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New York Times, Monday, June 2, 1952

18-Down : Protected, as Torquilstone Castle was.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 29.7
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,079
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Actress Green. : MITZI
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Blue flag. : IRIS
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Poet Sandburg. : CARL
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Greek poet saved from drowning by a dolphin. : ARION
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Wave. : TIDE
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Director Kazan. : ELIA
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He stars in "Lady Possessed." : JAMESMASON
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Tracy of the comics. : DICK
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Keats' "___ to Autumn." : ODE
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Archery prize won by Hercules. : IOLE
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Indian of Arizona. : APACHE
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The Sabbath. : RESTDAY
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Main Street meeting place. : STORE
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Backer of the 21st Amendment. : WET
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Opinion or theory. : VIEW
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Not shipped prepaid. : FOB
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___ noir (black coffee). : CAFE
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Town on the Thames. : ETON
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Ridgway's new command. : SHAPE
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"Fee-faw-fum" man. : OGRE
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Bit of information. : DATUM
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Ogling one. : EYER
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Undressed kid. : SUEDE
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Money in the Philippines. : PESO
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Afforded. : LENT
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Mr. Husing. : TED
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Resting place. : LAIR
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Gov. Carvel's state: Abbr. : DEL
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Pantheon of Odin, Thor, Balder, etc. : AESIR
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Situation with horns. : DILEMMA
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Afterhours trolley. : OWLCAR
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Bit of straw or hay. : WISP
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Sensitiveness to the quality of music. : EAR
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Move confusedly in a circle. : MILL
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Popular singer from Butte. : MARTHARAYE
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Perplexed. : ASEA
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Blue-pencil. : EDIT
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Ancient and powerful Phoenician seaport. : SIDON
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Budget item. : RENT
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Its quota is 50 divisions by 1953. : NATO
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"Alcestis," for example. : OPERA
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Rank of the gold oak leaf. : MAJOR
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Moslemic decree. : IRADE
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___ Square. : TIMES
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Playwright Akins. : ZOE
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John Gunther's byword. : INSIDE
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Toscanini's fatherland. : ITALY
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Miss Stevens, mezzo-soprano. : RISE
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Two words used on the witness stand. : IDO
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Its members are $12,500-a-year men. : SENATE
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Cone-bearing tree. : CEDAR
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Phil Harris' favorite blonde. : ALICEFAYE
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Irene of Hollywood. : RICH
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Veronica from Lake Placid. : LAKE
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Protected, as Torquilstone Castle was. : MOATED
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Residents of Koje Island. : POWS
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Product of Scotland. : TWEED
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Skull cavity. : SINUS
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Forgotten man between elections. : VOTER
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Begin a season. : OPEN
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Funnyman Lahr. : BERT
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Outlay. : COST
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The shakes and shivers. : AGUE
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Portland Hoffa's favorite comedian. : FREDALLEN
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Hoofed animal of Brazil. : TAPIR
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She fell from the golden ram into the sea. : HELLE
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Fashionable. : MODISH
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Actress Lanchester. : ELSA
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Gen. Twining's forces. : AIRMEN
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Site of the "Sun Bowl." : ELPASO
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Celebrity. : ECLAT
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Duplicate. : DITTO
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He defeated Lee at Gettysburg. : MEADE
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Brooklyn hasn't had one since 1898. : MAYOR
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Lists. : ARENA
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Rep. Burleson of Texas. : OMAR
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"In the know." : WISE
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Mandamus or habeas corpus. : WRIT
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Truman spoke to them, May 17. : ADA
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Twenty-year sleeper. : RIP

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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