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New York Times, Thursday, October 2, 1952

17-Across : Covered with metal strips, as hoisting ropes.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 98, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 18
David Steinberg notes:

Original 45-Down clue had two "etc."s; removed one.

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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,201
Across
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Pertaining to the land down under. : ANTIPODAL
10
Molly's Fibber. : MCGEE
15
Voracious fish, caught off Florida. : BARRACUDA
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Islands of Galway Bay. : ARANS
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Covered with metal strips, as hoisting ropes. : STEELCLAD
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Flickers. : BIRDS
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"We, ___ people ... " : THE
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Kind of magazine. : PULP
21
Central American tree. : EBOE
22
Absorbed. : RAPT
24
Soaks, as flax. : RETS
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Sunburned. : BROWN
27
Close to: Poetic. : ANEAR
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Spanish gentlemen. : SENORS
31
Followers of Philip Murray. : CIOMEN
33
Philippine breadfruit. : RIMA
34
Fabulous white bird. : ROC
37
Bridge combinations. : TENACES
39
She was famous for "Death of the Swan." : PAVLOVA
41
Stealthy. : SLY
42
A Semite. : ARAB
44
Paying guest. : ROOMER
45
Hullabaloo. : CLAMOR
47
Point of departure. : START
48
Seagoing. : NAVAL
51
College ball. : PROM
53
Preposition. : INTO
54
Composer Stravinsky. : IGOR
55
Twofold. : DUAL
57
___-Magnon. : CRO
58
Rice in general. : PADDY
60
Chou En-lai, for instance. : MONGOLIAN
62
Put the question. : ASKED
63
Symptom of spring fever. : INDOLENCE
64
Women's Reserve of the Coast Guard. : SPARS
65
Relinquished. : DISGORGED
Down
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Summaries of books. : ABSTRACTS
2
Mr. Hawthorne. : NATHANIEL
3
Chinese shrub with showy flowers. : TREEPEONY
4
Wrath. : IRE
5
Feeler. : PALP
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Come to pass. : OCCUR
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U. S. foreign policy adviser. : DULLES
8
Rewriter of a play. : ADAPTER
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Youth. : LAD
10
Queen described in "Romeo and Juliet." : MAB
11
Vocal court officers. : CRIERS
12
She played Susan, Anna, Camille, etc. : GARBO
13
Furnish with a gift. : ENDOW
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Chief city of the Ruhr. : ESSEN
23
County in Iowa. : TAMA
25
A small piece of anything. : SNIP
26
Shouts of approval at the opera. : BRAVOS
28
Bring to mind. : RECALL
30
General Bradley. : OMAR
32
River into the Tiber. : NERA
34
Indulging in fanciful tales. : ROMANCING
35
Darken a lightly drawn line. : OVERTRACE
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Caricatured. : CARTOONED
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Coarse hominy. : SAMP
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French novelist of Zola's time. : LOTI
43
Actress Irene. : BORDONI
45
Machine for combing wool, flax, etc. : CARDER
46
Active periods in boxing. : ROUNDS
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Palm trees. : NIPAS
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Panting. : AGASP
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It's made from corn and potatoes. : VODKA
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One of a famous pair of statues in London. : MAGOG
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Native of Yunnan, China. : LOLO
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Measures for football: Abbr. : YDS
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First word of "Home, Sweet Home." : MID
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Celtic Neptune. : LER

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 14 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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