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New York Times, Wednesday, January 30, 1952

7-Down : "This one is ___."

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16, Grid flow: 62.2 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 955
Across
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Little Boy Blue's charges. : COWS
5
Chunks of earth. : CLODS
10
Talk informally. : CHAT
14
Got down. : ALIT
15
Dialect of ancient Greek. : IONIC
16
Girl's nickname. : REBA
17
Where a farmer stockpiles. : SILO
18
Meaningless incantation. : MUMBOJUMBO
20
Highway barrier. : TOLLGATE
22
Increases the ante. : RAISES
23
1492, 1776, etc. : YEARS
24
Playing cards. : TENS
25
Supervisor of manners or morals. : CENSOR
27
Transferred again by legal document. : REDEEDED
31
Parisian friend. : AMI
32
Has deep feeling for. : LOVES
34
Figure of speech, as irony. : TROPE
35
One name for a baseball. : PILL
37
Girl's nickname. : NELLA
39
An addition: Abbr. : SUPP
40
Mr. Kinder of the Red Sox. : ELLIS
42
Thong for Towser. : LEASH
44
Life: Comb. form. : BIO
45
He pitched two no-hitters last year. : REYNOLDS
47
Chicken: French. : POULET
49
Give out. : EMIT
50
The Vulgate. : BIBLE
51
Cooks. : STEAMS
54
Any lighter-than-air craft. : AEROSTAT
57
Everything but the kitchen sink. : HODGEPODGE
59
End of a race. : TAPE
60
Incite. : URGE
61
Where the Biblical witch lived. : ENDOR
62
Barely gets by. : EKES
63
Parts of a golf course. : TEES
64
Pauses. : RESTS
65
One side in "cold war." : REDS
Down
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Dramatis personae. : CAST
2
Musical medley. : OLIO
3
Having no regard for one's wishes. : WILLYNILLY
4
Accessories for evening wear. : STOLES
5
One of Edna Ferber's best novels. : CIMARRON
6
Awkward fellows. : LOUTS
7
"This one is ___." : ONME
8
Fish by letting the bait bob lightly. : DIB
9
Made a basket. : SCORED
10
Navy vessels. : CRUISERS
11
Borders. : HEMS
12
French cleric. : ABBE
13
Art colony near Santa Fé. : TAOS
19
Screen actress Gaynor. : JANET
21
Prison, in Britain. : GAOL
24
Famed inventor in electricity. : TESLA
25
Playful skip. : CAPER
26
Hero of "South Pacific." : EMILE
27
Ex-member of "Murder, Inc." : RELES
28
Comic device in the theatre. : DOUBLETAKE
29
Silas Marner's foster-daughter. : EPPIE
30
Distribution point for military supplies. : DEPOT
33
South African grassland. : VELDT
36
Family trees. : LINEAGES
38
Young hopefuls. : ASPIRERS
41
Amiens' river. : SOMME
43
Wandering worker. : HOBO
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Imperfect speaker. : LISPER
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Heavy overcoat. : ULSTER
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Generated. : BEGOT
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Fastened up. : SHUT
52
Pulled apart. : TORE
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Brink. : EDGE
54
Says further. : ADDS
55
Did likewise. : APED
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Fictional heroine. : TESS
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United. : ONE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 15 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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