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New York Times, Saturday, January 19, 1952

27-Down : African seaport.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.78, Missing: { Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 324 (avg 1.70)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 5, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 944
Across
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Large problem for the State Department. : CHINA
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He wears the "Fisherman's Ring." : POPE
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Open. : AJAR
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First-class things. : AONES
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City in Russia. : OREL
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Unusual, as ___ avis. : RARA
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He works in the Dai Ichi Building. : MATTHEWBRIDGWAY
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Near: French. : PRES
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The Occident. : WEST
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Chestnut horses. : ROANS
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Where Aleppo is: Abbr. : SYR
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Pronoun. : HER
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City, famous for mineral springs. : BATH
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Exit. : DOOR
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Hit energetically: Colloq. : SWAT
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Military assistant: Abbr. : ADJ
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Easily angered. : FIERY
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Mr. Silvers. : PHIL
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Movie of Mr. Maugham's stories. : TRIO
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Showing no affection for one's country. : UNPATRIOTICALLY
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Port in Arabia. : ADEN
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Pronoun. : OURS
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Boundary between two continents. : URALS
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Spanish title. : DON
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The C in H. C. L. : COST
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Science of the earth: Abbr. : GEOL
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Fifty-two cards. : DECK
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Tablet. : PAD
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A denial. : NAY
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Part of a ship. : STERN
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Bondsman's money. : BAIL
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Lily plant. : SEGO
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Secretary of the Treasury, 1934-45. : HENRYMORGENTHAU
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Small dog of tropical America. : ALCO
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Sound of a bell. : DONG
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Nobleman of old Russia. : BARIN
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Wielder of a weeding tool. : HOER
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Roentgen's discovery. : XRAY
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Bit. : STUNG
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Military installations. : CAMPS
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Venerable. : HOARY
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Mutual reliance. : INTERDEPENDENCE
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Fisherman's necessity. : NETS
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Pulverized lava. : ASH
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"___ politics." : POWER
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Spheres. : ORBS
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Impudent. : PERT
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Mr. Whitney. : ELI
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Peculiar language. : ARGOT
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Name in the headlines. : JAWAHARLALNEHRU
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Isles including Inishmore. : ARAN
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Fish that live on the sea bottom. : RAYS
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Pitcher. : EWER
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Mild expletive. : DRAT
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Gen. Vandenberg, COS, USAF. : HOYT
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___ Ha'i. : BALI
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African seaport. : ORAN
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One of Mr. Truman's secretaries. : SHORT
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Mental abilities. : WITS
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British Field Marshal, buried in Arlington. : DILL
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Pleasures. : JOYS
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Former king of Egypt. : FUAD
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___ China. : INDO
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Name in the headlines. : PIUS
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Food for Polynesians. : TARO
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Chess piece. : ROOK
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Prompted. : CUED
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Metropolitan college. : CCNY
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Weather phenomenon. : GALE
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Faux pas. : ERROR
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Custodian of a bank. : PIGGY
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In return. : AGAIN
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Mahonri ___, noted sculptor. : YOUNG
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Pahlevi of Iran. : SHAH
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End: Comb. form. : TELO
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Unmannerly person. : BOOR
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Wild buffalo. : ARNA
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Standing: Comb. form. : STAT
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1510. : MDX
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Notes for special attention: Abbr. : NBS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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