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New York Times, Wednesday, August 20, 1952

21-Across : Becomes trite.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J P Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,158
Across
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Character in "The Rivals." : ACRES
6
A mighty battleship. : MISSOURI
14
Indian garment. : CHOLI
15
Secretary of the Air Force. : FINLETTER
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Secretary of Labor. : TOBIN
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Where Rio de la Plata flows. : ARGENTINA
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Girl's name. : SUE
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Bush of the western deserts. : SAGE
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Becomes trite. : STALES
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Silkworm: Var. : ERI
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Awaits. : BIDES
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Minute. : WEE
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Start on a journey. : ENTRAIN
29
European capital. : ROMA
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Part of Europe. : ALSACE
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Our Minister to Yemen. : HARE
33
Ballplayer for Chicago. : CUB
36
River flowing into the Rhone. : SAONE
37
The: German. : DAS
38
Greek monument. : STELE
40
Venezuelan export. : TIN
41
Unknown author. : ANON
43
Salt of an acid. : BORATE
44
Mr. Keyserling. : LEON
45
Book of the Bible. : GENESIS
46
Who: Italian. : CHE
48
Aelurophilic movie actor. : MASON
50
Missouri Senator. : KEM
51
Gov. Gruening's land. : ALASKA
53
Newspaper piece. : ITEM
55
Rage. : FAD
57
Key figure in Middle East discord. : MOSSADEGH
59
The Four Hundred. : ELITE
61
Inhabitants of Queens, N, Y. : ASTORIANS
62
Why: German. : WARUM
63
Simulate, as the crime at its scene. : REENACTS
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Gives appearance of. : SEEMS
Down
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Vaudeville turns. : ACTS
2
Chinese Foreign Minister. : CHOUENLAI
3
British Middle East commander. : ROBERTSON
4
Member of the Whiffenpoofs. : ELI
5
Trespasses. : SINS
6
Stuck in the mud. : MIRED
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Participial suffix. : ING
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British air marshal. : SLESSOR
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Dispatched. : SENT
10
St. Laurent's headquarters. : OTTAWA
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Useful. : UTILE
12
French girl's name. : RENEE
13
Cleopatra's maid. : IRAS
15
Fictional symbol of crime. : FAGIN
20
Man's nickname. : ABIE
23
European question mark. : IRAN
25
Historic periods. : ERAS
27
Perennial bridge player. : EAST
28
Suffix for plant orders. : ACEAE
30
Plane dividing a body longitudinally. : MESON
32
Chinese river. : HAN
33
Long-sought objective in Korea. : CEASEFIRE
34
A final statement of conditions. : ULTIMATUM
35
Social gatherings. : BEES
37
Spanish lady. : DONA
39
Travel in South Africa. : TREK
42
Characteristic of certain Arabian tribes. : NOMADIC
43
The "b" in n. b. : BENE
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Knowledge gained by experience. : LESSON
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Participants in the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. : GOTHS
46
End. : CLOSE
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Rapidity. : HASTE
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Street directions. : SIGNS
51
Swedish measures. : AMAR
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Russian sea. : KARA
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Stables around a court. : MEWS
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Members of a party: Abbr. : DEMS
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Follow a basic instinct. : EAT
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New Guinea port. : LAE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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