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New York Times, Friday, June 13, 1952

15-Across : Garment worker or detective.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.54, Missing: { J K Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 106, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,090
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Member of a chapter, as of the Masonic order. : CAPITULAR
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Xavier ___, orchestra leader. : CUGAT
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Garment worker or detective. : OPERATIVE
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The white poplar. : ABELE
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Deserters. : RENEGADES
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Product refined at Alameda, California. : BORAX
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Footed vase. : URN
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Symbolic garment. : SHIRT
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Andean beast. : LLAMA
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Commotion. : STIR
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Sleeper. : CAR
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Character of a community or people. : ETHOS
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Small facet of a brilliant. : CULET
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Old-fashioned oaths. : EGADS
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Rinks, rings, stadia. : ARENAS
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Norse goddess of healing. : EIR
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A dandy or swell, in London. : TOFF
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Analyzing. : TESTING
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Well-known British songwriter. : NOVELLO
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To be: Latin. : ESSE
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Ironstone. : ORE
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Celebrated Greek lyric poet. : PINDAR
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Grassy surface of land. : SWARD
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It grows in tufts in marshy places. : SEDGE
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Governor Stevenson. : ADLAI
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Philippine peasant. : TAO
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Pedal digits. : TOES
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Draw a plan of. : DRAFT
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She loved Tristan. : ISOLT
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Science of plants: Abbr. : BOT
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Boundary. : LIMIT
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Capable of being counted. : NUMERABLE
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Lake in Finland. : ENARE
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Member of a famous British regiment. : GRENADIER
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More unusual. : RARER
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Settlings. : SEDIMENTS
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Glitter or sparkle. : CORUSCATE
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Windows. : APERTURES
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Without a sou. : PENNILESS
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Choler. : IRE
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Labels. : TAGS
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Sen. Watkins' state. : UTAH
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Unforgotten village in Bohemia. : LIDICE
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Betwixt and between. : AVERAGE
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Curb. : RESTRAIN
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Foreign correspondent's work. : CABLES
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Device for suspending forms for concrete floors. : UBOLT
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One-twentieth of a shekel. : GERAH
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Shrine at San Antonio. : ALAMO
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Where Allan Shivers is Governor. : TEXAS
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Annual income in France. : RENTE
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Tribal group in Burma and Siam. : TAI
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Theatre curtain. : DROP
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It falls on TV. : SNOW
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Doctrine. : TENET
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"We'll hitch ___ to the shay." : OLDDOBBIN
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Small, end-blown flute with six finger holes. : FLAGEOLET
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The F in I. O. F. : FORESTERS
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Subway vent covers. : GRATINGS
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Force; vigor: Latin. : VIS
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Obliteration. : ERASURE
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Baby ___. : SITTER
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Condemned. : DOOMED
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Famous name in psychiatry. : ADLER
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River of Yugoslavia. : DRINA
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Where Truman was born, in Missouri. : LAMAR
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Burning. : AFIRE
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___ Lenape, Delaware Indians. : LENI
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London conveyance. : TRAM
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Friend of Kin Hubbard. : ADE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 7 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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