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New York Times, Saturday, September 29, 1951

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 40.4
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 832
Across
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Oregon capital,on the Willamette River. : SALEM
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Villain's cry in melodramas. : AHA
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Part of a church. : ALTAR
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Have a hankering for. : CRAVE
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The rage before Canasta. : GIN
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Describing a Poe tale. : EERIE
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Implements with tines. : RAKES
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The Dionnes, for example. : ONTARIANS
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Illinois statesman, G. O. P. whip in the House. : ARENDS
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Bidu Sayão is one. : DIVA
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Cashew ___. : NUT
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A leading state in textile making. : MASSACHUSETTS
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A West from the East. : MAE
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Invention which aided Industrial Revolution. : REAPER
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Actress friend of Tallulah Bankhead. : BETTEDAVIS
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Much, many: Prefix. : POLY
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Environs. : AREAS
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Bolivian source of wealth. : TIN
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Layer of the skin. : DERMA
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Native of Helsinki. : FINN
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Author of Father Brown stories. : CHESTERTON
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Waver uncertainly. : TEETER
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The Paleozoic ___. : ERA
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Military captain of Plymouth colony, 1620. : MILESSTANDISH
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Robin Hood's drink. : ALE
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It's new, fair, square, big, or raw. : DEAL
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Command given by a magician. : PRESTO
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The Federal Council of Switzerland. : BUNDESRAT
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Forearm bones. : ULNAS
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Between: Prefix. : INTER
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Street sign abbreviation. : AVE
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Stir up a fire. : STOKE
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Makes things simple. : EASES
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Practice witchcraft on: Colloq. : HEX
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Patricia Morison and Anne Jeffreys, on Broadway. : KATES
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Modern version of "avaunt." : SCRAM
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Brazilian parrot. : ARARA
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The Finger ___ in New York. : LAKES
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"Quits." : EVENS
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Bovary and Butterfly. : MESDAMES
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In days of yore. : AGO
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Native of New Delhi. : HINDU
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Oppositionists. : ANTIS
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Make effervescent. : AERATE
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Souvenir from Waikiki. : LEI
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The Comet, British jet, for instance. : TRANSPORT
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Native of northernmost islands of Japan. : AINU
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Take a breather. : REST
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Says it and means it. : AVERS
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Mackerel-like fish. : SCAD
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Tract of waste land. : HEATH
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Long waxed wick. : TAPER
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Poll-taker Roper. : ELMO
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Judge in Communist bail controversy. : RYAN
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Astern. : BAFT
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Cleveland's lake. : ERIE
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Problem of the Housing Authority. : TENEMENTS
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Worthwhile: Latin. : TANTI
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Try for the prize. : VIE
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Small map within a larger one. : INSET
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Acheson's assistant for Far Eastern Affairs. : DEANRUSK
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Fur-trading Indians. : CREES
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It catches the unwary. : TRAP
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They accused Susanna. : ELDERS
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The "divine" Bernhardt. : SARAH
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Great ___ Lake, in Canada. : SLAVE
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The Nile's is 120 miles wide. : DELTA
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Two plus two ___ five. : ISNOT
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For the Hambletonian, $95,263. : STAKE
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Fire fighting equipment. : HOSES
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Hero of Anne Nichols' play. : ABIE
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Goddess of the moon. : LUNA
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Aberdeen's river. : DEE
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Husband of Jinx. : TEX

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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