT
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Bay of Japan. : ISE
22
Composer of "Stormy Weather." : ARLEN
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Cripples. : MAIMS
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500-pound units of cotton. : BALES
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Hominy dishes. : SAMPS
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Predecessor of Herbert Morrison. : BEVIN
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Below the Mason-Dixon line. : SOUTH
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Resist. : OPPOSE
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"Up From ___," by 15 Across. : SLAVERY
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Most placid. : SERENEST
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Premier of O'Kelly's country. : COSTELLO
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Idea. : CONCEPT
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Brooch. : PIN
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Supreme Court Justice from Ohio. : BURTON
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Measure of work. : ERGON
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Black. : EBON
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More modern. : NEWER
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Hiawatha's transportation. : CANOE
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Any athlete of Georgetown U. : HOYA
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Native of Riga. : LETT
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A lassie's negative. : NAE
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Buddhist pillar. : LAT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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