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New York Times, Thursday, October 15, 1953

32-Across : Most piquant.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.54, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,579
Across
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Seizure of public ground. : LANDGRAB
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Molecular items. : ATOMS
14
Disregard arbitrarily. : OVERRIDE
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Covered, as with new linoleum. : RELAID
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Deprived of a loved one. : BEREAVED
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Rumania's foremost composer. : ENESCO
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Pure white. : SNOWY
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Basic cosmetics. : LIPSTICKS
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Product of Patino mines. : TIN
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Title for Ninette de Valois. : DAME
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Workbasket. : CABA
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Fit for food. : EDIBLE
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Sudden clicking sound. : SNAP
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Member of the standing Army: Abbr. : REG
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Most piquant. : RACIEST
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Surveyor's instrument. : ALIDADE
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Moslem prince. : AMIR
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Its troops have been holding maneuvers in Europe. : NATO
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Rhythmic pause in verse or music. : CAESURA
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Metal eyelet in a sail. : GROMMET
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Extension. : ARM
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Tear. : RENT
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Senseless. : INSANE
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Thin nail. : BRAD
51
Smiler of the Nile, for short. : CROC
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Assembly-line product. : CAR
54
Work for phone emergency crew. : LINEBREAK
57
Jabs sharply. : STABS
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Appraise. : EVALUE
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Subject to change. : VARIABLE
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Glossy materials. : SATINS
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Students of pleasure. : EPICURES
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The minimum. : LEAST
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Least serious. : LIGHTEST
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Tempting crustacean. : LOBSTER
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The Prado, for instance. : AVENIDA
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Despotic as a Roman emperor. : NERONIC
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Leading actor of Daly's Theatre. : DREW
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Lead-colored. : GRAY
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Waterway: Abbr. : RIV
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Girl's name. : ADELA
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Darkens. : BEDIMS
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The god Mars. : ARES
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Portable home. : TENT
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Derived from oil. : OLEIC
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Eye cosmetic. : MASCARA
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Nurse's post. : SICKBED
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Part of a prescription. : DOSAGE
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Island N. W. of the Malay Peninsula. : PENANG
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Crave. : DESIRE
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Prejudice. : BIAS
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Relative of the monkey. : LEMUR
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Visigoth who sacked Rome. : ALARIC
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Mountaineer's peg. : PITON
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Dreamlike suspension. : TRANCE
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Titled gentlemen of Portugal and Brazil. : DOMS
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Messages from afar. : CABLES
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Advent. : ARRIVAL
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Issue forth. : EMANATE
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Saint-Saëns' "Danse ___." : MACABRE
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Makes possible. : ENABLES
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Least verbose. : TERSEST
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Nixon's assignment. : TRAVEL
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Girl's name. : DELIA
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Beast related to the giraffe. : OKAPI
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Cakes for coffee. : BUNS
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Vacation program. : REST
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Such: Dialect. : SICH
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Drawn tight. : TAUT
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Set up the sails. : RIG

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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