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New York Times, Saturday, June 7, 1952

12-Down : Loyal, as a Scot.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.68, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,084
Across
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Gypsy literature. : TEALEAF
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Alabama's only seaport. : MOBILE
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With doubtful eye. : ASKANCE
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Man to be "sirred." : BARONET
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Swooned. : FAINTED
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Book for a mosque. : ALCORAN
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Irving Berlin's forte. : TUNE
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The darling of the town. : TOAST
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Russian peninsula between the Barents and White Seas. : KOLA
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Seek till found: 2 wds. : SEARCHOUT
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The ground. : SOD
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Figures to prove anything. : STATISTICS
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Sorrowful: French. : TRISTE
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Disinclinations to move. : INERTIAS
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Hebrew A. : ALEPH
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Kerry blue or black-and-tan. : DOG
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Actress Massey. : ILONA
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Creatures conjured to scare. : BOGIEMEN
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Enough for all. : PLENTY
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Hardly representative. : NONTYPICAL
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Plea from the sea. : SOS
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Exploding device. : DETONATOR
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Light years away. : STAR
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Fireside nook. : INGLE
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Over the hill to the guardhouse. : AWOL
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Part of the Constitution. : ARTICLE
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Movable arm of a microscope. : ALIDADE
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Exciting compassion. : PITEOUS
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Not permitted or authorized. : ILLICIT
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Rejects with scorn. : SPURNS
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Anathema in Nation's notions. : SALOONS
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Nominee for Governor of Ohio. : TAFT
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"The hairy one," of the Bible. : ESAU
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Very like. : AKIN
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Paths of the sky. : LANES
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Suffix denoting agent. : ENT
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Smooth modern fabric. : ACETATE
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Man's hat. : FEDORA
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Item in baby formulas. : MALTOSE
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Grampus or killer whale. : ORC
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"Witness," for instance. : BOOKTITLE
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Set of boxes carried on a Japanese sash. : INRO
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Loyal, as a Scot. : LEAL
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Laboratory stove. : ETNA
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Conking. : BASHING
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Prosecuting: Rare. : ACTIONING
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Arty person. : ESTHETE
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Maurice ___, painter of Parisian street scenes. : UTRILLO
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Poignant shock. : STAB
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Nylon's newest cousin. : ORLON
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Muralist Rivera. : DIEGO
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Twigs for grafting. : CIONS
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___ Domingo, now the Dominican Republic. : SANTO
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Part of a laundromat. : SPINDRIER
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Speaks out. : SAYS
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Speaks out as a witness. : DEPONES
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Edible sea-mussel genus. : MYTILUS
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Kneecap. : PATELLA
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Over the sea from Dover. : CALAIS
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From jingles to Toscanini. : RADIO
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Undermines. : SAPS
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Weekend sortie. : TRIP
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Aleutian extremity. : ATTU
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City deep in the heart of Texas. : WACO
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One-eyed god of Valhalla. : ODIN
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Permits. : LETS
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Scan with care. : CON
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Where Pekin is: Abbr. : ILL

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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