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New York Times, Friday, November 7, 1952

20-Across : It opens with "Forza del Destino."

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,237
Across
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Actor who portrayed Willy Loman. : COBB
5
Companions of then and again. : NOWS
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Thorium or cobalt. : METAL
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Take on help. : HIRE
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Mr. Kazan. : ELIA
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Sprightly. : AGILE
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Dismounted. : ALIT
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"My name is John ___ Wells, I'm a dealer in magic and spells ... " : WELLINGTON
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It opens with "Forza del Destino." : MET
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City in the Donets Basin. : STALINO
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Office that freezes prices. : OPS
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Sig. Carnera. : PRIMO
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Birthday cake decorators. : ICERS
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Italian luxury liner. : SAVOIA
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Rest hour. : SIESTA
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Relatives of pooh. : BAHS
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Abounding in certain trees. : ELMY
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With full force: Poetic. : AMAIN
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He set "Onward Christian Soldiers" to music. : ARTHURSSULLIVAN
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Encore. : AGAIN
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Old oath. : EGAD
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Ibsen's Mrs. Helmer. : NORA
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Extremely vexed. : SOREST
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Not dead, as a ball in sports. : INPLAY
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Shallow part of a river. : SHOAL
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Subtle quality. : AROMA
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BBC doesn't use them. : ADS
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French symbolist poet. : RIMBAUD
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Pussy's foot. : PAW
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Marco and Giuseppe Palmieri of Venetia. : GONDOLIERS
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Actor Lugosi. : BELA
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Farewell. : ADIEU
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Crowd. : CRAM
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Where Mosul is. : IRAK
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Hog-tied. : ROPED
68
Sicilian landmark. : ETNA
69
Niels Bohr, for instance. : DANE
Down
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Rocky Marciano. : CHAMP
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Naval vessel. : OILER
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Ralph Rackstraw, for instance. : BRITISHTAR
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Give or take odds. : BET
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Salamander. : NEWT
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The true olives. : OLEA
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He won a lawsuit against 39 Across. : WILLIAMSGILBERT
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___ law, excluding women from the throne. : SALIC
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Pertaining to a house. : MANORIAL
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Embryonic platypus. : EGG
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Belgrade's V. I. P. : TITO
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Unsymmetrical. : ALOP
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Part of a telescope. : LENS
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Spanish girl's name. : INES
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British gold coin: Slang. : SOV
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Middlecoff uses them. : MASHIES
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Research group in college. : SEMINAR
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Atop. : OER
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German girl's name. : ILSE
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"Patience," for instance. : SAVOYOPERA
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Headdress: Poetic. : TIAR
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Mrs. Leonowens. : ANNA
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Comments of the black sheep. : BAAS
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Mythical ship. : ARGO
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Money in China. : YUAN
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Reveal. : UNSHROUD
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British title: Abbr. : LDP
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Keep the nose to the grindstone. : TOIL
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"When I was a ___ I served a term ... " : LAD
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Hooded cape for the clergy. : AMICE
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Reactionary leader of the "Apartheid" movement. : MALAN
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Vigilant. : AWAKE
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Gelosine. : AGAR
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Symbol of extinction. : DODO
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Insignificant person. : SNIP
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Irish isle. : ARAN
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Ike's alma mater. : USMA
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Fondy of the Cubs. : DEE
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Answer the auctioneer. : BID

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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