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New York Times, Friday, November 28, 1952

25-Across : Self-satisfied expression.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.59, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,258
Across
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Clansman. : SCOT
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Morning church service. : MATINS
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Leftover of the smelting process. : SCORIA
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Main streets. : AVENUES
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More keratinous. : HORNIER
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Relative. : KINSMAN
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Bumble was his first oppressor. : OLIVERTWIST
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___ de France. : ILE
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Oppose effectually. : REPEL
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A light, gauzy fabric. : LENO
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Formulated thought. : IDEA
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Overornate. : ARTY
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Places of refuge. : DENS
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Self-satisfied expression. : SMIRK
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Lamb or Bacon, for instance. : ESSAYIST
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Go by again. : REPASS
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Henpecks. : NAGS
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Fruit. : PEAR
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Has a trace or suggestion of. : SMACKS
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Enemy of society. : CRIMINAL
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Contents of a court docket. : CASES
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Blessing. : BOON
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Detective in John Marquand's early books. : MOTO
41
Real-estate men: Abbr. : AGTS
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What the British call the baggage compartment of a car. : BOOT
43
He wrote "Cry the Beloved Country." : PATON
44
Italian man's name. : UGO
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Acting together. : COOPERATING
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The North Star. : POLARIS
49
Leads astray. : SEDUCES
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Polish nobleman. : STAROST
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Describing roofs and roads. : TARRED
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Harriet Beecher and family. : STOWES
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Confused state of things. : MESS
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Motion picture scenarios. : SCRIPTS
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Means of transportation. : CONVEYANCES
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A college of Oxford University. : ORIEL
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Layer. : TIER
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The coming British ambassador to Washington. : MAKINS
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Dispatch boat. : AVISO
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Arab's home. : TENT
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A new-gathering agency: Abbr. : INS
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Almost the modern Algeria. : NUMIDIA
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Officers who test weights and measures. : SEALERS
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Shoe repairers. : SOLERS
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Naive. : ARTLESS
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Basketball player's footgear. : SNEAKS
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Greek goddesses of the seasons. : HORAE
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Departed. : WENT
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Official licenses to publish books. : IMPRIMATURS
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Lodgings, in England. : DIGS
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Line of junction. : SEAM
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Relatives of MIG's. : YAKS
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Bridle strap. : REIN
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Formal declaration of disapproval. : PROTEST
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Diving ducks. : SCAUPS
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Larvae of the housefly. : MAGGOTS
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Home of the Lily Maid. : ASTOLAT
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Pen. : COOP
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Brief newspaper reviews, as of books or plays. : NOTICES
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Made reparation. : ATONED
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Russell B. and Earl K. of Baton Rouge. : LONGS
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Promotes the interests of. : BOOSTS
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Capital of Idaho. : BOISE
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Army or navy chaplain. : PADRE
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He flies in a straight line. : CROW
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Twenty quires. : REAM
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Nigerian tribe. : ARO

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

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