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New York Times, Monday, October 20, 1952

15-Across : "Leapin' ___."

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 47.1
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,219
Across
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Product of the Pacific Coast. : PEARS
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"The Odyssey" is one. : EPIC
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Rebuff. : SLAP
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Fasten firmly. : RIVET
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"Leapin' ___." : LENA
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Ankles. : TALI
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Natives of Salem. : OREGONIANS
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Fate of Nineveh. : RUIN
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Jeopardized. : PERILED
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From that place. : THENCE
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Propose formally. : MOVE
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Came in throngs. : CROWDED
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"Brain-child" of Zeus. : ATHENA
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Machine tool. : PLANER
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Governor of North Dakota. : BRUNSDALE
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Well-known Washington correspondent. : KROCK
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Author Yutang. : LIN
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Coloratura's specialty. : ARIAS
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Daisy ___ of Dogpatch. : MAE
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Urged on. : EGGED
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Traveler in the stratosphere. : AEROPLANE
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City on the Somme. : AMIENS
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Put in order. : NEATEN
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Game fish caught off Florida. : TARPONS
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Travel aimlessly. : ROAM
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Another name for Adrianople. : EDIRNE
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College in Pennsylvania. : URSINUS
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Wings. : ALAE
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Race track in California. : SANTAANITA
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Supplies with workers. : MANS
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Abrupt. : CURT
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Scruffs. : NAPES
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Sound of a boiling kettle. : SISS
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Junior's usual reply. : OKAY
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D. S. C. pick-up. : TRASH
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Stage accessory. : PROP
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It lies west of St. George's Channel. : EIRE
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State with conviction. : AVER
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A prevailing system. : REGIMEN
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Shoots developing buds and roots. : STOLONS
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Omit in pronouncing. : ELIDE
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Subject of a Mendel experiment. : PEA
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Tabard or Wayside. : INN
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Roman fortifications. : CASTRA
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Spreader. : STREWER
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Modern version of the washtub. : LAUNDROMAT
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Heroine of an 1865 tale. : ALICE
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Yearned intensely. : PINED
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Smallest state in population: 160,083. : NEVADA
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Highway warning. : HONK
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Weather prediction. : CLEAR
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Talented. : ABLE
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High school subject: Colloq. : TRIG
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Europeans under Communist control. : HUNGARIANS
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Wields diligently. : PLIES
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Islands of 2 Down. : ARANS
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Woody stem of a plant. : CANE
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Highly perceptive. : KEEN
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Large state in Mexico. : SONORA
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Nagako of Japan. : EMPRESS
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Man's name. : DION
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Agricultural worker of Europe. : PEASANT
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Arranged in layers. : LAMINAR
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Composer of "Roumanian Rhapsody." : ENESCO
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The Owls, Lions and Rams. : TEAMS
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Name in 1952 news. : ADLAI
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Full of holes, as a road. : RUTTY
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East Indian palm tree. : NIPA
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Indians of the West. : UTES
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Part of a window. : SASH
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Bird of the North. : AUK
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Bird of the 30's. : NRA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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