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New York Times, Saturday, December 20, 1952

20-Across : Before sigma.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.37, Missing: { J K Q V W X }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 40.8
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,280
Across
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Market place in ancient Athens. : AGORA
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More trustworthy. : SAFER
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Roman cuirass. : LORICA
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Where Ben-Zvi is President. : ISRAEL
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Historic declaration of August, 1941. : ATLANTICCHARTER
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Start to fall asleep. : NOD
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Low platforms on wheels for moving heavy loads. : DOLLIES
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Before sigma. : RHO
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"Caro ___," aria. : NOME
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Movie sections. : REELS
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Member of the family. : MAMA
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Pineapple: Span. : ANANA
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Lachrymose singer. : RAY
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U.S. is screened by it. : RADAR
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A knight of old. : LANCELOT
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Mrs. MacArthur and others. : HELENS
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Friga's husband. : ODIN
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He won Nobel prize in physics, 1944. : RABI
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Part of the "Big Mo." : TURRET
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A gold-digger, for instance. : DEMANDER
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Part of a symphony orchestra. : OBOES
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Together: Prefix. : COM
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Coat with an alloy. : TERNE
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Playwright Hart. : MOSS
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Columbus sailed from this Spanish port. : PALOS
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Ingredient of biscuits or crackers. : SODA
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"Die Fledermaus." : BAT
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Where Bone and Oran are. : ALGERIA
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___ Testament. : OLD
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G. I.'s reading matter. : STARSANDSTRIPES
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A bit of shut-eye. : SNOOZE
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Colonel's insignia. : EAGLES
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Disorder: Archaic. : DERAY
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Turnpikes. : ROADS
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Railroad car manufacturing city in Pennsylvania. : ALTOONA
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Well-known band leader. : GOLDMAN
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___ pro nobis. : ORA
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Part of an orange. : RIND
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Tom Ewell, for instance. : ACTOR
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Largest island in the Mediterranean. : SICILY
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Cigar ends. : ASHES
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Friars. : FRAS
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Appreciation for music. : EAR
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Swap again. : RETRADE
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Airplane part. : AILERON
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Statesman from New York. : LEHMAN
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Single year's events. : ANNAL
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Crosspiece on a football player's shoe. : CLEAT
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Zoo noise. : ROARS
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Overtime for concertmasters. : ENCORES
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Handmade bobbin lace from Flanders. : MALINES
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Yellow fever mosquito. : AEDES
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Take another turn at the plate. : REBAT
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Dismounted. : LIT
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An amateur in radio. : HAM
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Regret's brother. : REMORSE
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Old N. Y. C. prison. : TOMBS
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Germany's challenge in World War I. : UBOATS
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Cyrano de Bergerac's creator. : ROSTAND
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Gave out sparingly. : DOLED
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Languished. : DROOPED
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Soap operas seem so. : ENDLESS
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Learns by observing. : READS
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Most recent Lieutenant Flagg. : CAGNEY
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___ de toros. : PLAZA
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Oriental guitar. : SITAR
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Ancient lyre. : ASOR
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A constellation. : ARGO
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What caviar is. : ROE
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Bantu language. : ILA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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