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New York Times, Friday, January 16, 1953

21-Down : Irving Bacheller hero.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 27, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 98, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,307
Across
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Fixed in position. : STABILE
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The price by the dozen. : CHEAPER
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House of weapons. : ARSENAL
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Plane route. : AIRLANE
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A sordid, futile struggle: Slang. : RATRACE
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Disputed city on the Adriatic. : TRIESTE
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Carpets from the Taj Mahal city. : AGRAS
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Las ___, Nevada. : VEGAS
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Symington's new title: Abbr. : SEN
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Sinn ___. : FEIN
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Fatty secretion of a gland. : SEBUM
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A half measure. : PINT
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Increase by. : ADD
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Contemporary of Cézanne. : MANET
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Inscribed. : WROTE
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Britain's Left Wing leader. : NYEBEVAN
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Back-flip dive with normal start. : GAINER
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Nuclear item. : ATOM
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Olympians. : GODS
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Devoted follower. : ADORER
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Seizes before someone else can. : PREEMPTS
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Pullman car. : DINER
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Kin of mutton chops or imperial. : BEARD
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Mine sample. : ORE
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Swing off the course. : VEER
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Jupiter has twelve. : MOONS
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Spanish linen. : CREA
47
Army Transport Service. : ATS
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Heroine of a novel, 1869. : LORNA
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Shut up with Noah: Obs. : ARKED
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His steed is a dolphin. : NEPTUNE
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Carmine of Tammany. : DESAPIO
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Mike-hugging singer. : CROONER
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What a monoplane has, compared to a biplane. : ONEWING
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Lost creatures. : ESTRAYS
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Ability possessed by 40 Down. : SEALEGS
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Russian national dress for peasant women. : SARAFAN
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"Hamlet," for instance. : TRAGEDY
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Bridging like a colossus. : ASTRIDE
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Banished Archbishop of Czechoslovakia. : BERAN
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Miss Claire and others. : INAS
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Ingredient of varnish. : LAC
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Historic hour of Nov. 11, 1918. : ELEVENAM
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Violin strings. : CATGUT
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Former Senator Bingham. : HIRAM
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Discord's lady. : ERIS
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Braw brew. : ALE
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Emotion of compelling force. : PASSION
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An international accord. : ENTENTE
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Come back on stage. : REENTER
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Irving Bacheller hero. : EBEN
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Special quality. : SAVOR
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Refracting glass. : PRISM
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Ticker in a taxicab. : METER
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Got one's feet wet. : WADED
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Plainer. : BARER
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No stay-at-homes. : GOERS
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Spanish composer of "Goyescas." : GRANADOS
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A step forward. : ADVANCE
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Waistline watchers. : DIETERS
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An ace. : ONESPOT
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Mexican laborer. : PEON
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Hat style for college boys. : PORKPIE
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Holding at bay. : TREEING
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Old sailors. : SEADOGS
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Drillers. : BORERS
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Wampum. : MONEY
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Swimmer's speed stroke. : CRAWL
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The moon's lady. : LUNA
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On the main. : ASEA
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Rugged crag. : TOR
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More east than north. : ENE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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