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New York Times, Tuesday, October 14, 1952

24-Down : Hold up.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 305 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,213
Across
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Peculiar slant. : BIAS
5
Chanteuse of the night clubs, Edith ___. : PIAF
9
"They ___ not pass!" : SHALL
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A logical conclusion from a premise. : INFERENCE
16
Corded fabric. : PIQUE
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A remote possibility. : OFFCHANCE
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Loan shark's penchant. : USURY
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Ladies' wear in India: Var. : SAREES
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Biblical name meaning "serving." : OBED
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River islet. : AIT
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Raced madly. : TORE
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Choreography on Oahu. : HULA
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Surrender. : CEDE
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James ___, film star. : DUNN
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She wanted to marry Jonathan Swift. : VANESSA
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Grain for the feedbag. : OAT
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Turn to water. : MELT
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Put a finishing flourish to: 2 wds. : TOPOFF
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James ___, film star. : STEWART
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Rudimentary forms of life. : AMOEBAE
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Boredom. : TEDIUM
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Climax of Kipling's "If": 2 wds. : AMAN
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Football forward. : END
41
Minstrels of olden days. : GLEEMEN
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Computes. : ADDS
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Hands: Humorous. : PAWS
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Ebullience. : ELAN
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A theatre of ideological warfare. : ASIA
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One chosen at random. : ANY
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Chafe. : FRET
51
Compares. : LIKENS
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Hardly novel. : STALE
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The price of liberty: Eternal ___. : VIGILANCE
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All. : TOTAL
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Displayer. : EVIDENCER
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Paid back (with "up"). : ANTED
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Scandinavian name. : NELS
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Kin of a quiz. : TEST
Down
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Animal and plant life. : BIOS
2
Captivate to the point of folly. : INFATUATE
3
Offended by disrespect. : AFFRONTED
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Separate; discriminate. : SECERN
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Frozen vegetables. : PEAS
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Home away from home. : INN
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Newspaper report. : ACCOUNT
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Decrepit. : FEEBLE
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In Mrs. Murphy's chowder. : SPUD
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Not hers. : HIS
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Waters: Lat. : AQUAE
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Sensational. : LURID
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Historic Philippine island. : LEYTE
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A South Korean. : RHEE
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Inventor in the camera field. : EASTMAN
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Hold up. : HALT
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Dashing evening wear. : CAPE
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Biblical form of "do." : DOST
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Great Dutch painter, subject to forgeries. : VERMEER
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Just around the figurative corner. : SOON
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Heavy hammer. : MAUL
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An asset in any family. : OBEDIENCE
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Burlesque show specialties. : FANDANCES
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G-men: Slang. : FEDS
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Worn by barristers. : WIGS
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Hearty approval. : AMEN
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Loving. : AMATIVE
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Charley Caldwell's Tigers, for instance. : ELEVEN
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With a jaundiced eye. : ASKANT
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Spaghetti, macaroni, etc. : PASTA
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Composer Dvorak. : ANTON
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First aide for Gov. Stevenson. : WYATT
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Winged, in heraldry. : AILE
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___-Crawford price-fixing act. : FELD
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Movable covers. : LIDS
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Spanish muralist. : SERT
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New Guinea port. : LAE
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McDougald of the Yankees. : GIL

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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