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New York Times, Thursday, November 20, 1952

11-Down : Coins of Turkey: Abbr.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14, Grid flow: 33.3
David Steinberg notes:

Original grid had EPL at 56-Across; changed it to EPI.

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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,250
Across
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Strategic airbase at top of Baffin Bay. : THULE
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Sound of laughter. : HOHO
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The animals' friend. : SPCA
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Countrified. : RURAL
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A strategic project. : OPERATION
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Les ___ Unis d'Amerique. : ETATS
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With 15 Across, a recent NATO exercise. : MAINBRACE
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Skin blemish. : ACNE
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Greece. : HELLAS
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Denizen of the pig pen. : SOW
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Have in mind: 2 wds. : THINKOF
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Astound. : STUN
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A perfect state. : UTOPIA
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Taken off the slate. : ERASED
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1900. : MCM
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An elevated position. : PERCH
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One of the Seven Dwarfs. : DOPEY
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State of mind. : MOOD
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Author and illustrator of "Wild Animals I Have Known." : SETON
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Dry. : SERE
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Well-known name in sports. : CORUM
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Device for locating underwater objects. : SONAR
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It joins the Scheldt River at Ghent. : LYS
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Shrub yielding a drug. : IPECAC
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Completed or accomplished: Fr. : REVOLU
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Bow-and-arrow boy. : EROS
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Intersecting lines: Geom. : SECANTS
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On: Prefix. : EPI
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Helmets with movable face plates. : ARMETS
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Jump rope. : SKIP
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Major State Department problem. : COMMUNISM
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Country whose queen visited Solomon. : SHEBA
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Famous first name in Hollywood. : CLAUDETTE
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Beautiful fairies of Persian myth. : PERIS
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Town beautifiers. : ELMS
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When or if compared with. : THAN
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Province of India. : ASSAM
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Anything enjoyable. : TREAT
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Home for bunnies. : HUTCH
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New discovery in Canada, in the Great Bear Lake area. : URANIUMORE
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Present but not apparent. : LATENT
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Transportation systems. : ELS
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Subject of Ivor Novello's popular song. : HOMEFIRES
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Gem. : OPAL
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Salutes with the clenched fist. : HEILS
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Sumptuously fine. : ORNATE
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Ship: Abbr. : STR
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Coins of Turkey: Abbr. : PIAS
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Nutbearing palm. : COCO
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Once more. : ANEW
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Obviously foolish. : ABSURD
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Bob and Anthony. : HOPES
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A hill, in South Africa. : KOP
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Central chamber of a Greek temple. : NAOS
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Brando, for instance. : ACTOR
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Cave men of today. : SPELUNKERS
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Uncanny. : EERY
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Colors. : DYES
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Early in the twenty-second century. : MMCI
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Business owned by those it serves: Colloq. : COOP
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What Diogenes went looking for. : HONESTMEN
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Italian title. : DUCE
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Central parts of churches. : NAVES
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Plunder. : MARAUD
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Air lift for a sailor. : ROC
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Great white cap worn by a Sister of Charity. : CORNET
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Where the mascara goes. : LASHES
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Re-elected Senator from New Jersey. : SMITH
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Leg bone. : TIBIA
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Spell of unusual activity. : SPASM
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Behold: Latin. : ECCE
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Pre-election activity. : POLL
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Mohammedan religious leader. : IMAM
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Girl's name. : ESTA
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Greek letters. : MUS
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Saratoga Springs. : SPA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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