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New York Times, Thursday, July 31, 1952

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.60, Missing: { F J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 19, Grid flow: 64.7
David Steinberg notes:

Original 23-Across clue had comma after "non"; removed it. Original 1-Down clue had "1-6"; changed it to "1/6."

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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,138
Across
1
Oil conveyor. : PIPE
5
Fair-to-middling. : SOSO
9
Any student at an agricultural school. : AGGIE
14
Having equal measurements. : ISOMETRIC
16
Ambassador Henderson's predecessor in Iran. : GRADY
17
Easier than Everest. : CLIMBABLE
18
High home. : AERIE
19
Say. : ASSERT
20
Northerly peninsula of North America. : LABRADOR
22
Palindromic Indian. : OTO
23
___ qua non (something essential). : SINE
24
Hats in the Highlands. : TAMS
25
Verb from a stubborn child. : WONT
27
Like a lobster claw. : CHELATE
29
Item for short-order cooking. : EGG
30
Addictions to the commonplace. : PROSINESSES
34
Vessel for glowing coals: Var. : BRASIER
36
Most shipshape. : NEATEST
37
Sprays from a puddle. : BESPLATTERS
39
District, as in Nazi Germany. : GAU
40
Stolen automobiles. : HOTCARS
41
Larva of a beetle. : GRUB
42
Highest point. : ACME
45
Practical units of electrical resistance. : OHMS
46
Comprehend. : SEE
47
Ruin for Bruin. : BEARTRAP
49
Tap cash-register keys for a sale. : RINGUP
52
Pitcher Reynolds of the Yankees. : ALLIE
53
Make a peace treaty, for instance. : NEGOTIATE
55
Jive talk, for instance. : SLANG
56
Heroes and heroines of June. : GRADUATES
57
Attaches, as wallpaper. : HANGS
58
Man's name. : ESME
59
For fear that. : LEST
Down
1
Measure for type, about 1/6 of an inch. : PICA
2
Sea lands: Abbr. : ISLS
3
Outlawed method of warfare. : POISONGAS
4
He wrote "Dixie," 1859. : EMMETT
5
Photo copy, for short. : STAT
6
Globe. : ORB
7
Foolish people. : SILLIES
8
Contenders for the Blue Ribbon. : OCEANLINERS
9
Substance used in bacteria culture. : AGAR
10
Kind of show the circus is. : GREATEST
11
Largest of the Italian lakes. : GARDA
12
Item of the vernacular. : IDIOM
13
Scrutinizers. : EYERS
15
River of Spanish War fame. : EBRO
21
Missiles aimed at the head. : BEANERS
23
Take advantage of a careless customer. : SHORTCHANGE
25
British Socialist, a founder of the Fabian Society. : WEBB
26
Mythical giant. : OGRE
27
Shaper of man. : CREATOR
28
Genteel gatherings. : TEAS
30
Hair: Comb. form. : PILO
31
Set apart from the others. : SEGREGATE
32
Son of Isaac. : ESAU
33
Half a theatre ticket. : STUB
35
Forming a globe. : SPHERING
38
Meddles. : TAMPERS
41
Friendly in manner. : GENIAL
42
Confound. : ABASH
43
Room: Latin. : CELLA
44
Reactionary leader in South Africa. : MALAN
46
In ___ (in its original place). : SITU
48
Sheep in their second year. : TEGS
49
Traveled by car. : RODE
50
Reservation dwellers. : UTES
51
Any destructive insect. : PEST
54
A herd of whales. : GAM

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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