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New York Times, Monday, December 14, 1953

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.30, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 390 (avg 1.99)
Open Squares: 98, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 22, Grid flow: 15.7
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,630
Across
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Scene of 1914 assassination. : SARAJEVO
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Bronx cheerer. : RAZZER
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Extravagantly romantic. : QUIXOTIC
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Salt derived from oil. : OLEATE
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Disarrange. : UNSETTLE
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Feline favorite. : CATNIP
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Native of: Suffix. : ITE
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Seat: Latin. : SELLA
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Figaro's equipment, Act II. : RAZOR
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To laugh: Fr. : RIRE
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Name meaning "my sweetness." : NAOMI
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Tallest farm structure. : SILO
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Recent visitor to U. S. S. R. : MESTA
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Movie celebrities. : STARS
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Native of southern Germany: Abbr. : BAV
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Slangy "no." : NIX
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T. E. Lawrence's legal name. : SHAW
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Had dinner. : ATE
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Baaed. : BLEATED
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Escorts. : SQUIRES
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Intention. : AIM
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Seafood item. : CRAB
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Gov. Craig's state: Abbr. : IND
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Item found in 27 Across. : COB
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Slave in ancient Sparta. : HELOT
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Emulate Ophelia. : GOMAD
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Recognized. : KNEW
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Participants in Thurber "war." : SEXES
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Loaf. : LAZE
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His most famous opera was recently on color TV. : BIZET
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Photoprints: Colloq. : STATS
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Carved memorial post of Haida Indians. : XAT
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Ex-king Charles. : EZZARD
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A blank row in chess. : OPENFILE
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Miss Forbush of Little Rock. : NELLIE
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Long-handled weapons. : POLEAXES
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Rather formal. : DRESSY
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Chief ingredient of ragout. : STEWMEAT
Down
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Wriggle. : SQUIRM
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Perennial baby sitter. : AUNTIE
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Parts of steps. : RISERS
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High count word in Scrabble. : AXE
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Very small amounts. : JOTS
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Yankee precursor of Mize and Collins. : ETTEN
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Côte d'Azur establishments. : VILLAS
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Lesser lights in the lion house. : OCELOTS
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Elephant-bearing bird. : ROC
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Winged. : ALAR
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Greek letters. : ZETAS
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Island off Tanganyika. : ZANZIBAR
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Bleach. : ETIOLATE
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Finds fault with. : REPROVES
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Oriental nurses. : AMAHS
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10,741-ft. peak in Sicily. : ETNA
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Native of Baghdad. : IRAQI
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Letter of the alphabet. : AITCH
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Wielded a bat. : SWUNG
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Sherry from Spain. : XERES
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Calisthenic exercise. : BACKBEND
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Celebrity worshiper. : LIONIZER
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Steal from funds entrusted to one's care. : EMBEZZLE
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Valleys. : DALES
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Image. : IDOL
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They're redeemable for premiums. : BOXTOPS
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Object of much British ritual. : TEAPOT
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Popular dance of the 1920's. : MAXIXE
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It's popular in pots at Easter. : AZALEA
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Abhor. : DETEST
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Welts. : WEALS
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Greek slab. : STELE
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Mr. Speaker. : TRIS
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Snowed: Dial. : SNEW
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Pasha. : DEY
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Community unit: Abbr. : FAM

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 20 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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