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New York Times, Saturday, July 5, 1952

36-Across : Theseus' ball of thread.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,112
Across
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Food in the headlines: Colloq. : SPUDS
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Turn out. : OUST
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Be overly loud in praise. : RAVE
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Popular vessel of vacationers. : CANOE
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Where Adm. Joy is the new head. : ANNAPOLIS
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Cry of a boy beaten in a fight. : UNCLE
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Orators on July 7th and 14th. : KEYNOTERS
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Natural gift. : TALENT
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Not to know from ___. : ADAM
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Kentucky bluegrass. : POA
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Dr. Louis H. Bauer is its new president. : AMA
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___ Stabilization Board. : WAGE
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Tedious in discourse. : PROSY
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Satirizers. : LAMPOONERS
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Inventor of safety device for elevators. : OTIS
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Fastener. : PINNER
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Accumulate. : AMASS
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Theseus' ball of thread. : CLEW
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Person who is not talking. : CLAM
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Light carriages: Colloq. : SHAYS
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Bishops' caps. : MITRES
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Pre-eminent. : STAR
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Art of conducting the affairs of a nation. : STATECRAFT
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Cum ___. : LAUDE
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Yesterday: French. : HIER
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Baby talk. : GOO
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Former measure for cloth. : ELL
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Discern. : READ
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"Wolves" of a former era. : SHEIKS
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Qualified members of a delegation. : ELIGIBLES
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Slugger of the Phillies. : ENNIS
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Thin material for overlaying wood. : VENEERING
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Silly. : INANE
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Keenness. : EDGE
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Kiln to dry hops or tobacco. : OAST
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He wrote "20,000 Years in Sing Sing." : LAWES
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Pertaining to a shield. : SCUTAL
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Where Col. Remon is President-elect. : PANAMA
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Free from a holding device. : UNCLAMP
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Famous name in Hawaii. : DOLE
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Understood. : SEEN
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___-leaf cluster. : OAK
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Not enthusiastic. : UNEAGER
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Member of Truman's Cabinet. : SNYDER
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Lake in Ethiopia, source of the Blue Nile. : TANA
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Twaddle! : ROT
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Containers for beverages. : ALEPOTS
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Disease due to a virus. : VIROSIS
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Works by George Orwell. : ESSAYS
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Pageantry. : POMP
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Duality. : TWONESS
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Over. : ANEW
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What a nomad is. : ROAMER
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Frenchman living where "roses are blooming." : PICARD
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Exclusively. : ONLY
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Dealers in a certain mineral. : SALTERS
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Man's name. : MARC
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Mention in dispatches. : CITE
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Played for time: Slang. : STALLED
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Transporting by rail or truck. : HAULING
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"Florodora" girls. : MAIDENS
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City 98 miles NW of Detroit. : SAGINAW
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Part of a cardigan. : SLEEVE
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Greek muse of comedy. : THALIA
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Former outstanding choreographer, creator of modern ballet. : FOKINE
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Is restless. : TOSSES
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Lake port of the Keystone State. : ERIE
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River in Spain, into the Mediterranean. : EBRO
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German word of greeting. : HEIL
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City in Sicily. : ENNA
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Word of command to a horse. : GEE
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Noncom. : SGT

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 9 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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