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New York Times, Friday, February 8, 1952

64-Across : State whose flower is the peach blossom.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J K V X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
David Steinberg notes:

Original 1-Down clue had asterisks instead of ellipsis points; corrected this.

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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 964
Across
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A C. I. O. vice president, vocal in bus strikes. : QUILL
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Means of approach. : ACCESS
12
Inordinate. : UNDUE
13
Titterers. : LAUGHERS
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Famous British theosophist and Free Thinker, Mrs. Annie ___. : BESANT
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Sofia is its capital. : BULGARIA
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Noun suffix. : IST
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Picturesque chasm in New York State. : AUSABLE
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Capture, as game. : BAG
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Greenland settlement. : ETAH
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Symbol of Maine forests. : PINE
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River of the Lorelei. : RHINE
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Genus of shrubs, the currants. : RIBES
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Leached solutions. : LYES
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Valuable food. : OATS
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Claudette of the screen. : COLBERT
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Man's nickname. : NATE
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Force in operation. : ENERGY
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State name of Wisconsin. : BADGER
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Incalculable ages. : EONS
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Compunction. : REMORSE
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Small saw-billed duck. : SMEW
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Terrible. : DIRE
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Clean by brushing. : SWEEP
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Medieval trading guild: Var. : HANSA
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Orderly. : NEAT
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River in Italy. : NERA
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Clear of. : RID
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Crustacean, as a shrimp or a lobster. : DECAPOD
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City in 11 Down. : NIS
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Fascinated. : ENAMORED
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Eastern Asia. : ORIENT
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State whose flower is the peach blossom. : DELAWARE
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___ Haute, Indiana. : TERRE
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Tenant under contract. : LEASER
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Teeters. : SWAYS
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"To be or not to be ... " : QUESTION
2
Subject to change. : UNSTABLE
3
Actress Lupino. : IDA
4
Goddess of the moon. : LUNA
5
Abatement: Colloq. : LETUP
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Capital on the Hudson. : ALBANY
7
An Irish hat. : CAUBEEN
8
Choose and gather, as flowers. : CULL
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Variety of moth. : EGGER
10
Tibetan sheep. : SHA
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Constituent republic of Yugoslavia. : SERBIA
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Laughing; gay. : RIANT
15
Wise men. : SAGES
16
American journalist and author who disappeared in Mexico, 1914. : BIERCE
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Deposit left by receding floods. : SILT
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Book of the Old Testament. : HEBREWS
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Noisy, shuffling dance, in Southern U. S. : HOEDOWN
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State flower of Utah. : SEGO
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Quien ___ (who knows): Spanish. : SABE
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Iron piece supporting a millstone. : RYND
35
Scottish caps. : TAMS
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Verdure. : GREENERY
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Drugs used in eye drops. : ESERINES
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Collation. : REPAST
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Open and aboveboard. : SINCERE
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Gather in. : REAP
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Tatter. : SHRED
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State whose bird is the chickadee. : MAINE
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Finishing stroke. : ENDALL
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Schoolbook. : READER
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Strategic town in Ethiopia. : ADOWA
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Blows the horn. : TOOTS
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Calculable ages. : ERAS
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Attracted. : DREW
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Girl's name. : MAE
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Lyricist Gershwin. : IRA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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