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New York Times, Monday, June 30, 1952

16-Across : Subway sardines.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.70, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 58, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 25.9 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,107
Across
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Former Government agency. : WPB
4
Sing cheerfully. : LILT
8
Material for a ranch house. : ADOBE
13
Be under the weather. : AIL
14
Jai ___. : ALAI
15
He'll speak in Chicago. : TRUMAN
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Subway sardines. : STANDEES
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Coarsely humorous. : RIBALD
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Glass bottles. : PHIALS
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Region of unrest. : SUEZ
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Creator of David Balfour. : RLS
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Farmer's crop. : RYE
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Olympic figure-skating champion. : BUTTON
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Interrogative sounds. : HUHS
28
Relative of the chigoe. : FLEA
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Salamanders. : NEWTS
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Swedish name of Turku. : ABO
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Art colony north of Santa Fe. : TAOS
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It's used on the fairway. : MASHIE
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Live without ordinary comforts. : ROUGHIT
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One hundredth of a franc. : CENTIME
39
More moderate. : EASIER
40
School homework. : SUMS
41
Dickens character. : TIM
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Suffixes denoting agents. : STERS
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Likewise. : ALSO
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Government agents: Colloq. : FEDS
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He finished 5th in 1948. : THOMAS
47
Relative of pooh. : BAH
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It's now the M. S. A. : ECA
51
A famous play. : RAIN
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Region of unrest. : EUROPE
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Pawn sacrifice, in chess. : GAMBIT
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Husband's occasional secondary abode. : DOGHOUSE
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Natives of Crete and Corfu. : GREEKS
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Man's name. : EMIL
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Serious transgression. : SIN
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A votre ___ (to your health). : SANTE
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Former editor of "The New Yorker." : ROSS
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Bandleader Morales. : ESY
Down
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Recently crippled warship. : WASP
2
Spongy substance in an orange. : PITH
3
Where V. I. P.'s are entertained. : BLAIRHOUSE
4
Kitchen spoon. : LADLE
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Tracts of land in the St. Lawrence. : ILES
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Port on the Huon Gulf, New Guinea. : LAE
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Second sheets for the steno. : TISSUES
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Senators Hayden and McFarland. : ARIZONANS
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Make a knight. : DUB
10
General Bradley. : OMAR
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Horsehide. : BALL
12
Football players. : ENDS
15
Relative of tare. : TRET
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Opposition votes. : NAYS
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Girl's name. : UTA
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Blemish. : BLOT
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Kind of egg that fools a hen. : NEST
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Relatives of "Harvey." : HARES
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Ancestor of the "Nautilus." : UBOAT
28
Entertainment for the countryside. : FAIR
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Millions saw this on T. V. : WHITEHOUSE
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Fainthearted. : TIMID
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Appears to exist. : SEEMS
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1952 Pulitzer Prize play. : THESHRIKE
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Interoffice message. : MEMO
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Surround. : GIRT
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A fellow: Colloq. : CUSS
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Malicious report. : SLANDER
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"Mon ___ Pierrot." : AMI
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Card game. : FARO
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Farmer's crop. : OATS
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Pieces of furniture decorated with inlays. : BUHLS
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Farm product. : EGGS
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Dear: Italian. : CARA
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Verily. : AMEN
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Shield or sponsorship. : EGIS
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Greek letters. : PSIS
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Child's counting-out word. : EENY
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Bouncing ___. : BET
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Shoulder: Comb. form. : OMO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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