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New York Times, Tuesday, February 5, 1952

56-Down : Girl's name: Abbr.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J M Q X }, Scrabble score: 318 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16, Grid flow: 56.8 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Jim Horne notes:

Theme answers have lots of reused and repeated letters.

1
K
2
A
3
R
4
L
5
R
6
O
7
B
8
E
9
D
10
S
11
P
12
A
13
D
14
A
L
O
E
15
O
B
O
L
E
16
P
O
L
O
17
T
A
U
T
18
B
O
O
K
K
19
E
E
P
E
R
20
E
I
G
H
21
T
E
E
N
22
O
D
E
S
S
A
23
H
A
I
R
24
A
V
I
D
25
A
26
T
H
L
E
T
27
E
28
R
E
T
I
29
R
30
E
31
D
32
G
O
O
33
R
O
T
34
T
E
N
35
N
O
R
E
36
O
P
U
37
S
38
H
A
N
39
G
U
N
N
40
R
I
S
E
41
P
I
R
A
42
T
43
E
44
G
I
T
45
A
C
E
R
46
B
I
C
47
S
W
A
48
S
H
E
S
49
V
A
G
S
50
A
R
C
H
51
A
52
S
53
P
I
C
S
54
B
55
A
N
S
H
E
56
E
57
S
58
K
N
I
C
K
K
59
N
A
C
K
60
O
W
L
Y
61
K
A
N
E
62
I
N
D
I
A
63
L
E
I
N
64
A
G
E
D
65
N
E
E
D
Y
66
A
D
Z
E
© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 961
Across
1
This Marx wasn't very funny. : KARL
5
Dressed. : ROBED
10
Miner's nail. : SPAD
14
Lily plant. : ALOE
15
Coin of Charlemagne's time. : OBOLE
16
Author of still popular travel book. : POLO
17
Tensely stretched. : TAUT
18
Recorder of business transactions. : BOOKKEEPER
20
How many amendments before Woman Suffrage? : EIGHTEEN
22
Port on the Black Sea. : ODESSA
23
A kind of spring. : HAIR
24
Adjective for a devotee. : AVID
25
Candidate for the Olympics. : ATHLETE
28
Status of Joe DiMaggio. : RETIRED
32
Baby's word. : GOO
33
___ Row, for British equestrians. : ROTTEN
35
The ___, Thames estuary. : NORE
36
Musical work. : OPUS
38
River in Korea. : HAN
39
Character in "Treasure Island." : GUNN
40
Mount. : RISE
41
Edward Teach was one. : PIRATE
44
Farmer's "scram!" : GIT
45
Sour or severe. : ACERBIC
47
Swaggers. : SWASHES
49
Homeless wanderers: Slang. : VAGS
50
Roguish; saucy. : ARCH
51
Dishes made with meat jelly. : ASPICS
54
Wailing spirits of Ireland. : BANSHEES
58
A piece of bric-à-brac. : KNICKKNACK
60
Solemn, like a wise bird. : OWLY
61
Orson Wells' "Citizen." : KANE
62
Large triangular peninsula. : INDIA
63
Flax or linseed: German. : LEIN
64
Adjective for a nonagenarian. : AGED
65
Down-and-out. : NEEDY
66
Cutting tool with a curved blade. : ADZE
Down
1
Her greeting is "Hello, everybody!" : KATE
2
Jai ___, game resembling squash. : ALAI
3
Noisy sport in a spirit of fun. : ROUGHHOUSE
4
Fatal. : LETHAL
5
Ingrid's husband. : ROBERTO
6
Its tones are reedy. : OBOE
7
Congenial, as a companion. : BOON
8
He's "benevolent" and "protective." : ELK
9
He composed "Robin Hood." : DEKOVEN
10
Highway hazard. : SPEEDING
11
Inexpensive concerts of well-liked music. : POPS
12
English country festivals. : ALES
13
Mrs. Copperfield, nee Spenlow. : DORA
19
Emulate Hibbs, Luce, etc. : EDIT
21
Part of the Met. : TIER
24
Meccas for sports fans. : ARENAS
25
Where Greek met Greek. : AGORA
26
A subject for discussion. : TOPIC
27
Science dealing with the moral duty of man. : ETHICS
29
Formed crudely. : ROUGHHEWED
30
Man's nickname. : ERNIE
31
Results of garage mishaps. : DENTS
34
Product of Georgia. : TAR
37
Repaired, as a TV set. : SERVICED
41
Oval in a grid game. : PIGSKIN
42
A kind of green tea. : TWANKAY
43
What little pitchers have. : EARS
46
Recent novel by Henry Green. : BACK
48
Where the "magister" taught. : SCHOLA
51
Belgian Congo pygmy. : AKKA
52
Hidden hindrance. : SNAG
53
Symbol of Maine. : PINE
54
Ordered. : BADE
55
Substance used by etchers. : ACID
56
Girl's name: Abbr. : ELIZ
57
Auld Lang ___. : SYNE
59
Opposite of SSW. : NNE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 13 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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