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New York Times, Friday, November 20, 1953

40-Across : Girl's name.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 305 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 4 (2 double stacks), Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,615
Across
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Political dictator. : BOSS
5
Fencers use them. : EPEES
10
Eastern name. : ABOU
14
Pilotless crew. : BROOKLYNDODGERS
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A. J. Cronin's latest. : BEYONDTHISPLACE
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List of candidates. : SLATE
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Pillbox. : HAT
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Native of Crimea. : TATAR
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Relative of the spoonbill. : HERON
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What the Nautilus is part of. : USN
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German pocket battleship, sunk in 1939. : SPEE
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Quechuan. : INCAN
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Small talk. : CHAT
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Presidential prerogative. : PARDON
35
Range of hearing. : EARREACH
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Oriental name. : ITO
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Turkish commander. : AGA
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Girl's name. : RAE
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Pi, ___, sigma. : RHO
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Quacks sell them. : NOSTRUMS
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Stitcher of shoes. : VAMPER
47
Chop ___. : SUEY
48
Small bird. : PEWEE
50
Business group: Abbr. : ASSN
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Dollars: Abbr. : DLS
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He's worshipped in Mecca. : ALLAH
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Largest regular size of book. : FOLIO
58
Compass reading. : ENE
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Synonym for hardness. : NAILS
63
Hit song writer of 139 years ago. : FRANCISSCOTTKEY
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Prospectus for rocket travel. : FLIGHTTOTHEMOON
67
Words having the same meanings: Abbr. : SYNS
68
Perceptual: Comb. form. : SENSO
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Girl's name meaning grace. : ANNE
Down
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Sizes of shot used for air rifles. : BBBS
2
Black Earth city. : OREL
3
Valuable bean. : SOYA
4
Calmed down. : SOOTHED
5
Old word for old times. : ELD
6
Kaa of "The Jungle Book." : PYTHON
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Augment. : ENHANCE
8
Blue-pencil. : EDIT
9
Call for help. : SOS
10
Looking. : AGLANCE
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Scoop, in journalism. : BEAT
12
Killer whale. : ORCA
13
Utilizer. : USER
15
Joint. : KNEE
16
Divisions of France: Abbr. : DPTS
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Cash sales. : RINGUPS
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Disentangle. : UNRAVEL
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Prolongs (with "out"). : SPINS
25
Famous French designer. : PATOU
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Irregularly notched, as a leaf. : EROSE
28
Bern's river. : AAR
30
Dwells tediously. : HARPS
31
Charley horses. : ACHES
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Part of a rose. : THORN
34
What a thole is for. : OAR
36
This agency electrified farms. : REA
39
Soul: French. : AME
43
Ex-Senator from Maryland. : TYDINGS
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Famous name in movies. : SWANSON
46
Wise and holy person of India. : MAHATMA
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Puts into office. : ELECTS
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Lomond. : LOCH
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Pay one's share. : ANTE
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Fortissimo marks in music. : FFFS
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Airfield near Paris. : ORLY
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Reclined. : LAIN
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East wind: Sp. : ESTE
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Object of worship in the Orthodox Church. : IKON
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M. Jouhaux, Peace Prize winner of 1951. : LEON
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"Auld Lang ___." : SYNE
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Pronoun. : ITS
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Taunting exclamation. : OHO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 13 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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