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New York Times, Thursday, August 27, 1953

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 34.0 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,530
Across
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Expression peculiar to the human species. : LAUGH
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Clansman. : SCOT
10
Mrs. Darling's dog. : NANA
14
Path between trees or shrubs: Fr. : ALLEE
15
One of twenty-four. : HOUR
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Enthusiasm. : ELAN
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Mister from Madrid. : SENOR
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Sec. of Agriculture Benson. : EZRA
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Staff member. : AIDE
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Hardly. : SCARCELY
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Sec. of Labor. : DURKIN
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Wide or impassable gap. : GULF
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Atty. Gen. Brownell. : HERBERT
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Pronoun. : ITSELF
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Shilly-shally. : HEDGE
30
Greek letter. : TAU
31
Large sea duck. : EIDER
33
Ghostly. : EERIE
37
Old measures for cloth. : ELLS
39
He attends Cabinet meetings. : NIXON
41
Hockey arena. : RINK
42
Sec. of the Interior. : MCKAY
44
Spite. : VENOM
46
Card. : ACE
47
Representative from New York. : TABER
49
Sec. of State. : DULLES
51
Makes one's way by force (with "in"). : MUSCLES
54
Go forward with effort. : WADE
55
Postmaster General Summerfield. : ARTHUR
56
Town on Pungo River, N. C. : BELHAVEN
60
Slush. : MIRE
61
Land measure. : ACRE
63
Welfare chief Hobby. : OVETA
64
Ground, unbolted grain. : MEAL
65
Hard, yellowish-brown wood. : TEAK
66
Girl in a musical comedy. : LETTY
67
Dolomites. : ALPS
68
Members of the flock. : EWES
69
Plural endings. : ESSES
Down
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Maiden. : LASS
2
One of the Waughs. : ALEC
3
Forearm bone. : ULNA
4
Sec. of Treasury Humphrey. : GEORGE
5
Agatha Christie's M. Poirot. : HERCULE
6
Part of a cupboard. : SHELF
7
Warm and snug. : COZY
8
Pronoun. : OUR
9
Bartered. : TRADED
10
Reminder of the Prohibition Era. : NEARBEER
11
Similar. : ALIKE
12
Lowest point. : NADIR
13
In respect to. : ANENT
21
Tricksy. : ELFIN
23
Impel. : URGE
25
Long-legged bird. : HERON
26
Detail. : ITEM
27
Soapstone. : TALC
28
Be silently resentful. : SULK
29
Practicer of witchcraft: Colloq. : HEXER
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Gainer, swan, jackknife, etc. : DIVES
34
Silver coins of Iran. : RIAL
35
Well-known name in Hollywood. : INCE
36
Supplements (with "out"). : EKES
38
Handbags. : SATCHELS
40
Relating to a knot. : NODAL
43
River in the news. : YALU
45
Hazard on a dirt road. : MUDHOLE
48
Chide. : BERATE
50
Periods of absence from duty. : LEAVES
51
Child's favorite word. : MAMMA
52
Archangel in "Paradise Lost." : URIEL
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Holder for schoolbooks. : STRAP
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Sec. of Commerce. : WEEKS
56
Hillside. : BRAE
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Members of V. F. W. : VETS
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Suffix meaning little. : ETTE
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Certain votes. : NAYS
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Initials of the Sec. of Defense. : CEW

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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