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New York Times, Thursday, October 30, 1952

63-Across : Excavation in a mine.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,229
Across
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Well-known sports writer. : RICE
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Mrs. Zaharias and others. : BABES
10
Mr. Hogan of golf. : BEN
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Sea NE of the Black Sea. : AZOV
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Burst forth. : ERUPT
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In a line. : AROW
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Half: Prefix. : HEMI
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Cowpuncher's saddle decoration. : LASSO
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Rushed. : TORE
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River through Kashmir and West Pakistan. : INDUS
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Quondam. : ONETIME
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Bundle of rods with an axe, emblem of power in ancient Rome. : FASCES
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One of the baseball leagues. : AMERICAN
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South Carolina scene of hunters. : AIKEN
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Pounds, shillings and pence. : LSD
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Evidences of authenticity. : SEALS
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Compass point. : NNE
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Separate incidents. : EPISODES
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Damon Runyon characters. : GUYS
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Describing the skier's landscape. : SNOWY
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A very long walk. : TREK
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Ambulance riders. : INTERNES
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Norse name. : OLA
45
Greek pillar bearing an inscription. : STELA
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Transport service of the Army. : ATS
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Collegiate Church of St. Peter, for instance. : ABBEY
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College of the Purple. : WILLIAMS
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Bermuda product. : LILIES
54
Signature of a British poet and novelist. : AAMILNE
55
Mrs. Charles MacArthur. : HELEN
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Part of a fedora. : BRIM
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Under guidance: 2 wds. : INTOW
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Mother of Prometheus. : ASIA
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Mother of F. D. R. : SARA
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Excavation in a mine. : STOPE
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Screwdriver, for instance. : TOOL
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___ Salvador. : SAN
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Nancy's husband. : ESTES
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Compactly arranged. : SNUG
Down
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Spectator's sound. : RAH
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Common verb suffix. : IZE
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Baseball park in Chicago. : COMISKEY
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Make evident. : EVINCE
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Queen Dido's father. : BELUS
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River in Turkey. : ARAS
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Means of transportation. : BUS
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Where the Great Metropolitan is run. : EPSOMDOWNS
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Lucy of the suffragette movement. : STONE
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Wackiest. : BATTIEST
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A famous symphony in E-flat major. : EROICA
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Kind of school for teachers. : NORMAL
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Supposes: Archaic. : WEENS
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Sandy tract in England. : DENE
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A language of Scotland. : ERSE
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Bullying magistrate in "Oliver Twist." : FANG
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Racial ancestor of the Japanese. : AINU
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Classifies. : ASSORTS
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Features. : LINEAMENTS
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Keep quiet! : PST
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Color. : DYE
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American chemist, organizer of Yale's Sheffield Scientific School. : SILLIMAN
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World Series player. : ROBINSON
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Robert ___. : ELEE
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Kyser and others. : KAYS
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Piece of hardware. : NAIL
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Compete in a boatrace. : SAIL
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Mops up. : SWABS
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Headware from the jeweler's. : TIARAS
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City of 49,716 in New York. : ELMIRA
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Sounds from the fold. : BLEATS
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Plant with aromatic seed. : ANISE
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City in Sussex, on the Ouse. : LEWES
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Well-known Hollywood golfer. : HOPE
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Kindergartner. : TOT
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Substitute for a blue chip. : IOU
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School subject: Abbr. : ALG

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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