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New York Times, Saturday, November 8, 1952

17-Across : Pappy Waldorf's squad.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,238
Across
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Miss San Juan of the stage. : OLGA
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Pieces of furniture. : SOFAS
10
Bass horn. : TUBA
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Flipperling's parent. : SEAL
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Little Nell's last name. : TRENT
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Where Rugby is played. : ETON
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Pappy Waldorf's squad. : CALIFORNIABEARS
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Street sign: Abbr. : AVE
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He wrote "Amores." : OVID
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Miss du Maurier. : DAPHNE
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Lifesaving feats. : RESCUES
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Buenos ___. : AIRES
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Nobel peace prize winner, 1949. : ORR
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Elizabeth Taylor, for instance. : BRUNETTE
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Paasikivi's people. : FINNS
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Dresses demurely. : PRIMS
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Tributary of the Rhine. : AAR
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Web-footed bird. : LOON
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Hodgepodges. : OLIOS
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French city. : STLO
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Small insect. : ANT
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Personal view: Colloq. : SLANT
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Believes. : FEELS
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Student activity between halves. : MARCHING
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___ tight. : SIT
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French student. : ELEVE
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Wrestling grip. : TOEHOLD
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Roman magistrate. : AEDILE
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Over the hill. : AWOL
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Chinese Red menace. : MAO
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Coach Taylor's Palo Alto eleven. : STANFORDINDIANS
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Man's nickname. : TAMI
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Old name of green land. : IERNE
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Snick and ___. : SNEE
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Mr. Guinness. : ALEC
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Part of a cake. : LAYER
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State of the Rebels and Maroons: Abbr. : MISS
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Statue on Humphrey Bogart's desk. : OSCAR
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Part of 51 Across. : LEAVE
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Weather phenomena. : GALES
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Husband of Fatima. : ALI
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Owen Johnson's Yale man. : STOVER
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Plant with a fragrant rootstock. : ORRIS
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Parry. : FEND
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Hornbill cuckoo. : ANI
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Scenes of Saturday strife. : STADIUMS
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Sitting Bull's castle. : TEEPEE
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Team nicknamed "The Farmers." : UTAHSTATE
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___ to the purple. : BORN
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"Devil ___," McCoy target. : ANSE
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They beat full houses. : FOURS
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Livestock shelters. : BARNS
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Billy of boxing. : CONN
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Unrestrainedly. : ARIOT
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Conduct or convey. : BRING
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Over six feet. : TALL
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Winged god. : EROS
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Deceive: Colloq. : FLAM
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Island of the Hebrides. : IONA
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For whom the "Four Horsemen" played. : NOTREDAME
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Jet. : PLANE
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A "must" in Italian cuisine. : OLIVEOIL
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Brother of Cain. : SETH
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Part of a closet. : SHELF
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Baker, Grant or Franklin. : FIELD
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Medical station. : CLINIC
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Oklahoma player. : SOONER
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String. : TWINE
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Native of Muscat. : OMANI
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Byways. : LANES
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Medicates. : DOSES
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The Thin Man's dog. : ASTA
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And elsewhere: Latin abbr. : ETAL
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Thirsty: Poetic. : ADRY
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C. R. Wickard's agency. : REA
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Doctrine. : ISM

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

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