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New York Times, Saturday, October 11, 1952

31-Across : TV headliner of Sept. 23.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Spans: 4 (2 double stacks), Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,210
Across
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Gives a bad review to: Colloq. : ROASTS
7
First Arabic letter. : ALIF
11
Letter of receipt: Abbr. : ACK
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His middle name is Ewing. : ADLAIESTEVENSON
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Fourteen nations belong to this. : COUNCILOFEUROPE
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Jane Austen heroine. : EMMA
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Apartment house functionary: Abbr. : SUPT
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Valse. : DANSE
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Reputation. : NAME
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District in Portuguese Africa. : GOA
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Jellylike material. : GEL
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Violins. : AMATIS
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Rolls up a flag. : FURLS
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TV headliner of Sept. 23. : NIXON
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Afrikaans. : TAAL
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"___, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism." : PAPA
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Conclusion of prayer. : AMEN
38
Churchman of Mexico. : PADRE
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Amo, amas, ___. : AMAT
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South of France. : MIDI
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Man's name. : OBED
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Airplane for reconnaissance. : SCOUT
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Greek coins. : OBOLS
45
Without putting up a fight. : MEEKLY
46
Play part. : ACT
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Mexican cry of approval. : OLE
50
Roman dictator. : NERO
51
Girl's name. : MAIDA
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Famous street. : WALL
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Writer on etiquette. : POST
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Least popular Government bureau. : INTERNALREVENUE
62
Eisenhower and 14 Across. : STANDARDBEARERS
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Boy. : SON
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Pitcher for the Senators. : SHEA
65
Gazes rudely. : STARES
Down
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Political contest. : RACE
2
Famous name in aviation. : ODOM
3
Astringent. : ALUM
4
Where Randolph Field is. : SANANTONIO
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Muscular contraction. : TIC
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Earthquakes. : SEISMS
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On the apex. : ATOP
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Football player. : LEFTGUARD
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Common contraction. : IVE
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Pertaining to the system of polity of the Middle Ages. : FEUDAL
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Figuratively, a very low price: 2 wds. : ASONG
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Grove of small trees. : COPSE
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Bend in reverence. : KNEEL
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Swing around. : SLUE
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New Deal agency. : NRA
22
Own: Scot. : AIN
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Narrow band: Heraldry. : ORLE
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Part of Vietnam: Var. : ANAM
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Operatic role. : MIMI
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Chopped down. : AXED
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Makes a bet, in dice. : FADES
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Type of science fiction entertainment. : SPACEOPERA
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Restaurant sine qua non. : TABLEWARE
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Afflicted with homicidal mania. : AMOK
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Governor Dever. : PAUL
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Man of the law: Abbr. : ATTY
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Annex to a Hollywood home. : POOL
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A set of books: Abbr. : SER
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Councils. : BOARDS
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Riots. : MELEES
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Wrong. : AMISS
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Division of a long poem. : CANTO
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Prometheus was one. : TITAN
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Important Government agency. : NLRB
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Hibernation place. : DEN
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Player in "Guys and Dolls." : ALDA
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Expert: Slang. : ONER
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Without a doubt. : SURE
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Hardy heroine. : TESS
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Slang negative. : NAH
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Liquid container. : VAT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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