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New York Times, Thursday, April 10, 1952

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13, Grid flow: 30.4 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,026
Across
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Successor to Admiral Kirk in Moscow. : KENNAN
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Parisian literary figure. : SARTRE
13
Wake up. : AROUSE
14
Not hard to see. : APPARENT
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Laundry worker. : IRONER
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Pass an opinion beforehand. : PREJUDGE
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Without: Fr. : SANS
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Girl's name. : VERA
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Bitter of taste. : ACRID
22
Season after printemps. : ETE
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Criminals. : FELONS
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Benign. : KIND
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Domain of "Sparks" aboard ship. : RADIO
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Prize breed of cattle. : ANGUS
30
Bill with Lincoln's portrait: Slang. : VEE
31
Steps lightly. : TRIPS
33
Remove fruit pits. : DESEED
35
Bunker Hill is near ___ Hill. : BREEDS
37
Hollywood star. : LAMARR
38
A kind of monkey. : GREASE
39
French-African metropolis. : TUNIS
40
Product of Jamaica. : RUM
41
Daughter of David. : TAMAR
43
Pin for a rowboat. : THOLE
47
Our information service abroad: Abbr. : USIS
49
He plays in "Guys and Dolls." : LEVENE
51
"Rackety ___", Joel Sayre's football satire. : RAX
52
Mr. Kefauver. : ESTES
54
"As you ___." : WERE
55
Incline. : CANT
56
Skilled hand-printer. : LETTERER
58
Dive into water. : PLUNGE
60
She's a sad housewife. : SLATTERN
61
Child's popper. : AIRGUN
62
Lazy people. : SLOTHS
63
Rented by contract. : LEASED
Down
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Henry J. : KAISER
2
Mistakes. : ERRATA
3
Reached the highest point. : NOONED
4
Convent dwellers. : NUNS
5
Norwegian name. : ASE
6
Coolness when called for. : NERVE
7
Leaped. : SPRANG
8
An imitator. : APE
9
A ruler in Java or Borneo. : RAJA
10
A kind of garden. : TRUCK
11
It flows into the Mississippi. : REDRIVER
12
Herbert Hoover, for instance. : ENGINEER
14
Attire for housewives. : APRONS
15
Spread grass to dry. : TEDDED
20
Venomous garter snake genus. : ELAPS
23
"This is the ___ primeval." : FOREST
24
Vast region in North Africa. : SUDAN
27
Plant of the willow family. : ITEA
29
A son of Shem. : SEMITE
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A high goal. : IDEAL
34
Ornament for waist or shoulder. : SASH
35
Baudouin's capital. : BRUSSELS
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The sending of payments. : REMITTAL
37
Siren. : LURER
38
Dishes of thin porridge. : GRUELS
39
"There is a ___ in the town." : TAVERN
42
Hungry kittens. : MEWERS
44
Apes. : ORANGS
45
French tongue. : LANGUE
46
Reach out. : EXTEND
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A bit of a scuffle. : SETTO
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Himalayan kingdom near India. : NEPAL
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Paving block. : SETT
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Parish priest: Span. : CURA
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Desert alkali. : REH
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"Truth crushed to earth." : LIE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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