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New York Times, Monday, August 18, 1952

51-Down : Elevated situation.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,156
Across
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Means of transportation. : CABS
5
Liberal. : BROAD
10
A lump of bubblegum, for instance: Colloq. : GLOB
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Pianist Templeton. : ALEC
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Movie starring Dana Andrews. : LAURA
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Slithery. : EELY
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Interlock. : MESH
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D. D. E. : EISENHOWER
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Showing irritation. : PETULANT
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Pertaining to the back. : DORSAD
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Cooking instruction. : BAKE
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Patty ___, champion golfer. : BERG
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Invited. : ASKED
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Displayed suppressed anger. : SMOLDERED
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Not dense. : SPARSE
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French girl friend. : AMIE
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Bird with rudimentary wings. : EMU
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Another means of transportation. : CART
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Something big. : JUMBO
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He plays first for the A's. : FAIN
41
A political organization. : ADA
42
Poilu's name for Marshal Joffre. : PAPA
43
Bean. : NOODLE
45
Provision for certain financial matters. : PETTYCASH
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Tricks. : RUSES
49
A European wild ox. : URUS
50
Gov. Long of Louisiana. : EARL
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Not a dark horse. : SORREL
55
Flowering shrub of southern Europe. : OLEASTER
59
He carries through negotiations. : TRANSACTOR
61
Seaport on the island of Hawaii. : HILO
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He votes no. : ANTI
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All, in music directions. : TUTTI
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Expert of the elevator. : OTIS
65
Traffic sound. : BEEP
66
Uneven. : EROSE
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Move irregularly. : TOSS
Down
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Lee of Hood. : CAMP
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Opposite of aweather. : ALEE
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Worst. : BEST
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He didn't finish a symphony. : SCHUBERT
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Desolate and windswept. : BLEAK
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Ella of the movies. : RAINES
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Get rid of. : OUST
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Exist. : ARE
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Sunflower yellow. : DANDELION
10
Senator from Vienna, Ga. : GEORGE
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Author Wallace and others. : LEWS
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Genus of the olive trees. : OLEA
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Senator from Berryville. : BYRD
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A large troop. : HORDE
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Boy Scouts. : LADS
24
Symbol of war. : BOMB
25
Organization in the entertainment world. : ASCAP
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Long-handled tool. : SPADE
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A 24th part. : KARAT
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Members of the P. T. A. : MAMAS
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Studies. : READS
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M. Zola. : EMILE
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Hills à la Cape Cod. : DUNES
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Exclaim. : EJACULATE
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Poisonous tree. : UPAS
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Score of one point in basketball. : FOULSHOT
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Bonfires. : PYRES
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Occasional: Scot. : ORRA
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Root of an herb of the mustard family. : TURNIP
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Spartan slaves. : HELOTS
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Elevated situation. : AERIE
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Betray. : STAB
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Part of France. : ORNE
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Censure. : RATE
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Actor Kruger. : OTTO
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Broz of Belgrade. : TITO
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Site of the ancient Olympic Games. : ELIS
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Nellie Tayloe ___ Director of the U. S. Mint. : ROSS
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Surly fellow. : CUR

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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