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New York Times, Tuesday, January 8, 1952

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 30.5 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 933
Across
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Eric Johnston's successor as Economic Stabilizer. : PUTNAM
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He cuts holes in the mail. : CENSOR
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Western river gulch. : ARROYO
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Vents righteous wrath. : AVENGES
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An Italian police officer. : SBIRRO
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Confuse. : BEFUDDLE
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'Bye, now! : TATA
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Top turn. : SPIN
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Foot lever. : PEDAL
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___ for the money. : ONE
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Gist. : KERNEL
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Leningrad's river. : NEVA
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Give a second showing. : RERUN
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Aircraft, for short. : AEROS
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Knot in cotton fiber. : NEP
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When Nox rules. : NIGHT
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Fisherman's equipment. : WADERS
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Country named for South America's great hero. : BOLIVIA
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Set aside, as a legal decision. : REVERSE
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School in New Hampshire. : EXETER
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He worked in marble. : RODIN
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Major general's command: Abbr. : DIV
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Release carelessly. : STREW
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Austrian alpine country. : TYROL
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Brain product. : IDEA
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A kind of Injun. : HONEST
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Bankers' group: Abbr. : ABA
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Moist ground. : MARSH
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A Swiss marksman. : TELL
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A stalk of bananas. : STEM
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Statute, not Federal. : STATELAW
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The man in the iron mask. : UMPIRE
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Between Liberté and Fraternité. : EGALITE
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Popular fur for coats. : MOUTON
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Cleaned off. : ERASED
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Child guide. : PARENT
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Niemoeller's title. : PASTOR
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Polite in an elegant way. : URBANE
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With less invention. : TRITER
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Occupant of "A Doll's House." : NORA
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Scots county noted for cattle. : AYR
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T. R.'s political symbol. : MOOSE
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Chapman, Sawyer, Tobin, etc. : CABINET
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Flatter. : EVENER
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Sixteenth-century clock, in the form of a ship. : NEF
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Snap up bargains. : SNUP
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City in Utah. : OGDEN
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Rouge or a high wind. : REDDENER
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Certain ships of the 19th century. : SLAVERS
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Pass, as the days. : ELAPSE
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What the Czechs call their capital. : PRAHA
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Cold steel. : KNIVES
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Mooed. : LOWED
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An appliance. : UNIT
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Tennis champion from East Orange. : SAVITT
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Dieter's problem. : GIRTH
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Say no. : DENY
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Blurs the sight. : BEDIMS
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Cover with a coating of rust. : OXIDATE
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Increased power of action. : LEVERAGE
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Small wheel on a horseman's spur. : ROWEL
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Granted an extension of. : RENEWED
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Circle. : ROTATE
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Flightless type of bird. : RATITE
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Puck's master. : OBERON
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One of Jeremiah's discourses. : LAMENT
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"When you wish upon ___." : ASTAR
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When things are tough all over. : SLUMP
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Loki's daughter: Var. : HELA
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Ambition's thorn. : SPUR
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Fleur-de-___. : LIS
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Bird that is no more. : MOA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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