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New York Times, Wednesday, September 5, 1951

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14, Grid flow: 31.9
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 808
Across
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Speechmaker in U. N. : MALIK
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He plays golf with Crosby. : HOPE
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Feudal peasant. : SERF
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The beautiful Miss Colby. : ANITA
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Mosque of ___, in Jerusalem. : OMAR
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First name of author of "Kon-Tiki." : THOR
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Application for tinting hair. : RINSE
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Orson Welles' former wife. : RITA
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Mr. Gardner. : ERLE
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Become drowsy. : NOD
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New York's waterfront, on the East River. : SOUTHSTREET
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Captivates. : ENAMORS
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Author of "The Holy Sinner." : MANN
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Conjunction. : AND
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Lawful to post. : MAILABLE
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Hold tenaciously to. : CLING
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What atolls are made of. : CORAL
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Out, in South Africa. : UIT
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Point on the Isle of Man. : AYRE
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Fabricated. : WOVEN
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Between a walk and a run. : TROT
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China's Ambassador in Washington. : KOO
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Narratives of events. : TALES
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___ cum laude. : MAGNA
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Lifts up. : ENNOBLES
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One of the Seven Dwarfs. : DOC
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Permeate. : SOAK
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Senator Murray's state. : MONTANA
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Putting a bill through Congress hastily: Colloq. : RAILROADING
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The Red Sox' Boudreau. : LOU
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Church book with day to day schedules. : ORDO
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Second word of a fairy story. : UPON
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Social Security administrator. : EWING
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___ heil! : SIEG
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Fork prong. : TINE
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Recent rollbacks caused beef to stay here. : RANCH
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Street inhabited by the wealthy. : EASY
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Tributary of the Moselle. : SAAR
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Expanse or surface. : SHEET
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Historic French river. : MARNE
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Negative electrified particle. : ANION
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Sen. Kefauver's daughter. : LINDA
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Pronoun. : ITS
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City in the headlines. : KAESONG
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Egyptian god of day. : HORUS
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Neglect. : OMIT
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Trodden way. : PATH
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Follower of a 15th century Dutch scholar. : ERASMIAN
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Breastbones of vertebrates. : STERNA
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Soviet propagandist. : EHRENBURG
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Function assumed by anyone. : ROLE
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Worry. : FRET
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Army fort in California. : ORD
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Hard to believe: Colloq. : TALL
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Decoration on 30 Down. : MANE
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Changes residence. : MOVES
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God of war. : ARES
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Part of the British coat of arms. : LION
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Girl's nickname. : ETTA
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Devil's food. : CAKE
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Silk manufacturing city on the Rhone: Fr. : LYON
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What Oliver Cromwell was called. : IRONSIDES
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Mr. Porter. : COLE
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The Taft-Hartley law is concerned with these. : WALKOUTS
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Diplomacy. : TACT
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Beam made in a certain shape. : TBAR
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Dealers. : MONGERS
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The study of birds' eggs. : OOLOGY
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Mr. Ameche. : DON
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Colliery worker. : MINER
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Adjust. : ALINE
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The particular occasion. : NONCE
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Anything. : AUGHT
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Princess Margaret ___. : ROSE
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Marguerite Piazza's specialty. : ARIA
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Port in Samoa. : APIA
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Spanish lady. : DONA
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Tibetan name for the panda. : WAH

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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