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New York Times, Wednesday, April 30, 1952

38-Across : A gay light tune.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,046
Across
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Uncle Tom's wife. : CHLOE
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Pear with a long neck and russet skin. : BOSC
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Member of a famous Cincinnati family. : TAFT
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One of a famous trio of monkeys. : HEARNOEVIL
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Relative of the buffalo. : ANOA
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Winner of the Critics' Award. : IAMACAMERA
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Astound. : STUN
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One to one. : EVEN
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Ralph and Nancy (nee Chaffee). : KINERS
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Gov. McMath's state: Abbr. : ARK
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G-man. : FED
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Go astray. : ERR
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Oklahoma Senator and his family. : KERRS
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A troubled part of the world. : ORIENT
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He figured at a famous trial. : SACCO
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Lessened. : ABATED
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Exclamation of triumph. : AHA
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___ away. : STOW
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A gay light tune. : LILT
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Auctioneer's implement. : GAVEL
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"___ a hall." : HIRE
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Actress Raines. : ELLA
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Actress LeGallienne. : EVA
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Mineral residues after burning. : CALCES
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Emmett Kelly for instance. : CLOWN
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Where Frank C. Moore is Lieutenant Governor. : ALBANY
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Incrustations. : SCABS
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Ellis Arnall's responsibility. : OPS
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Bulgarian coin. : LEV
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Tribesman of the Philippines. : ATA
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Word element meaning "green." : CHLORO
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River into the Gulf of Finland. : NEVA
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Summery fabrics. : NETS
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Member of a famous family of Abilene. : EISENHOWER
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An arduous journey. : TREK
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One way of getting plump. : OVEREATING
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C. J. Correll's role. : ANDY
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Lower in importance. : LESS
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Our Minister to a grand duchy. : MESTA
Down
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Allie Reynolds' nickname. : CHIEF
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Breathe with effort. : HEAVE
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Disabled. : LAMED
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Port between Algiers and Tangier. : ORAN
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Inserted: Abbr. : ENC
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Drag through the mud. : BEMIRE
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Cooking unit. : OVEN
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Term of address to a king. : SIRE
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Treasurer of the U. S. : CLARK
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Heap or pile: French. : TAS
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Where Adélie Land is. : ANTARCTIC
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First word of a famous speech. : FOURSCORE
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The new T-43, for instance. : TANK
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Atom City, U. S. A. : OAKRIDGE
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His: French. : SES
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Previously: Poetic. : ERE
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Imprudently. : RASHLY
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River into the St. Lawrence. : OTTAWA
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The "N" in the U. S. N. R. : NAVAL
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Much used article. : THE
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Is obliged to. : OWES
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Templeton of the pianoforte. : ALEC
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Well-known sports broadcaster. : BILLSTERN
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Distributed. : ALLOCATED
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One product of Prohibition. : ALCAPONE
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Actress Gardner. : AVA
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A solution: Abbr. : ANS
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Station on the radio dial. : NBC
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Beetles and termites. : BORERS
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Hades, in Hebrew theology. : SHEOL
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John L. or Jerry. : LEWIS
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Happening on a red-letter day. : EVENT
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Artist of popular pin-up girls. : VARGA
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Producers of "Mrs. McThing." : ANTA
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Wide awake. : LIVE
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Common suffixes. : OSES
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Eminence. : NOTE
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A kind of writing. : SKY
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Avid radio amateur. : HAM

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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