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New York Times, Saturday, October 18, 1952

1-Across : An October birthstone.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,217
Across
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An October birthstone. : OPAL
5
Miss Barton, American Red Cross organizer, 1881. : CLARA
10
Companion of "call." : BECK
14
Canal: Spanish. : CANO
15
Relative of a gimlet. : AUGER
16
To me: Fr. : AMOI
17
Singer of a river song: 3 wds. : THEVOLGABOATMAN
20
Tage Erlander's people. : SWEDES
21
Undergo a change. : MUTATE
22
High ball in tennis. : LOB
23
Motoring hazard. : GLARE
25
Andrew ___ Law, former British Prime Minister. : BONAR
28
Southern constellation. : ARA
29
Colloquialism. : IDIOM
33
One of the Waugh brothers. : ALEC
34
Mustang. : BRONCO
36
Military decoration. : DSO
37
Awe: 2 wds. : REVERENTIALFEAR
40
Cheerful: French. : GAI
41
Click beetle. : ELATER
42
High dudgeon. : RAGE
43
Phillies' star. : ENNIS
45
Jessica's suitor: Abbr. : LOR
46
Removes editorially. : DELES
47
Human beings. : SOULS
49
Subsidy. : AID
50
"Bonnie Prince Charley." : STUART
53
Throws into disorder. : UPSETS
56
Hush-hush subjects. : MILITARYSECRETS
60
City in Sicily. : ENNA
61
Personnel man. : HIRER
62
Title of the ruler of Yemen. : IMAM
63
Polar base in Greenland. : ETAH
64
Fresh. : SASSY
65
Sea, arm of the Arctic Ocean. : KARA
Down
1
Calendar abbreviation. : OCT
2
Interjections of contempt. : PAHS
3
Again. : ANEW
4
One of the Cavalier poets. : LOVELACE
5
Spy in the land of Canaan. : CALEB
6
Pulls along with effort. : LUGS
7
Turkish general. : AGA
8
Insurgent: Colloq. : REB
9
Perfume. : AROMA
10
The "B" in R. B. I. : BATTED
11
One of Queen Juliana's names. : EMMA
12
Winter wear. : COAT
13
Cows: Poetic. : KINE
18
Gardenia, lilac or violet. : ODOR
19
President of France. : AURIOL
23
Scenic features at Capri and elsewhere. : GROTTOS
24
Poet and musician of the 19th century. : LANIER
25
Tugboat's tow. : BARGE
26
City on the Allegheny. : OLEAN
27
Composer of "The Rosary." : NEVIN
28
Former O. P. S. chief. : ARNALL
30
Noble objective. : IDEAL
31
River in Kansas and Missouri. : OSAGE
32
Customs or folkways of a group. : MORES
34
Barbara ___ Geddes. : BEL
35
Coupe. : CAR
38
Cape Cod or Palm Springs. : RESORT
39
King of Denmark. : FREDERIK
44
Great Hebrew prophet. : ISAIAH
46
Platter. : DISC
48
Indians of western U. S. : UTAHS
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Monkeyshines. : APERY
50
Pochard or widgeon. : SMEE
51
Variety of a color. : TINT
52
Bone of the forearm. : ULNA
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Puts into service. : USES
54
Musical theme. : TEMA
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Symbol on our union jack. : STAR
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Creek. : RIA
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Periods of time: Abbr. : YRS
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Not big: Scot. : SMA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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