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New York Times, Tuesday, May 13, 1952

24-Down : Base on balls.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11, Grid flow: 23.2 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Jim Horne notes:

30-Down: Earl Warren governed California from 1943–1953, so MIAMI seems wrong.

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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,059
Across
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Red sword over Hong Kong. : CHINA
6
City in Syria, on the Orontes River. : HAMA
10
Classified advertising items. : APTS
14
Antagonist. : RIVAL
15
Down with: French. : ABAS
16
Norse goddess of fate. : NORN
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Necessity for farmers and office workers. : ALARMCLOCK
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Wynken, Blynken and Nod. : TRIO
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"Having ___ time. Wish you were here." : WONDERFUL
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Join with beveled edges. : MITER
22
Spanish Mrs. : SRA
23
Man of taste. : EPICURE
25
Former Postmaster General Farley. : JIM
28
Yemen's ruler's title. : IMAM
31
Open-mouthed : AGOG
32
Arterial trunk. : AORTA
34
Paraguay, Plata and Prana. : RIOS
36
Scene of Anglo-Egyptian clashes. : SUEZ
39
Traubel role. : ELSA
40
Scrape together. : AMASS
41
Head: French. : TETE
42
He went to school with Coleridge. : LAMB
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Wrestler's playgrounds. : GYMS
44
Haymakers in Golden Gloves. : FISTS
45
Where revolution ousted President Prio. : CUBA
47
Emilia's husband. : IAGO
49
"I ___ to live": Socrates. : EAT
50
Naive. : ARTLESS
53
Plight of "Casey at the Bat." : OUT
55
Taj ___ (crown of buildings). : MAHAL
56
Orthodox. : CANONICAL
62
Abridge; revise. : EDIT
63
Covered by the Indians' Avila. : SECONDBASE
64
The last inning. : NINE
65
Second word of the Golden Rule. : UNTO
66
A hair treatment. : RINSE
67
Members of the K-9 Corps. : DOGS
68
Seed of the coffee plant. : BEAN
69
County of New York State. : YATES
Down
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Crop of a bird. : CRAW
2
Important port of Hawaii. : HILO
3
One of the Brothers Karamazov. : IVAN
4
Ointments valued in ancient times. : NARDS
5
Seaport in Spain, on the Mediterranean. : ALMERIA
6
Partial or incomplete. : HALF
7
Leigh Hunt's Ben Adhem. : ABOU
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A twin crystal. : MACLE
9
Pop the question. : ASK
10
Large island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. : ANTICOSTI
11
Premier Salazar's people. : PORTUGUESE
12
City in Germany. : TRIER
13
Nose plus "r." : SNORE
18
Famous American architect. : CRAM
21
Russian-built jet. : MIG
24
Base on balls. : PASS
25
Old Testament heroine. : JAEL
26
City in Kansas. : IOLA
27
Mary Chase's Broadway witch. : MRSMCTHING
29
Department of Frank Pace, Jr. : ARMY
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City in Gov. Warren's state. : MIAMI
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Forms into a list. : TABULATES
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Olympus, Pelion, ___ : OSSA
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Girl's nickname. : ETTA
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Keen enjoyment. : ZEST
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High Mohammedan officials. : AGAS
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Where castings are made. : FOUNDRY
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Barbara ___ Geddes. : BEL
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Mrs. Toy Len ___, American Mother of 1952. : GOON
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Reform; correct. : AMEND
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A City within a city. : RADIO
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Single situation in a drama. : SCENE
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Bone of the leg. : TIBIA
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___ est fabula (the play in done). : ACTA
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Time to shoot the sun. : NOON
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Jargon. : CANT
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Hartebeest. : ASSE
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Canada and Dixie. : LEES
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Short for a snorkel user. : SUB

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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