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New York Times, Saturday, December 27, 1952

38-Across : Smoky fires for driving away mosquitoes.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.49, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,287
Across
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The U. S., to an American abroad. : STATESIDE
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Part of a baby's lunch. : TATER
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Assumes presumptuously. : ARROGATES
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Greeting or farewell, at Waikiki. : ALOHA
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Part songs without accompaniment. : MADRIGALS
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Actress from Germany. : HAGEN
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Catafalques. : BIERS
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Pilot of a balloon. : AERONAUT
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Little princess. : ANNE
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Dyed reddish-orange. : HENNAED
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Splinter. : FLINDER
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White House initials-to-be. : DDE
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Lovely sights. : VISIONS
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"One Friday morn when we ___ ... " : SETSAIL
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Rise in pitch. : ASCEND
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Reveal unintentionally. : BETRAY
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Smoky fires for driving away mosquitoes. : SMUDGES
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Mate of Shere Kahn. : TIGRESS
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Recipe abbreviation. : TSP
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Contrition. : REMORSE
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Chased or pursued. : CHEVIED
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Humpty Dumpty and others. : EGGS
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Scottish novelist popular in the '90's. : MACLAREN
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Familiar name for a microbe. : STREP
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Once more. : AGAIN
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"Cavalleria ___." : RUSTICANA
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Work shift. : TRICK
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Blanched, as celery. : ETIOLATED
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Vehicles of war. : TANKS
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Clergyman's incumbency. : RECTORATE
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Dance from Brazil. : SAMBA
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Creator of Mr. Tutt. : TRAIN
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Famous forest. : ARDEN
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Roasted. : TORREFIED
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Symbol of Athena. : EGIS
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Droop. : SAG
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Paraguayan city. : ITA
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Florida city near Daytona Beach. : DELAND
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Early Hebrew monastics. : ESSENES
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Lake between California and Nevada. : TAHOE
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Island belonging to Finland. : ALAND
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Roman's garment. : TOGA
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Alas: Latin. : EHEU
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Talk noisily. : RANT
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Extraordinary person. : RAREBIRD
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Obstructionist. : HINDERER
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Naval officer: Abbr. : ENS
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Governor of Hawaii. : LONG
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Be bold enough. : DARE
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Famous Portuguese discoverer. : DIAS
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Mr. Culbertson and others. : ELYS
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Enormous. : VAST
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Distinctive theories. : ISMS
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A food fish like the porgy. : SCUP
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Two-year-old sheep. : TEGS
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Short title of a famous play, movie, ballet. : STREETCAR
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More extreme. : SEVERER
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Usually darned place. : TOE
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Steak in a hurry. : MINUTE
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Make a hit. : CLICK
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Maiden name of Abraham Lincoln's mother. : HANKS
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Persona non ___. : GRATA
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Relative of the civet. : GENET
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Suit. : SPADE
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Colonel Winn of Churchill Downs. : MATT
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City near Nehru's capital. : AGRA
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Senator from Tacoma. : CAIN
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Storehouse for fodder. : SILO
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Thus: Latin. : SIC
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Moppet. : TOT

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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