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New York Times, Monday, April 9, 1951

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14, Grid flow: 27.3
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 659
Across
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He says "Oyez! Oyez!" : CRIER
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Baltimore baseball players. : ORIOLES
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Senate's G. O. P. floor leader. : WHERRY
14
Czar of musicdom. : PETRILLO
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Mountain gorge. : RAVINE
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Site of Army Ordnance Proving Grounds. : ABERDEEN
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Uneven, as if eaten away. : EROSE
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Miss Bow or Miss Barton. : CLARA
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High-test or regular. : GAS
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Completely. : ALL
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Goes swiftly: Colloq. : SCOOTS
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Enjoy. : HAVE
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Benjamin Franklin's flyer. : KITE
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Migrant fruit picker. : OKIE
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Stephen Vincent or William Rose. : BENET
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Got away. : ESCAPED
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Abbie an' ___ of the comics. : SLATS
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The makings of perjury. : LIES
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Dress shirt decoration. : STUD
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Oodles. : SCADS
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Evening parties. : SOIREES
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Minute groove. : STRIA
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Cogitate (with over). : MULL
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He started with 6 Across in 1914. : RUTH
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Take heed. : HEAR
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Marks of excellence. : MERITS
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Understand. : SEE
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Hold by right. : OWN
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Hidden store. : HOARD
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Kind of abstinence. : TOTAL
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Where atoms are split in Tennessee. : OAKRIDGE
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Fire bomb used in Korea. : NAPALM
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John W. Snyder's responsibility. : TREASURY
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Parts of a jigsaw puzzle. : PIECES
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Bundles of hay or straw. : TRUSSES
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Genus of typical geese. : ANSER
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Chan or McCarthy. : CHARLIE
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Mutinies. : REVOLTS
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Goddess of the rainbow. : IRIS
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Sea birds. : ERNES
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Ham on ___. : RYE
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Milky and translucent, like a cat's-eye. : OPALOID
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Allow as a discount. : REBATE
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Roman roads. : ITERS
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Odd: Scot. : ORRA
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Movable cover. : LID
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Superior in quality. : ELEGANT
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Divides into filaments, as silk. : SLEAVES
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Execute in vengeance. : WREAK
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Beginning. : ONSET
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Soda fountain specialties. : COKES
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Long mantles worn over albs. : COPES
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Double ___. : HEADER
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Delicious dessert. : ECLAIR
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Smudge. : BLUR
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Opera set in Egypt. : AIDA
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Long-legged marsh bird. : STILT
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Three-dimensional. : SOLID
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Star in "Harvey." : STEWART
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Hurdy-gurdy player. : CRANKER
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Popular vehicles of grandma's day. : SURREYS
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Mr. Tilley of the "New Yorker." : EUSTACE
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Filcher. : STEALER
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Take the altitude of a heavenly body. : SHOOT
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Scanty. : MEAGRE
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Tillers. : HELMS
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___ operandi. : MODUS
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Dye. : STAIN
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Sound of escaping steam. : HISS
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Opens: Poet. : OPES
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U. N. delegate from India. : RAU
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Manly Fleischmann's agency. : NPA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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