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New York Times, Thursday, July 3, 1952

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.59, Missing: { F H J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 94, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 18, Grid flow: 34.7
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,110
Across
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First Indian to visit Pilgrims, 1621. : SAMOSET
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Italian village where Roman Emperor Henry IV ate humble pie. : CANOSSA
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French phrase on the menu. : ALAMODE
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Foster parent. : ADOPTER
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Welterweight champion. : GAVILAN
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Daydream. : REVERIE
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Encourage. : ABET
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One who corners the market. : MONOPOLIST
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Patriotic association. : SAR
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Smallest of a litter. : RUNT
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Ditto. : SAME
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Enemies of Sabres and Thunderjets. : MIGS
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Boys' collars or jackets. : ETONS
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Dawn goddess. : EOS
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Sour. : ACRID
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Wrongful accusation by inference or innuendo. : SMEAR
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Emulates Chuck Burke. : SKATES
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Discovers. : ESPIES
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Breakfast food. : BACON
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Miss Hasso of the stage. : SIGNE
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Doctors in the Army. : AMS
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Karl ___, member of Lenin's circle, purged in 1937. : RADEK
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Excavates. : DIGS
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Franchise. : VOTE
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___ Island, U. S. Navy Yard in San Francisco Bay. : MARE
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Turn in the road. : ESS
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Arena in Florida. : ORANGEBOWL
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Clip. : SNIP
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Large volcanic crater (from the Spanish for "kettle"). : CALDERA
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Horseman in the bullring. : PICADOR
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One who transfers property. : ALIENOR
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Miss Coca of TV. : IMOGENE
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Sinews. : TENDONS
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Sign on the dotted line. : ENDORSE
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Norse legends. : SAGAS
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Sparkman and Hill are ___ Senators. : ALABAMAS
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Maury ___, famous Texas Congressman. : MAVERICK
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Eliminate. : OMIT
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Old man sun. : SOL
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Port in Holland. : EDAM
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A leading man at La Scala. : TENORE
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Gilda's famous aria in "Rigoletto." : CARONOME
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Proficiency. : ADEPTNESS
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New: Comb. form. : NOVO
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Small German autos. : OPELS
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Grooves or channels. : STRIAE
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Earthquake: Comb. form. : SEISMO
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Mountain crests. : ARETES
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Gen. McAuliffe's famous reply. : NUTS
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Kind of bag. : GRAB
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Hindu guitar. : SITAR
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Tasty. : SAPID
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One hundred tales famous since 1353. : DECAMERON
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6,000-ft. mountain near Lake Lucerne. : RIGI
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Where the younger set meets. : SODABARS
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Give rise to. : ENGENDER
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Convention meetings. : SESSIONS
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Tyrant of the 1st century. : NERO
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Lawyer in Paris. : AVOCAT
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Combination of zeal, spirit, hope, confidence, etc. : MORALE
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Tyrant of the 20th century. : STALIN
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Rose O'Neill's widely known creation. : KEWPIE
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Terminated. : ENDED
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220-mile river that flows through Berlin. : SPREE
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Race or kind: Comb. form. : GENO
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Represent in drawing. : LIMN
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Kind of pudding. : SAGO
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"Land, ho!" for the Pilgrims. : COD

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 17 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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