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Evelyn E. Smith
Evelyn E. Smith

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New York Times, Sunday, August 24, 1952

68-Down : Dwarf: French.

Author:
Evelyn Smith
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 134, Blocks: 63, Avg Word Len: 5.64, Missing: { J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 497 (avg 1.31)
Open Squares: 128, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 34, Grid flow: 52.2
Evelyn E. Smith has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Evelyn Smith is an alias for Evelyn E. Smith.
David Steinberg notes:

25-Across: Note that Grace Coolidge's middle name was Anna rather than ANNE.

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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,162
Across
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Congressional business. : BILLS
6
Former Ambassador to Spain. : GRIFFIS
13
Ballplayer. : GIANT
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President of a European country. : AURIOL
19
Exiled crime czar. : LUCIANO
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French name of Belgian seaport. : ANVERS
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One of Prince Charles' names. : GEORGE
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Indians, Red Sox, etc. : AMERICANLEAGUE
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One of Mrs. Coolidge's names. : ANNE
26
Worker with cryptograms. : ENCODER
28
Bartlett. : PEAR
29
Poetic contraction. : OER
30
Aerial bomb with TV attachment. : ROC
31
Way up. : STAIR
32
U. S. resident born in Japan. : ISSEI
34
The championship. : TITLE
36
Spades, for instance. : SUIT
38
Garments. : VESTS
40
Eagle. : ERNE
42
Actor Boucicault. : DION
43
Spanish executioner. : GARROTER
45
Otherwise. : ALIAS
47
Split. : CLEAVE
49
Unimaginative. : LITERAL
50
Scenery. : FLATS
51
Summer ___. : THEATER
52
Schoolboy's friend. : ERASER
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Old woman. : CRONE
54
Gutenberg. : PRINTER
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Agnus ___. : DEI
56
What a rustler does. : REBRANDS
58
Merchant guild. : HANSE
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Feudal underling. : ESNE
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Tubular light. : NEON
62
Cuba's ousted President. : PRIO
63
Fools: Slang. : SAPS
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Fantastic trick. : ANTIC
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Expands. : DISTENDS
73
What "Fledermaus" means. : BAT
74
Passages of music. : STRAINS
76
Elbow: Anat. : ANCON
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Spartan magistrates. : EPHORI
79
Air conditioning. : COOLING
80
Arachnids. : MITES
81
Beneficiaries of the Bill of Rights. : FREEMEN
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Fabric sizing made from seaweed. : ALGINE
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Any physician. : GALEN
84
Reno aftermath. : REMATING
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Menu item. : SOLE
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Member of a Women's Reserve. : SPAR
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Fail to mix with. : REPEL
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Where Maidstone is. : KENT
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Princes of the East. : EMIRS
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Weights of North Africa. : ARTAL
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A drug. : ALOES
97
Word of irony, surprise, etc. : AHA
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Panjim is its capital. : GOA
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Hebrides isle. : IONA
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Reducing to rubble. : RUINING
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Something to be watched. : STEP
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Famous avenue. : UNTERDENLINDEN
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Corrected proof sheet. : REVISE
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Treated with a certain salt. : NITRED
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He's running for the Senate. : DISALLE
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Made level. : EVENED
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Ancient boxes. : CISTS
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Cassandra. : SEERESS
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Strong tastes. : TANGS
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Scene of La Prensa's death. : BUENOSAIRES
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Churchill said it, 1948. : IRONCURTAIN
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Money in Beri. : LIRE
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Record. : LOG
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Unpleasant weather. : SLEET
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National park in Montana. : GLACIER
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Propagandist's material. : RUMORS
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Frosted. : ICED
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Vacation spot in N. Y. : FIREISLAND
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Country exhibitions. : FAIRS
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Sign of big business: Abbr. : INC
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The clean ones. : SOAPERS
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Festive. : GALA
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Sluggish. : INERT
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Girl's name. : AVA
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Discuss peace terms. : NEGOTIATE
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Ballad character. : TRUELOVER
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Seaweed product. : AGAR
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More peaceful. : SERENER
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German veto. : NEIN
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California type of orange. : NAVEL
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Hoarder. : STORER
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Waves. : SEAS
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Thinks. : IDEATES
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Makes angry. : IRES
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Stock of cards. : TALON
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Starfish. : ECHINODERM
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European kite. : GLEDE
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Inhabitants of an Italian city. : TARENTINES
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Natives: Suff. : ITES
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French city. : LENS
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Kukla's friend. : FRAN
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Freedom ___. : TRAIN
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Reptiles: Colloq. : CROCS
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Heart: Comb form. : PHREN
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Person. : BEING
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More ancient. : EARLIER
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Marginal directions. : PTOS
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Loathing. : ABOMINATING
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Qualifying phrases. : PARENTHESES
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Nettle's effect. : STING
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Dwarf: French. : NAIN
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Irish Parliament. : DAIL
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At the dark of the moon. : INTERLUNAR
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Picture. : SCENE
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Composer of "Sylvia." : SPEAKS
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Wise. : SOLOMONIC
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Chief Italian Communist. : TOGLIATTI
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Is called: Obs. : HETE
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Naval weapon. : CASEGUN
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Super market. : MART
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Burglar. : FELON
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Standard rifles in U. S. Army. : GARANDS
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Does a tailoring job. : RELINES
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Glazier's item. : PANE
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TV groups. : PANELS
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Tributary of the Danube. : SIRET
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Last word of "Hark! hark! the lark ... " : ARISE
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Bird. : EGRET
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Copied. : APED
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Equalizing allowances. : ODDS
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Frivolous. : IDLE
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Swedish name. : SVEN
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Hesitant syllables. : ERS
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Norse diplomat. : LIE
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Little ___. : EVA

Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 23 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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