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New York Times, Tuesday, August 5, 1952

20-Across : Seaside sight.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16, Grid flow: 43.0 Grid has supersymmetry.
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,143
Across
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Scene of recent political doings. : CHICAGO
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Of enormous strength. : TITANIC
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One who shows respect. : HONORER
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Keep from contact with others. : ISOLATE
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Away from port. : OUTWARD
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Disorder. : CLUTTER
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It's written in strophes. : ODE
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Seaside sight. : BREAKER
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Man's name meaning "watcher". : IRA
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College musical gathering. : SING
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Whitney Griswold is ___ president. : YALES
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Sight for castle visitors. : MOAT
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Occupy. : ENTER
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Suffix meaning "little." : LET
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Lightweight velvet. : PANNE
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"The Colonel's Lady an' Judy O'Grady." : SISTERS
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Fissile rocks. : SCHISTS
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Girl's name meaning "noble." : ADA
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Hebrew liquid measure. : HIN
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Sight for a bird watcher. : LAPWING
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Inportant tradesman. : MEATMAN
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Building support. : IBEAM
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Arab's garment. : ABA
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Let fly. : LOOSE
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Nickname for a little one. : TINY
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Its consequence is vengeance. : WRATH
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Subject of a Perrault tale. : PUSS
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Full of years. : OLD
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English meal. : HIGHTEA
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Filbert. : NUT
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Device sometimes used at 54 Across. : TEABALL
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Pertaining to a sphere. : ORBITAL
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Confer high rank. : ENNOBLE
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Smith, for instance. : COLLEGE
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Rigid patterns of conduct: 2 wds. : SETWAYS
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Prepared dough. : KNEADED
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Gives preference to. : CHOOSES
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Man who can get out of impossible situations. : HOUDINI
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Designs. : INTENTS
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Rural sight. : COW
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Steed for an emir. : ARAB
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Massachusetts Governor who gave his name to unfair political practice. : GERRY
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Trying experiences. : ORDEALS
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Lists of candidates. : TICKETS
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Sights for sailors. : ISLES
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Opportunity for sight-seeing. : TOUR
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High: Music. : ALT
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They could be "One World." : NATIONS
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Repeating. : ITERANT
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Ointments. : CERATES
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Relative of porter. : ALE
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Start of a race. : GETAWAY
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Circus tent. : MAINTOP
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Lower the headlights again. : REDIM
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Small bottle. : PHIAL
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Melted and flowed. : RAN
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What: Italian. : CHE
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Rhetorical expression such as "not bad at all." : LITOTES
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City of 5,775 in Kansas. : ABILENE
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Neck ornament. : PENDANT
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Liquids for the throat. : GARGLES
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Implement for digging and grubbing. : MATTOCK
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Ready for a ride. : MOUNTED
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Mollify. : ASSUAGE
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Cuddled. : NESTLED
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Contemptuous exclamation. : BAH
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The "Salesman." : WILLY
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Bittern or boatbill. : HERON
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Lima bean: Spanish. : HABA
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Showing talent. : ABLE
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Hair ribbon. : BOW
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Bantu tongue. : ILA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 13 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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