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New York Times, Thursday, April 24, 1952

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17, Grid flow: 30.9
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,040
Across
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Revoke a lawyer's license to practice. : DISBAR
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Legendary Irish beauty. : DEIRDRE
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NATO conference city in Canada. : OTTAWA
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Fechteler's Navy rank. : ADMIRAL
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Good blue suits. : SERGES
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Warren Austin, for instance. : DIPLOMAT
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Amo, ___, amat. : AMAS
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Ring out. : PEAL
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Fra. Lippi's first name. : LIPPO
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Lawton Collins' rank: Abbr. : GEN
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Discoverer. : ESPIER
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Island south of Australia: Abbr. : TASM
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Mr. Dowling of the stage. : EDDIE
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Something of value. : ASSET
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British nickname for their greatest stronghold. : GIB
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Stretch of land. : TRACT
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Night watchman, named for his cry: Spanish. : SERENO
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Adherent of totalitarian ideas. : FASCIST
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Church ritual. : LITURGY
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Found in Washington Square, Champs Elysées, and Hyde Park. : ARCHES
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Typesetting machines, for short. : LINOS
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Japanese apricot. : UME
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Outstanding French modern composer. : RAVEL
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Star of India. : NEHRU
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Learns by heart. : CONS
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Infuriated women, so called after the bacchantes. : MENADS
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Dine. : EAT
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Sister of Euterpe. : ERATO
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Staple oriental diet. : RICE
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Bide one's time. : WAIT
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Boring. : TIRESOME
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Unwilling. : AVERSE
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Bowling target. : NINEPIN
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English founder of antiseptic surgery (1827–1912). : LISTER
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Like manna from heaven. : GODSENT
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Brown and gray butterflies. : SATYRS
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Addendum to a prescription. : DOSAGE
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Listed. : ITEMED
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Important London street. : STRAND
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Sacks. : BAGS
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Impress mightily. : AWE
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Harsh files. : RASPS
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Any unhampered expressionist artist. : DADAIST
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Roman magistrates. : EDILES
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Saucy urchin. : IMP
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Streamlet. : RILL
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"Dieu et mon ___," motto of British royalty. : DROIT
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A hellion on the loose. : RAMPAGER
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Slipping away. : ELAPSING
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Hoyden. : TOMBOY
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Moon's age on January 1. : EPACT
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Weirder. : EERIER
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Pine ooze. : RESIN
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Hankering. : ITCH
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A range of the Rockies, in Wyoming. : TETONS
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Province of India, between Burma and Tibet. : ASSAM
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Stratagem. : RUSE
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Fixture for the kitchen sink. : FAUCET
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Plating with steel. : ARMORING
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Movie script. : SCENARIO
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State flower of New Hampshire. : LILAC
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Inclined to mercy. : LENIENT
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Rats, mice, weasels, etc. : VERMIN
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Cordial. : HEARTY
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Elevator. : RAISER
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Speaks. : UTTERS
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Stride: Scot. : STEND
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Political or business transactions. : DEALS
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Simple sugars. : OSES
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Adenauer's portion of Germany. : WEST
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Unshut: Poetic. : OPE
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By way of. : VIA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 16 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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