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New York Times, Wednesday, October 1, 1952

44-Across : ___ Beta Kappa.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,200
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England has a "Red" one. : DEAN
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Former German cavalryman. : UHLAN
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Canasta play. : MELD
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Actress Raines. : ELLA
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Relative of Ruth. : NAOMI
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Foreign policy problem. : ASIA
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Assist. : ABET
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Farmer. : HUSBANDMAN
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Dictionaries. : LEXICONS
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Kitchen gadgets useful with apples. : CORERS
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Fend off. : AVERT
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Rudolpho's flower girl. : MIMI
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Slips in the classroom. : BONERS
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Theatrical directors. : MANAGERS
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Cast up. : ADD
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Member of the cat family. : FELID
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Spoken with a twang. : NASAL
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Vexed: Colloq. : SORE
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Silver coin of Yugoslavia. : DINAR
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Places: Latin. : LOCA
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Rubble. : RUINS
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Seaport of Lithuania. : MEMEL
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___ Beta Kappa. : PHI
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Spider or scorpion. : ARACHNID
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"As mad as a ___.": 2 wds. : WETHEN
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Wedding presents: Colloq. : LOOT
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Coronet. : TIARA
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Relative of the mandrill. : BABOON
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Binds up. : BANDAGES
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A last stage in housebuilding. : PLASTERING
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Withered. : SERE
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Ye ___ Gifte Shoppe. : OLDE
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Loss without equivalent gain. : WASTE
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Companion of hearty. : HALE
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Parts of potatoes. : EYES
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M.p.h., with 33 Down. : SPEED
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The first substance from which the elements supposedly were formed. : YLEM
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Fir or pine wood. : DEAL
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Hamburg's river. : ELBE
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City across the Potomac from District of Columbia. : ALEXANDRIA
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Hardy's Clym Yeobright. : NATIVE
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Thrown, as was the Black Knight. : UNHORSED
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Hangout. : HAUNT
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Deprivation. : LOSS
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Chester Bowles' title: Abbr. : AMB
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Vitamin B component. : NIACIN
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Song for a glee club. : MADRIGAL
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Girl's name. : ESME
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Spinner of tall tales. : LIAR
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Sec. Kimball and others. : DANS
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"Let ___ put asunder." : NOMAN
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Publisher and punster. : CERF
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Title for a chairwoman. : MADAM
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Oil port of Iraq, on the Persian Gulf. : BASRA
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Scent: Brit. sp. : ODOUR
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Extracted ores. : MINED
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Pertaining to the gullet. : ESOPHAGEAL
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Revenge, in German, a clue in "Study in Scarlet." : RACHE
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Assassinated. : SLAIN
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Furthest point. : LIMIT
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Walls in. : ENCLOSES
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Flew again. : REWINGED
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Sporting event. : SHOOT
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Principal part in a play. : LEAD
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This is good news. : NONEWS
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Rubbishy, as some fiction. : TRASHY
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Oncle's wife. : TANTE
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Kin of the I.O.O.F. : BPOE
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Associate. : ALLY
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Commanded. : BADE
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Cold wind of southern France. : BISE
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Writer Gardner. : ERLE
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Appear. : SEEM
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Signal at a seance. : RAP

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 14 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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