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New York Times, Thursday, April 1, 1954

52-Across : Rainproof.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,738
Across
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Contemporary of the Army duck. : JEEP
5
The dancing Rooneys. : PATS
9
Turned in. : ABED
13
High points. : ACMES
15
Gallimaufry. : OLIO
16
Victim. : PREY
17
Referee's signals, in football. : WHITEFLAGS
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Mrs. Rex Stout. : POLA
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Sparkler. : SOLITAIRE
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Needled. : SEWED
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Civil wrong. : TORT
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Rocky's latest victim. : ROLAND
25
Its capital is Tirana: Abbr. : ALB
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Bills. : NEBS
30
What tholes are for. : OARS
31
ETO battle. : BULGE
33
Descriptive of a "gate crasher." : UNINVITED
37
Khabarovsk's river. : AMUR
38
Where to find a match. : ARENA
39
Knot. : NODE
40
Watercraft. : SPEEDBOAT
42
Miss de Mille. : AGNES
43
Tell fluently (with "off"). : REEL
44
Aly or Genghis. : KHAN
46
"Cap'n ___." : ERI
47
Fastened. : PINNED
49
Keenness. : EDGE
51
Land ruled by Red China. : TIBET
52
Rainproof. : REPELLENT
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Precious stone. : RUBY
58
Navy. : MARINEBLUE
59
Winnebago Indian. : OTOE
60
Similar. : AKIN
61
Parker House items. : ROLLS
62
Baby-sit. : TEND
63
Star of "Roman Holiday." : PECK
64
Father of Skeezix. : WALT
Down
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Talks back to the ump. : JAWS
2
Yes man. : ECHO
3
Schram of U.S.O. : EMIL
4
Kind of jury. : PETIT
5
Predecessor of the Presidium. : POLITBURO
6
Winged. : ALAR
7
College mascot. : TIGER
8
Call for help. : SOS
9
On stage. : APPEARING
10
Outmoded type of building. : BROWNSTONE
11
Caught spitchcocks. : EELED
12
Pair. : DYAD
14
___ back, i.e. cost. : SETONE
18
Man in a taxi. : FARE
21
Resident of Brno. : SLAV
24
Mrs. Chaplin. : OONA
25
Desert garments. : ABAS
26
Include in one group. : LUMP
27
First prize. : BLUERIBBON
29
He's underhanded. : SNEAK
32
Jealous. : GREENEYED
34
Healthy. : INTHEPINK
35
River in Westphalia. : EDER
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He loves Lucy. : DESI
38
Fit. : ABLE
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Collision memento. : DENT
42
User of hook and line. : ANGLER
45
Gulf near Arabia. : ADEN
47
Snake Indian. : PIUTE
48
Star of "Kismet." : DRAKE
50
Funny bone site. : ELBOW
51
Hambletonian's specialty. : TROT
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"The Red" of the 10th century. : ERIC
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Miss Cinders. : ELLA
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Insignificant. : NULL
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___ pilot. : TEST
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Put on the ___. : MAP

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