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New York Times, Wednesday, August 6, 1952

7-Across : Congressman or clubman.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,144
Across
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Brazil's musical exports. : SAMBAS
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Congressman or clubman. : MEMBER
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An injury, medically speaking. : TRAUMA
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Gluts. : SATIATES
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A kind of bread. : RAISIN
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Go to bat for. : PINCHHIT
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A few vitamins. : ABD
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Optical image "screens." : RETINAE
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Self-assertive tendency. : EGO
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Items for an eating contest. : PIES
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Leases to tenants. : RENTS
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"New Yorker" cartoonist of high life. : ARNO
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The man in the red suit. : SANTA
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Economist Wolman. : LEO
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"New Yorker" cartoonist of low life. : STEIG
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26,166 square miles of water. : ARAL
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Divide proportionately. : PRORATE
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Processes coffee. : GRINDS
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Schools: Fr. : ECOLES
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Borrowers. : LENDEES
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Radio fluff. : SLIP
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Johnson's partner on Broadway. : OLSEN
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Enough to play tennis. : TWO
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Cry of joyous anticipation. : OHBOY
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Six, on a die. : SICE
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Attend the school of experience. : LEARN
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The good old days. : YORE
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Title for Marco Polo. : SER
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Flood-bulwark unit. : SANDBAG
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Yellow ocher. : SIL
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Means of making proof. : EVIDENCE
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Just dandy. : TIPTOP
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Affable and gay. : DEBONAIR
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Mardi Gras celebrant. : CREOLE
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Fine point. : DETAIL
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Like a crescent moon. : HORNED
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Boot loops. : STRAPS
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"All the perfumes of ___ will not sweeten this little hand." : ARABIA
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A kind of voyage. : MAIDEN
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Coast-to-coast conveyance. : BUS
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Turkish title. : AMIR
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More reasonable. : SANER
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Platform at the head of a certain mast. : MAINTOP
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Alcohol-burning vessels. : ETNAS
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Animated cartoon characters. : MICE
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Humbug! : BAH
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Light as an April cloud. : ETHEREAL
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Start a new fire. : REIGNITE
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The back of a book. : SPINE
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Slapstick targets. : STOOGES
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Have effect. : TELL
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Symbol of a successful show. : STANDEE
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Fail from disuse. : ATROPHY
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Where Touchstone delivers his famous speech. : ARDEN
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Society: Comb. form. : SOCIO
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Norwegian name. : ASE
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Kin: Abbr. : REL
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Explained away (with "over"). : GLOSSED
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Took the place of. : RELIEVED
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Engrave characters. : INSCRIBE
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Paint letters mechanically. : STENCIL
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Soak up, in chemistry. : SORB
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Fisherman's boot. : WADER
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Dever's capital. : BOSTON
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Songbird. : ORIOLE
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Barked shrilly. : YELPED
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Veranda of a Hawaiian house. : LANAI
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Bobbysoxer's favorite word. : NATCH
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Town of the Zambezi river bridge. : SENA
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Auto ___, vertically rising plane. : GIRO
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The exact second. : DOT
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For each. : PER

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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