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New York Times, Tuesday, November 3, 1953

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 41.3 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,598
Across
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Anklet. : SOCK
5
"Yankee Doodle" man. : COHAN
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Point of culmination. : ACME
14
Province of Algeria. : ORAN
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Article used in mibs. : AGATE
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Former heavyweight champion. : BAER
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Name on a voting machine. : HAROLDRIEGELMAN
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Graybeard. : OLDTIMER
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Past masters. : ADEPTS
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Mortar mixers. : HOES
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He developed the elevator. : OTIS
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Novel by Helen Hunt Jackson, 1884. : RAMONA
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Cranes. : HOISTERS
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Fourth largest lake in the world. : ARAL
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___ Domini. : ANNO
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Selector of U. S. Olympic teams. : AAU
34
Name on a voting machine. : ROBERTFWAGNERJR
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Compass reading. : ESE
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Time periods. : ERAS
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Single. : UNAL
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Consign to an inferior place. : RELEGATE
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Wet. : MARSHY
46
Philosopher Descartes. : RENE
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Room in a posada. : SALA
48
Expands. : WIDENS
51
Gets rid of, at low prices. : SELLSOFF
55
"Now is the time for all good men ... " : ELECTIONDAYINUS
57
Card game. : SKAT
58
Fitted accurately. : TRUED
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Girl's name meaning bountiful. : ALMA
60
Fall colors. : TANS
61
U. S. F-86. : SABRE
62
Humorist Bill and Britain's Bevan. : NYES
Down
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London's Greenwich Village. : SOHO
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Spoken. : ORAL
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Record form for a sporting event. : CARD
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Free vantage point at a ball park. : KNOTHOLE
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The acropolis at Thebes. : CADMEA
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Blunderbore and others. : OGRES
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Very thin margin. : HAIR
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Lunched. : ATE
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Gainsaying. : NEGATING
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Adjective for your candidate. : ABLEST
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Originator of "All-American" teams. : CAMP
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Something one especially enjoys: Slang. : MEAT
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Sea birds. : ERNS
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V.I.P. : LION
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Former Governor of New Jersey. : EDISON
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Mrs. Chaplin. : OONA
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More excellent. : RARER
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Started the day. : AROSE
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Heroine of "Pirates of Penance." : MABEL
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Hole for a ship's cable. : HAWSE
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Works for. : EARNS
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Nickname for Mr. Hornsby. : RAJAH
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Cross-grained. : SURLY
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State education official. : REGENT
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Passages. : TRANSITS
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Kismet. : FATE
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Finn, Armenian, Ugrian, etc. : EURASIAN
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Assembles. : ERECTS
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A sick Parisian. : MALADE
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Auxiliary. : ALLY
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Hebrew festival. : SEDER
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Part of the Free World. : WEST
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Actress Chase. : ILKA
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Medal of Honor man. : DEAN
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Affront. : SNUB
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And no other. : ONLY
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Give way to anger. : FUME
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Initials of two Washington agencies. : FSAS
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Mouths: Latin. : ORA

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

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