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New York Times, Wednesday, August 27, 1952

34-Down : Cleopatra, Charmian, ___.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11, Grid flow: 21.4
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,165
Across
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Wife of a knight. : DAME
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Blvds., Aves., Rds. : STS
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1664 heroine of 1944. : AMBER
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Yalies. : ELIS
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Very: French. : TRES
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Not exact, as thinking. : LOOSE
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Rev. Bob Richards' specialty. : POLEVAULT
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Metal bar. : INGOT
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Last word of "The Walrus and the Carpenter." : ONE
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Consumed with rage. : IREFUL
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Ophidians. : ASPS
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Nightmares. : TERRORS
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"John Brown's Body," for example. : POEM
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Like a snake in the water. : EELY
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Didn't care for. : DISLIKED
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The eyelashes, anatomically speaking. : CILIA
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"To a Sky Lark," "To a Nightingale," etc. : ODES
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Decoration for Bacchus' hair. : IVY
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French naval station in the Mediterranean. : ORAN
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Naval device for clearing mines. : OTTER
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Kind of gin. : SLOE
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86,400 seconds. : DAY
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Writer's cramp or housemaid's knee. : ACHE
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Mr. Porter and others. : COLES
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Perfumes. : ESSENCES
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Prohibit passage of. : SHUT
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Kind of ology pertaining to nerves. : NEUR
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This goes with a white tie. : ATOPHAT
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Member of a clan. : SCOT
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"The Ballad of ___ Young." : RODGER
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Silkworm. : ERI
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Nathan and Edward Everett. : HALES
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Event at Helsinki, part of the decathlon. : BROADJUMP
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Full of enthusiasm. : AFIRE
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Man's name. : EARL
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Book of the Old Testament. : AMOS
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Crass. : DENSE
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Highway sign. : GAS
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Lively. : SPRY
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Last stop. : DEPOT
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All by oneself. : ALONE
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Races at Helsinki. : MILERELAYS
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Compass point. : ESE
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Sparkling. : STARRY
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Measures and straightens. : TRUES
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A being. : SELF
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___ Razmara. : ALI
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Pierrot, for instance. : MONAMI
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Swamplands. : BOGS
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Classic fabulist: Var. : ESOP
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Macerates. : RETS
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When 9 Down is not intelligent. : STUPIDE
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Shipwrecked lady of "Twelfth Night." : VIOLA
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Team in the cellar. : LOSER
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Pull up a horse. : REIN
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Obsolescent carriers. : ELS
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Loves excessively. : DOTES
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Advice from the bleachers. : KILLTHEUMP
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Bacchanalian cry. : EVOE
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Products of vegetables. : DYES
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Wigwag system. : CODE
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Cleopatra, Charmian, ___. : IRAS
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Come to mind. : OCCUR
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Best seller of early 1940's. : THEROBE
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Pepper pot. : SOUP
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Chemical suffix. : ANE
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Harp string. : CHORD
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Becomes involved in. : ENTERS
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What Robinson does to second. : STEALS
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Market place in ancient Athens. : AGORA
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The Black Knight's garb. : ARMOR
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Able to see "Harvey." : TIPSY
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Hudson River catch. : SHAD
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Main Street sign. : CAFE
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Sen. Johnston of Spartanburg. : OLIN
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Pull. : DRAG
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Behold. : SEE
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Man's name: Abbr. : JAS

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later.

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