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New York Times, Wednesday, December 10, 1952

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12, Grid flow: 31.8
Jim Horne notes:

45-Down: "King Arthur's sword" = RON? This looks like an error or unusual variant. Arthur's sword is Excalibur; his spear was sometimes called Ron (Rhongomyniad).

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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,270
Across
1
A big laugh, in "Variety" patois. : BOFF
5
Belgian protagonist for United Europe. : SPAAK
10
Egyptian descended from the ancients. : COPT
14
River in Bavaria and Bohemia. : EGER
15
A rabbit or its fur. : LAPIN
16
In a line. : AROW
17
Man's name. : ERLE
18
Turkish body of scholars. : ULEMA
19
Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthazar. : MAGI
20
Liberation. : RELEASE
22
Linear arrangement of fighting craft. : ECHELON
24
German name for a submarine device. : SCHNORKEL
26
They instruct fliers before missions. : BRIEFERS
28
Long range navigation. : LORAN
32
High jumper of the insect world. : FLEA
33
Employ. : USE
34
Chemical carbon compound. : KETONE
35
Road defect. : RUT
36
Ourselves: Ger. : UNS
37
Attaching device. : PIN
38
A short time. : BIT
39
Business trip. : ERRAND
41
Sea bird. : ERN
42
Chinese deity or idol. : JOSS
43
Town in Italy, near Salerno. : EBOLI
44
Go to live in another country. : EMIGRATE
46
Scene of a battle for human rights. : PANMUNJOM
48
Sea cow. : MANATEE
51
Appetizers. : CANAPES
55
Fish pickle. : ALEC
56
Introduction. : PROEM
58
Princess captive of Hercules. : IOLE
59
Item of Greek architecture. : STOA
60
Lively. : AGILE
61
Tree of the chocolate family. : COLA
62
Weights. : TONS
63
Works of 17th century Dutch painter. : LELYS
64
Away off. : AFAR
Down
1
Malt beverage. : BEER
2
Giant. : OGRE
3
"I do not like thee, Dr. ___." : FELL
4
Fragrant white or yellow flower. : FREESIA
5
Politicians' money to grease the wheels: 2 wds. : SLUSHFUND
6
Lack of color. : PALENESS
7
Relative of the missing link. : APE
8
Pointers. : AIMERS
9
Aptitude. : KNACK
10
Legendary spot in British fable. : CAMELOT
11
A type of school examination. : ORAL
12
A kind of stick for jumping. : POGO
13
St. Paul to Minneapolis. : TWIN
21
Topnotcher. : ACE
23
Mrs. Melvyn Douglas. : HELEN
25
Where Astoria is: Abbr. : ORE
26
Gelett Burgess' word for a book ad. : BLURB
27
Backwards: Prefix. : RETRO
29
Karel Capek's contribution to the language. : ROBOT
30
Aromatic herb. : ANISE
31
Catches butterflies. : NETS
32
Independent. : FREE
34
Version of the Bible, published 1611. : KINGJAMES
36
Near East Christian. : UNIAT
37
Magnificent. : PRINCELY
40
Relatives of the llama. : ALPACAS
41
Fast-running bird. : EMU
42
Island south of Cuba. : JAMAICA
44
Become manifest. : EMERGE
45
King Arthur's sword. : RON
47
Scene of the Swiss mountaineers' historic climb. : NEPAL
48
Pole to support an aerial. : MAST
49
Marian Anderson's voice. : ALTO
50
Filler for a light tube. : NEON
52
Exclamation of disdain. : POOF
53
Girl's name. : ELLA
54
Char. : SEAR
57
Black gold. : OIL

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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