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New York Times, Tuesday, June 24, 1952

8-Down : A favorite word of Sherlock Holmes.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,101
Across
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Elwood P. ___, Harvey's friend. : DOWD
5
Drive back. : REPEL
10
Glaswegian. : SCOT
14
Northernmost city of Pennsylvania. : ERIE
15
School: French. : ECOLE
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Herbert Hoover's birthplace. : IOWA
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They've stopped dealing with China. : ENGLISHMEN
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Enemies of the counterfeiter. : TMEN
20
Tammany leader. : DESAPIO
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Misplaced nursery articles. : MITTENS
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The Yankees often do. : WIN
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Said it wasn't so. : DENIED
25
The Welland is one. : CANAL
28
What most of us are against. : SIN
29
River in central Yugoslavia. : DRINA
32
Love: Latin. : AMOR
33
Windsor, for instance. : CASTLE
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Greek Aurora. : EOS
36
___ noire, or bugbear. : BETE
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"Last of the Mohicans." : UNCAS
38
Half hitch or clove hitch. : KNOT
39
Permit. : LET
40
Cutting reply. : RETORT
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Second in line for British crown. : ANNE
42
Girl's name. : ERICA
44
Pertaining to: Suffix. : ARY
45
Art gallery in Washington. : FREER
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Expression of partial approval. : NOTBAD
48
Rather than. : ERE
49
Fix firmly. : INGRAIN
51
Resembling sand. : ARENOID
55
Capital of Okinawa. : NAHA
56
From Haymarket to Hyde Park Corner. : PICCADILLY
58
Silver coin of Teheran. : RIAL
59
Les ___ Unis. : ETATS
60
Winged Victory, in the Louvre. : NIKE
61
Shade trees. : ELMS
62
Gavotte. : DANSE
63
Collections of interesting items. : ANAS
Down
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House owner's legal paper. : DEED
2
French river flowing into English Channel. : ORNE
3
Barristers' headgear. : WIGS
4
Gov. Carvel's state. : DELAWARE
5
Varnish ingredient. : RESIN
6
A "me too" utterance. : ECHO
7
Dog weighing about seven pounds: Colloq. : POM
8
A favorite word of Sherlock Holmes. : ELEMENTARY
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Onetime Bolshevik. : LENIN
10
Relief for mom and dad. : SITTER
11
Ethel Merman, for instance. : COMEDIENNE
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U. K. economist, member of U. N. Secretariat. : OWEN
13
Products of Miami and Palm Beach. : TANS
18
Pacific Island tree, yielding valuable dye. : IPIL
22
Stream or current. : TIDE
24
Difference of opinions. : DISCORD
25
TV's coaxial ___. : CABLE
26
Mohammedan noble. : AMEER
27
City near Sherwood Forest. : NOTTINGHAM
28
Race track in Arcadia, Calif. : SANTAANITA
30
The person who knows the results of November 4. : NOONE
31
Relative of the thistle. : ASTER
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It's perpendicular in the massé. : CUE
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Vessel of war. : LST
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A famous fictional Anna. : KARENINA
40
Pro ___. : RATA
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Animals that build atolls. : CORALS
45
Portland's spouse. : FRED
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Homo sapiens is one. : BIPED
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Clean the slate. : ERASE
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Frequent beginning of business letters. : INRE
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Adjunct of a horseshoe. : NAIL
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"Carmen" has four. : ACTS
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Sen. Johnston from Spartanburg. : OLIN
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Authoress Chase. : ILKA
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Stains. : DYES
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Container for milk. : CAN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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