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GLOBAL GLEANINGS
New York Times, Sunday, May 25, 1952
Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 166 , Blocks: 74 , Avg Word Len: 5.48 , Missing: { J Q X Z } , Scrabble score: 676 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 158 , Cheaters: 0 , FITB: 3 , XRef: 0 , Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 42
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© 1952, The New York Times No. 1,071
Across
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Night's brightest luminary besides the moon. :
DOGSTAR 15
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A part typical of a large and intricate whole. :
EPITOME 24
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Minton, Clark, Burton et al. :
NINEMEN 28
Gas lights of modern times. :
NEONS 29
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A spurner of his peers. :
SNOB 36
Casement opening on the foam. :
PORTHOLE 38
Poetry for gourmets. :
MENU 39
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County seat in S. E. Kansas. :
IOLA 43
Famous name in physics. :
CURIE 44
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Logs for building Kon-Tiki. :
BALSAS 50
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Training school for officers: Abbr. :
OCS 63
Word used by the devout. :
AMEN 64
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Mined from the mind. :
IDEA 68
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Harpsichordist Landowska. :
WANDA 81
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Type of leaf cluster. :
OAK 86
Girls named after Pip's sweetheart. :
ESTELLAS 88
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Reconnaissance scouts. :
EYES 91
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Small, mean and treacherous. :
RATTY 95
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Bruised in spirit. :
SORE 100
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Goad into action. :
STING 103
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Pattern on a TV screen. :
RASTER 112
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It's wingless and leaping. :
FLEA 114
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Famous name in architecture. :
ADAM 118
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Yankee outfielder. :
CERV 123
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Tennis player Herb ___. :
FLAM 125
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She wrote love tales. :
GLYN 127
Jackson's Sec'y. of Treasury. :
DUANE 128
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Biblical character. :
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Depart, country style. :
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State: Comb. form. :
STATO 12
"Marching as ___ . . . " :
TOWAR 13
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Rural power agency. :
REA 15
Former capital of Philippines. :
MANILA 16
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Word that electrified Columbus. :
LAND 18
Where Crater Lake is: Abbr. :
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The isles of the Pacific. :
OCEANIA 21
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The ___ of America. :
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Fred Seaton, for instance. :
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Jeers from the jaded. :
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Stables around a court. :
MEWS 41
Tending to form in strings. :
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Queen Juliana's city. :
HAGUE 59
Scheherazade of Baghdad-on-the-Subway. :
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An advocate of the self. :
EGOIST 67
BARs, Garands, etc. :
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Found unpalatable. :
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Cheer for a matador. :
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Norwegian man's name. :
LARS 89
Plant modified by environment. :
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Miss Munson and others. :
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Revive wine's ferment. :
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High-flown: Poet. :
SOARY 103
Raised frame around a hatchway. :
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Dictator next door to Salazar. :
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Neighbors of the Persians. :
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Flophouse, in Britain. :
DOSS 129
Vacation equipment. :
ROD 130
Al Jolson's given name. :
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Answer summary: 7 unique to this puzzle , 35 debuted here and reused later , 12 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles .
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Analysis
There are 0 circles, 0 rebus squares and 0 cheater squares.
The grid has normal (rotational) crossword symmetry.
It has 7 words unique to this puzzle:
It has 35 additional words that debuted in this puzzle and were later reused (total number of puzzles in brackets):
These words have only appeared in pre-Shortz puzzles:
These 43 answer words are not legal Scrabble™ entries, which sometimes means they are interesting:
Grid has an unusual size: 23 rows x 23 columns.
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