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New York Times, Tuesday, July 31, 1951

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15, Grid flow: 20.3 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 772
Across
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Capital of Dalai Lama's country. : LHASA
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Press upon the attention. : URGE
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Organization sending packages to Korea. : CARE
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The shield of Zeus. : AEGIS
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Underwrites again. : REINSURES
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Our Ambassador in Teheran. : GRADY
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Subject of New York State investigation. : NARCOTICS
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Mother of Dionysus. : SEMELE
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Contrivance for clearning away snow. : PLOW
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Lunched. : ATE
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Elicit. : EDUCE
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___ d'etre. : RAISON
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Joe D.'s brother, of Boston. : DOM
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Sculptors. : MODELERS
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All: Comb. form. : OMNI
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Girl's name. : LILA
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Learned men. : SAGES
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General who caused a furor in 1917. : WOOD
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Evil spirit, in Mohammedan mythology. : EBLIS
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___ breve: Music. : ALLA
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Canonical hour, 3 P. M. : NONES
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Money in Milan. : LIRE
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1951 Pulitzer Prize winner for biography. : COIT
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Subjoined. : APPENDED
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Girl's name. : MAE
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Star on the Kefauver TV session. : HALLEY
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Reproductive body of a fern. : SPORE
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A friend: Law. : AMI
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The Union League, for instance. : CLUB
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Traps. : SNARES
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Recipient of rewards for past services. : PENSIONER
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Adjust. : ADAPT
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Before long. : PRESENTLY
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Shaping machine. : LATHE
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Desires: Slang. : YENS
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Food fish. : SOLE
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"Perchance to ___." : DREAM
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Hangs back. : LAGS
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Present. : HERE
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He led the Greeks against Troy. : AGAMEMNON
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Acted as ally. : SIDED
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Temporary refuge granted by a foreign legation. : ASYLUM
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Vase on a pedestal. : URN
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Get as recompense. : REAP
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___ Scout. : GIRL
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Demand for more at Carnegie Hall. : ENCORE
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Refuse to recognize socially: Colloq. : CUT
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Impeached President of Panama. : ARIAS
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The right-hand page. : RECTO
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Chief city of the Ruhr. : ESSEN
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Mounted native soldiers in British Indian Service. : SOWARS
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School: French. : ECOLE
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Esculent. : EDIBLE
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Man's name meaning laughter. : ISAAC
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Football term. : DOWN
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Romance of The South Seas, by Herman Melville. : OMOO
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Irving Berlin's wife. : ELLIN
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Landed proprietors of Scotland. : LAIRDS
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Person taken as a model for imitation. : IDEAL
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Clustered together. : GLOMERATE
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Mr. Kazan. : ELIA
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Surfeit. : SATE
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Oozes. : SEEPS
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What the mint makes. : SPECIE
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Towers supporting high-tension lines. : PYLONS
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Popular Disney character. : DONALD
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A Disney dwarf. : HAPPY
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Bitter: French. : AMERE
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Bride's favorite shower. : LINEN
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Plane detecting device. : RADAR
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As far as: Poetic. : UNTO
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Teacher of the deaf, known for a great invention. : BELL
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Hebrew dry measure. : EPHA
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Forward part of a ship. : STEM
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Initials of the draft administration. : SSS
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Sandwich bread. : RYE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 14 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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