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New York Times, Tuesday, November 25, 1952

62-Across : Ferments.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { B Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,255
Across
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Front of a building. : FACADE
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Dancer's associate. : DASHER
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Adjusted. : ALINED
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Fixed on a stake. : IMPALED
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Put on. : DONNED
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Native of the Canary Islands. : SPANIARD
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Football position. : END
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Demonstrators against unpopular policies. : RIOTERS
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New Guinea port. : LAE
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Select for competition. : SEED
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Former baseball great. : EVERS
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Floral necklaces. : LEIS
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Dwelling place: Abbr. : RES
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Noun suffix. : ENE
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Intervening: Law. : MESNE
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Possession of an unprejudiced person. : OPENMIND
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Act with equal billing. : COSTAR
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Nothing. : NIL
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Front page items in British papers. : ADS
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Large container. : VAT
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Representative: Abbr. : AGT
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Infold. : ENLACE
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Spreads from a center. : RADIATES
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Boojum. : SNARK
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Comet or Canberra. : JET
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Retainer. : FEE
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Duty. : TASK
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Bob Hope, for instance. : COMIC
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Where the turkey came from. : FARM
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Siamese coin. : ATT
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Unlicensed. : ILLICIT
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Part of Portugese India. : GOA
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Decree again. : REORDAIN
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___ Lady's Book, fashion arbiter, 1830-98. : GODEYS
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Representing the antithesis of Johnnie Ray. : DRYEYED
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Where elevens play. : ARENAS
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Ferments. : YEASTS
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Steal cattle. : RUSTLE
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Languishes. : FADES
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Solitary. : ALONE
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One of the most popular Hollywood plots. : CINDERELLASTORY
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Cape N of Massachusetts Bay. : ANN
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Bambi and others. : DEER
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Jockey Arcaro. : EDDIE
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Expand. : DISTEND
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Unit of electric current. : AMPERE
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Members of the Women's Reserve. : SPARS
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Danny Kaye's role. : HANS
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Ivy League player. : ELI
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He sells houses. : REALESTATEAGENT
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System of conduits. : DRAINAGE
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Black Rock, Mojave, etc. : DESERTS
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Parts of ranges. : OVENS
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Queen Ingrid's country: Abbr. : DEN
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Man's nickname. : LES
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A resounding slap. : SMACK
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Musical theme. : MOTIF
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Brigadier general's insigne. : ONESTAR
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Shaped like a feather. : PINNATED
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Food fish. : IDE
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Breaker of the social code. : CAD
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Pertaining to a prophet. : VATIC
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Fulbright's state: Abbr. : ARK
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Causes to recollect. : REMINDS
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Pershing's command. : AEF
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City of 51,601 in Illinois. : JOLIET
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Lucius and others. : CLAYS
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Birthday gift. : CIGAR
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Befitting a king. : ROYAL
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Billiard stroke made with perpendicular cue. : MASSE
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Brain wave. : IDEA
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New Zealand tree. : TORU
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Kind of bread. : RYE
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Of the: French. : DES

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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