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New York Times, Friday, November 27, 1953

38-Across : Dealt with.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,622
Across
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Star of coming "Prescott Proposals." : CORNELL
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He played 200 roles, from Uncle Tom to Hamlet. : BELASCO
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Daughter of Polonius. : OPHELIA
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Adaptable. : ELASTIC
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Club supervisor. : STEWARD
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Author and collie fancier. : TERHUNE
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Poetic verbal contraction. : TIS
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South Carolina Senator. : MAYBANK
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Egyptian god. : BEL
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Nonflying birds. : EMUS
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One of the Solomon Islands. : BUKA
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Saragossa's river. : EBRO
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Satin: Spanish. : RASO
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Heavy timber supporting a dock. : PILE
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Flap, as clothes on the line. : SLAT
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Cousin of a curmudgeon. : CHURL
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Tribal symbols. : TOTEMS
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Member of a well-known Society. : FRIEND
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Where the Peace river flows. : CANADA
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Father. : PRIEST
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Dealt with. : COPED
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Weight. : HEFT
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Greek letters. : RHOS
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Thessalian mountain. : OSSA
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Depend on. : RELY
46
German salutation. : HEIL
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Heavy swells. : SEAS
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English festival brew. : ALE
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Perceive. : COGNIZE
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Designating a certain acid: Comb. form. : SUL
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Anonymous person. : SOMEONE
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Theological doctrines. : DOGMATA
57
Describing a cross shaped like "X." : AVELLAN
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Minstrels. : GLEEMEN
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Compassionate. : LENIENT
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Zealous and sincere. : EARNEST
Down
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Pushcart peddler in London. : COSTER
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The best degrees or conditions. : OPTIMA
3
Laboratory monkey. : RHESUS
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Novel. : NEW
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Ancient land of Asia Minor. : ELAM
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Monetary unit of Italy. : LIRA
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Small, brightly colored beetle. : LADYBIRD
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Go (with "oneself") : BETAKE
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Former queen of Italy. : ELENA
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Frolic. : LARK
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Tree of the olive family. : ASH
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Rough-surfaced. : STUBBLED
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Hollywood's answer to TV. : CINERAMA
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Large American cats. : OCELOTS
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Papal edict. : BULL
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South Pacific island group. : SOCIETY
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Sonora and Oaxaca. : ESTADOS
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Kick. : PUNT
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"For ___ a jolly good fellow ... " : HES
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Bugle call. : TAPS
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Current novel by David Karp. : ONE
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Usual facet of short-lived cults. : FREELOVE
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Body of militia. : RIFLEMEN
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"I do not choose to run." : COOLIDGE
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Forming a part of a sentence. : PHRASAL
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Pull up on a horizontal bar. : CHIN
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What Elizabeth wants Philip to be. : REGENT
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Ali Baba word. : SESAME
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Fries quickly. : SAUTES
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Obliquely. : ASLANT
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Province of eastern China. : HONAN
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Chairman of Congressional A. E. C. : COLE
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French author of 19th century. : ZOLA
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Tributary of the Elbe. : EGER
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Biblical name. : ELI
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Hands. : MEN

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

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