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New York Times, Friday, July 18, 1952

36-Across : Glorifies.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 253 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 28.8
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,125
Across
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Cessation of practice. : DISUSE
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Vehement outbreak, as of applause. : BURST
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Left unoccupied. : VACATED
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Show. : DENOTE
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Chinese Turkestan, between Mongolia and Tibet. : SINKIANG
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Characteristic subtle qualities. : AROMAS
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Anglo-Saxon name for the chief Norse god. : WODEN
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River in China, into Tungting lake. : SIANG
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Bug. : ANT
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Contents of tankards. : ALES
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Last word of the "Pinafore" song, "I Am the Monarch of the Sea." : AUNTS
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Con. : ANTI
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Persian title. : MIR
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Organ stop (from French word for "storm"). : ORAGE
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Offspring. : SCION
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Induct. : INSTALL
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1,000-mile river in China, Canton at its delta. : SIKIANG
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Picnicked. : ATE
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Mr. Caesar. : SID
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Put an end to. : ABOLISH
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Glorifies. : BLESSES
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Racers' goals. : TAPES
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Famous Canadian physician. : OSLER
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Bird. : ANI
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___ bien. : TRES
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Baseball outfields, for instance. : TRIOS
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Set thickly with ornaments. : STUD
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Fumble. : ERR
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West Pointer's hat. : SHAKO
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British county. : SHIRE
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Foul air. : MIASMA
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Came. : APPEARED
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Late French marshal. : PETAIN
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Settles comfortably. : NESTLES
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Nottingham's river. : TRENT
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Grains for the mill. : GRISTS
Down
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Tempers: Colloq. : DANDERS
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Member of F. D. R.'s Cabinet. : ICKES
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Yankee pitcher. : SAIN
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Miss Hagen. : UTA
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Not spiritual. : SENSUAL
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Brim trim. : EDGING
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Ice from a glacier. : BERG
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First number in Madrid. : UNO
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Where Ploesti is. : ROMANIA
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Suffragist Elizabeth Cady ___. : STANTON
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First word in the microphone. : TESTING
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Nathan Milstein's instrument. : VIOLIN
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Actors Dailey and Duryea. : DANS
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Yogi or fakir. : SWAMI
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Chemical suffixes. : ATES
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City near Marseilles. : ARLES
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Sour things. : ACIDS
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Still a prisoner in Prague. : OATIS
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Slalom participant. : SKIER
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Fibs. : TALES
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British ___. : ISLES
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Essay. : ATTEMPT
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Where racehorses line up at the start. : BARRIER
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Handle. : OPERATE
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Book of hours. : HORA
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Pop fly. : BLOOPER
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Literary works reproving human folly. : SATIRES
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Toughens. : ENURES
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Supported in a dispute. : SIDED
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Chinese province east of Tibet. : SIKANG
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Word used for comparison. : THAN
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Biblical verb. : SHALT
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Inflicted a heavy blow. : SMIT
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6-4, 3-6, 6-0. : SETS
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River in Poland. : SAN
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Next to last Greek letter. : PSI

Answer summary:
10 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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