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New York Times, Friday, December 19, 1952

42-Across : Watching closely.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,279
Across
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The Silver Star, for instance. : AWARD
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Actresses Janet and Vivien. : LEIGHS
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Recently ousted monarch. : FAROUK
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Mitigate. : PALLIATE
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Surrey trimming. : FRINGE
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Pravda's comrade. : IZVESTIA
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Toward the mouth. : ORAD
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Girl in an old-time song. : ANNIE
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Butcher's display. : HAMS
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Scenic railway journeys. : RIDES
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Habitually inactive or sluggish. : INERT
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On the contrary. : BUT
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Sir, in Spain. : DON
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Worker in tegulae. : TILER
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Faneuil and Independence. : HALLS
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Made ready for another battle. : REARMED
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Japanese news agency. : DOMEI
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Ice cream cone fills. : DIPS
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What Oliver Twist wanted. : MORE
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Tony and Clarissa. : EDENS
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Beavers, squirrels, hamsters, etc. : RODENTS
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Watching closely. : EYING
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Landowska of the harpsichord. : WANDA
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Choose. : OPT
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Where Pyramid Lake is: Abbr. : NEV
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High-grade magazine: Slang. : SLICK
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Part of a shoe. : UPPER
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Part of the world. : ASIA
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That is: Latin. : IDEST
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Feudal slave. : ESNE
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A congressman on Jan. 3. : CONVENER
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Tincture for sprains and bruises. : ARNICA
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Descriptive of the tundra. : TREELESS
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Insured against loss. : BONDED
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Roving. : ERRANT
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Rejuvenators of clothing. : DYERS
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Have the means. : AFFORD
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Al Smith was a "happy" one. : WARRIOR
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She loved Theseus and married Dionysus. : ARIADNE
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Round hand, in printing. : RONDE
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Spaded. : DUG
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More slothful. : LAZIER
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Any young eel. : ELVER
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___ de France. : ILE
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Famous name of screen and stage. : GISH
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Worthy of odium. : HATABLE
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Things that incite to action. : STIMULI
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Sheep-killing parrot. : KEA
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Fastened. : PINNED
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Orients. : EASTS
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City in Ohio, McKinley's birthplace. : NILES
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Parts of an apron. : STRINGS
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He said, "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." : THOREAU
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Gremlins. : IMPS
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Verily. : AMEN
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British protectorate in S. W. Arabia. : ADEN
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Our Ambassador to Germany, 1933-37. : DODD
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Thomas Merton and others. : MONKS
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Strewn litter, for instance. : EYESORE
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User of the dowsing rod. : DIVINER
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Speedy sloops. : RACERS
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Above the main deck of a ship. : TOPSIDE
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One of Churchill's names. : SPENCER
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Make into law. : ENACT
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Most spacious. : WIDEST
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Parts of automobile tires. : TREADS
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Part of a trousseau. : LINEN
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A "pretty" sum of money. : PENNY
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Declare positively. : AVER
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Part of a thumb index. : TAB
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Medieval note in the gamut. : ELA
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Stick. : ROD

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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