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New York Times, Thursday, September 24, 1953

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Author:
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Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11, Grid flow: 33.8
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,558
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Go, for instance. : GAME
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Form of ordinary language : PROSE
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Statesman and victim of Henry VIII. : MORE
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Religious image: Var. : IKON
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Merrymaking. : REVEL
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Birthstone. : OPAL
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Heroine of an 1841 novel. : LITTLENELL
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Hide-outs. : DENS
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Pangolin or aardvark. : ANTEATER
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Goya's homeland. : IBERIA
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Ordination, for instance. : RITE
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"The Beggar's ___." : OPERA
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Individual. : ENTITY
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Endorsing voter, in England. : ASSENTOR
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Labor leader. : MEANY
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U. S. Ambassador to India. : ALLEN
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Equal: Comb. form. : ISO
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1368 to 1644 in China. : MING
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Park in northern Colorado. : ESTES
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Product of Wales. : COAL
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Incite (with "On"). : EGG
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Additional. : OTHER
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A curt dismissal. : CONGE
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Maker of roof covers. : THATCHER
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Residences. : MANSES
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Export of Chile. : NITER
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Artist of abstract irrationalism. : DALI
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Film star who began in Hal Roach comedies. : GAYNOR
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Injun's enemy. : PALEFACE
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In the same place: Lat. abbr. : IBID
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A pair of queens. : ELIZABETHS
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Sen. Monroney of Oklahoma. : MIKE
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To love: French. : AIMER
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Brilliant, vivid display of color. : RIOT
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Bosc. : PEAR
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Opening paragraphs of news stories. : LEADS
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Stage extra. : SUPE
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Tributary of the Colorado. : GILA
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Similar in nature. : AKIN
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Chinatown street. : MOTT
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Putting on the books. : ENTERING
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Fairly. : PRETTY
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French girl's name. : RENEE
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Finished. : OVER
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Thing chosen: Abbr. : SEL
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In printing, marks ( ... or * * * ) indicating omissions. : ELLIPSES
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Person with up-to-date ideas. : MODERN
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"Overlord" and "Crossroads." : OPERATIONS
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Hindu princess. : RANI
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Operation heroine. : ELSA
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Nonprofessionals. : LAITY
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Auxiliary verb. : BEEN
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Well-known Canadian physician. : OSLER
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Irish patriot of 1803. : EMMET
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Stable talk. : NEIGH
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Longest, second largest and deepest of Africa's lakes. : TANGANYIKA
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Make over, as a dress. : ALTER
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Tributary of the Missouri. : OSAGE
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Parts. : ROLES
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A son of Jacob. : ASHER
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Spiritlike. : ETHEREAL
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Dendrologist's concern. : CONIFERS
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Eight: Comb. form. : OCTO
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Man's name meaning faithful. : CALEB
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Inflammable material. : TINDER
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Cheekbones. : MALARS
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Bewildered. : DAZED
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Ribbonlike fabric for trimming. : GIMP
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Man's nickname. : ABIE
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Indian of Arizona. : PIMA
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One of the Cook Islands, off New Zealand. : ATIU
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Make a slicing motion, in tennis. : CHOP
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Noted Italian family. : ESTE
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Norwegian statesman. : LIE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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