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New York Times, Wednesday, August 13, 1952

62-Across : Shelter.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,151
Across
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Fliers on a summer evening. : GNATS
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One of the Loman boys. : BIFF
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Bough. : LIMB
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Good or bad inclination. : HABIT
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Spoken. : ORAL
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Theaters of ancient Greece. : ODEA
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Sotto voce. : ASIDE
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Where Baylor Univeristy is. : WACO
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Prong of an antler. : TINE
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Book by Churchill. : THEIRFINESTHOUR
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Douglas Hyde was its first President. : EIRE
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The House has 435. : SEATS
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Actor in "Don Juan in Hell." : CHARLESBOYER
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Propel a scull. : OAR
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Consumed. : EATEN
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City with more than 330 hotels. : MIAMI
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It's little or grand. : SLAM
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Storms. : RAGES
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Salmagundi. : OLIO
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Tending towards an end. : TELIC
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Acid, bitter, salt or sweet. : TASTE
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Bill of Rights number. : TEN
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Jeremiah's book of the Old Testament. : LAMENTATIONS
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___ Flow. : SCAPA
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Author and diplomat (1852-1924). : EGAN
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Not self-examining. : UNINTROSPECTIVE
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Floating speck of dust. : MOTE
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Cable word. : STOP
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City in Michigan. : IONIA
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Chief officer: Abbr. : PRES
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Shelter. : HIDE
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Cuts with shears. : SNIPS
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German girl's name. : HEDE
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Secondary school: Abbr. : ACAD
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Irk impishly. : TEASE
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Mountain pass, in India. : GHAT
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Expert of unusual rhymes. : NASH
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Hero of 2,327 performances. : ABIE
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More orderly. : TIDIER
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Barren of ideas. : STERILE
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Nickname for Arkansas. : BOWIESTATE
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Where Isfahan is. : IRAN
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Dignity or prestige, not to be lost in diplomacy. : FACE
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Light; downy. : FLOSSY
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Gay and unscrupulous rake. : LOTHARIO
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Numskull. : IDIOT
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Kitchen lists. : MENUS
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Former heavyweight champion. : BAER
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Senator from Delaware. : FREAR
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Abound. : TEEM
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Outlay. : COST
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Hero of 1776. : HALE
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Sea east of the Caspian. : ARAL
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Originated. : BEGAN
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Danced. : ONESTEPPED
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Palo ___, where Stanford University is. : ALTO
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Air. : MIEN
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Atomic particles. : IONS
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They built Europe's first library. : MILANESE
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Jose Ferrer's milieu. : STAGE
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Army officer: Abbr. : CAPT
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Student of Greek pronunciation. : ETACIST
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Miss Hunt of Hollywood. : MARSHA
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Chant. : INTONE
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Sound of sleep. : SNORE
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Mentioned. : CITED
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Exclamation of doubt or contempt. : UMPH
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Of the ear. : OTIC
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Drugstore snack. : SODA
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Genus of whales. : INIA
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Important people. : VIPS
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Vacation pleasure. : EASE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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