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New York Times, Monday, September 15, 1952

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 28, Avg Word Len: 5.63, Missing: { H J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 44.3 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,184
Across
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Land of the free. : AMERICA
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Home of the brave. : WIGWAM
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Desert train. : CARAVAN
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Gets there. : ARRIVES
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A low for immaturity. : CRUDEST
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Famous Hartford newspaper. : COURANT
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His eye is on the ball. : UMP
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Control lever of a plane. : STICK
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Part of India's Central Provinces. : BERAR
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Befuddles. : SOTS
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Shinplaster paper money. : SCRIP
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Necessity for a game of backgammon. : DICE
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Build. : ERECT
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People who look ahead. : SEERS
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These: French. : CES
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Bohemian village, battle scene of 1866. : SADOWA
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Psalm books. : PSALTERS
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Secretary of the Air Force. : FINLETTER
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Humus formed by deciduous trees: 2 wds. : LEAFSOIL
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Homeric. : EPICAL
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Finish. : END
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Implied, but not expressed. : TACIT
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The color of moleskin. : TAUPE
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Theda Bara, for instance. : VAMP
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A landmark: Span. : SENAL
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Projecting edges of pitchers. : LIPS
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Sons of the Prophet. : EMIRS
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Tyrants. : NEROS
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Signal for help. : SOS
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Rocks found in Norway. : NORITES
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Given word. : PROMISE
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Obliteration. : ERASURE
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One appointed to a pulpit. : ORDINEE
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Hammer for large spikes. : SLEDGE
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Squatters in cattle country. : NESTERS
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Points the finger at. : ACCUSES
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Sea between Europe and Asia. : MARMORA
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Blew up. : ERUPTED
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A basic number in mathematics: Abbr. : RAD
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"As I was going to St. ___ ... " : IVES
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Plaster images. : CASTS
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The work of clowns. : ANTICS
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Most goofy. : WACKIEST
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Organization for refugees. : IRO
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Larva of a beetle. : GRUB
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Rigged for sound. : WIRED
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One of the seven deadly sins. : AVARICE
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Ominous person. : MENACER
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Pressure. : STRESS
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Very thin, light silk material. : CREPELINE
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Point the finger of scorn. : SCOFF
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Jabber. : PRATE
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Oliver who fell among thieves. : TWIST
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"Washington ___ here." : SLEPT
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Celebes oxen. : ANOAS
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A dry run. : TRIAL
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One with official permission. : LICENSEE
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Sam ___ of "Guys and Dolls." : LEVENE
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Captivates. : ENAMORS
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Carney or McCormick. : ADMIRAL
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Specialty of a Cordon Bleu. : CUISINE
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One who places things opposite each other. : APPOSER
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Rental contractors. : LESSEES
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Prized game fish. : TARPON
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Raise with a lever: Var. : PRISE
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Peter ___, movie heavy. : LORRE
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Shirt ornament. : STUD
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Clumps of earth. : SODS
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Unit of work. : ERG
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With: German. : MIT

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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