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New York Times, Tuesday, November 4, 1952

53-Across : Scientist who'd have little interest on the Moon.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,234
Across
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Give audience to. : HEAR
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Photographer's product. : PICS
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What cyclotrons do to atoms. : SMASH
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Vision: Comb. form. : OPTO
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Curtain color. : ECRU
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River in China. : TASHA
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Vessel of the future. : SPACESHIP
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___ perditae (lost arts): Latin. : ARTES
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Parachute materials. : SILKS
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Downfall of a Kodiak. : BEARTRAP
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Puts in office. : ELECTS
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Communication for the air-borne. : RADIO
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Tropical food. : TARO
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Youngsters, AWOL. : TRUANTS
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Ophidians. : ASPS
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Winged. : ALAR
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Slow motion champ. : SNAIL
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First state to ratify the Constitution: Abbr. : DEL
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Coming forth. : EMANANT
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Actress Hagen. : UTA
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Gather. : AMASS
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Hats-in-the-air review. : RAVE
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A space-voyaging problem. : STOP
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Recording secretary's job. : MINUTES
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Give off. : EMIT
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A Georgia university. : EMORY
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Replacement for Radio City's elms. : LOCUST
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Scientist who'd have little interest on the Moon. : BOTANIST
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Splendor. : ECLAT
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Violin-maker. : AMATI
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Our eye into space. : TELESCOPE
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Yankee Larry. : BERRA
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Tophat school. : ETON
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Ready for business. : OPEN
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Hitler's concept of race purity. : ARYAN
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Back streets of London. : MEWS
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Spanish muralist. : SERT
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Cowpoke's mount. : HOSS
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Silas Marner's foundling. : EPPIE
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In any degree. : ATALL
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They may take you to the Moon. : ROCKETS
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Foot: Latin. : PES
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German pronoun. : ICH
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Farmer's storage place. : CRIB
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Possible word for journeys of the future. : SUPERTRAVEL
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Appropriate piece of music for space journeys. : STARDUST
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Possible flying saucer pilot. : MARTIAN
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Space traveler. : ASTRONAUT
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Washington pitcher. : SHEA
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Fastening device used with a paddock. : HASP
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Plant disease. : ESCA
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Swiss river. : AAR
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Vehicle of the past. : TRAM
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Confines of space journeying in near future. : SOLARSYSTEM
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Yugoslavia's recent bridegroom. : TITO
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Cuff. : SLAP
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The first gardener. : ADAM
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Half. : SEMI
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Of Venus, Jupiter, Uranus, etc. : PLANETARY
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Up: Prefix. : ANA
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He lives on the fringe of the Iron Curtain. : ESTONIAN
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Captain of a fictional submarine. : NEMO
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One of the world's largest islands. : SUMATRA
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Plaster-faced houses. : STUCCOS
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Silkworm. : ERI
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Popular desserts. : ICES
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Inclination for skiing. : SLOPE
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What cones do. : TAPER
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Rum dessert. : BABA
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Hebrew measure. : OMER
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Mal de ___. : TETE
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The Big Top. : TENT
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U. S. A. F. ace. : LOW
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Naval rank: Abbr. : ENS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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