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New York Times, Thursday, May 1, 1952

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12, Grid flow: 29.0
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,047
Across
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A certain Hoover's middle name. : EDGAR
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Man's name meaning harmony. : ALAN
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Sacred bird of Egypt. : IBIS
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Unattached. : LOOSE
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Theatre box. : LOGE
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Negotiable paper. : NOTE
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Summon forth. : EVOKE
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Condition alleviated in a beauty parlor. : CROWSFEET
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___ amis. : MES
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Partner of comedian Jerry. : DEAN
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Myriads of bees. : SWARMS
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Periodical wind of the Levant. : ETESIAN
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What Falstaff was not. : THIN
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In pursuit of. : AFTER
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Ship's ladder. : SEASTEPS
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Heroine of "For Whom the Bell Tolls." : PILAR
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Balls of thread. : CLEWS
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Islet. : AIT
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24.7 inches in Copenhagen. : ALEN
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An Eulenspiegel specialty. : PRANK
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Condition of a chicken coop. : EGGY
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Spanish coin: Abbr. : PES
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Breakfast cereals. : BRANS
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Heat-resistant glass. : SILEX
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Disciple. : ADHERENT
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Sweet-singing bird. : VIREO
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Biography. : LIFE
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Land attached to a manor house. : DEMESNE
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It's in Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin, France. : ALSACE
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A newly hatched chicken. : PEEP
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Chinese beverage. : CHA
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What most comic strip husbands are. : HENPECKED
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Skiddoo. : SCOOT
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Greek letters. : ETAS
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The five books of Moses. : TORA
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An immature seed. : OVULE
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Be sunk in apathy. : MOPE
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A human being. : SOUL
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Chilean export. : NITER
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Superior brand of figs, packed flat. : ELEME
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Connected ingeniously. : DOVETAILED
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Horripilation. : GOOSEFLESH
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Invite. : ASK
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Having a thinner tone. : REEDIER
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Strategic northwest highway. : ALCAN
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Desolate. : LORN
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Office of the Adjutant General: Abbr. : AGO
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Paper peddler. : NEWSHAWK
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Princess Anne's status. : INFANT
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One of Dr. Malan's forebears. : BOER
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Bit of columnar gossip. : ITEM
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Norman Bel Geddes specialties. : SETS
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Native of St. Gall. : SWISS
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Piece of corn. : EAR
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Man's nickname. : STAN
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Youthful years. : TEENS
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Viewpoint. : SLANT
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Owner of twenty-one merit badges. : EAGLESCOUT
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Shelve, as legislation. : PIGEONHOLE
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River plied by Charon. : STYX
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Nickname applied to Haydn and Dionne. : PAPA
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He wrote "The Red Badge of Courage." : CRANE
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Ninety French departmental administrators. : PREFECTS
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Roisin Dubh. : EIRE
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Fanny of Baby Snooks fame. : BRICE
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Wallis Warfield ___. : SIMPSON
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Slip by. : ELAPSE
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Churchillian finger sign. : VEE
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Cleverly contrived. : DEDAL
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Peter, Peter, pumpkin ___. : EATER
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One way to start a conversation. : AHEM
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Mother of Artemis. : LETO
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Made in an offhand manner. : SNAP
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1,410 miles of Pacific coastline. : PERU
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Wellington of China. : KOO
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Roman year. : CVI

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