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New York Times, Wednesday, January 30, 1952

6-Down : Awkward fellows.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 955
Across
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Little Boy Blue's charges. : COWS
5
Chunks of earth. : CLODS
10
Talk informally. : CHAT
14
Got down. : ALIT
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Dialect of ancient Greek. : IONIC
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Girl's nickname. : REBA
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Where a farmer stockpiles. : SILO
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Meaningless incantation. : MUMBOJUMBO
20
Highway barrier. : TOLLGATE
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Increases the ante. : RAISES
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1492, 1776, etc. : YEARS
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Playing cards. : TENS
25
Supervisor of manners or morals. : CENSOR
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Transferred again by legal document. : REDEEDED
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Parisian friend. : AMI
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Has deep feeling for. : LOVES
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Figure of speech, as irony. : TROPE
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One name for a baseball. : PILL
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Girl's nickname. : NELLA
39
An addition: Abbr. : SUPP
40
Mr. Kinder of the Red Sox. : ELLIS
42
Thong for Towser. : LEASH
44
Life: Comb. form. : BIO
45
He pitched two no-hitters last year. : REYNOLDS
47
Chicken: French. : POULET
49
Give out. : EMIT
50
The Vulgate. : BIBLE
51
Cooks. : STEAMS
54
Any lighter-than-air craft. : AEROSTAT
57
Everything but the kitchen sink. : HODGEPODGE
59
End of a race. : TAPE
60
Incite. : URGE
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Where the Biblical witch lived. : ENDOR
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Barely gets by. : EKES
63
Parts of a golf course. : TEES
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Pauses. : RESTS
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One side in "cold war." : REDS
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Dramatis personae. : CAST
2
Musical medley. : OLIO
3
Having no regard for one's wishes. : WILLYNILLY
4
Accessories for evening wear. : STOLES
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One of Edna Ferber's best novels. : CIMARRON
6
Awkward fellows. : LOUTS
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"This one is ___." : ONME
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Fish by letting the bait bob lightly. : DIB
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Made a basket. : SCORED
10
Navy vessels. : CRUISERS
11
Borders. : HEMS
12
French cleric. : ABBE
13
Art colony near Santa Fé. : TAOS
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Screen actress Gaynor. : JANET
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Prison, in Britain. : GAOL
24
Famed inventor in electricity. : TESLA
25
Playful skip. : CAPER
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Hero of "South Pacific." : EMILE
27
Ex-member of "Murder, Inc." : RELES
28
Comic device in the theatre. : DOUBLETAKE
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Silas Marner's foster-daughter. : EPPIE
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Distribution point for military supplies. : DEPOT
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South African grassland. : VELDT
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Family trees. : LINEAGES
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Young hopefuls. : ASPIRERS
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Amiens' river. : SOMME
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Wandering worker. : HOBO
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Imperfect speaker. : LISPER
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Heavy overcoat. : ULSTER
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Generated. : BEGOT
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Fastened up. : SHUT
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Pulled apart. : TORE
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Brink. : EDGE
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Says further. : ADDS
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Did likewise. : APED
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Fictional heroine. : TESS
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United. : ONE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 15 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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