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New York Times, Monday, November 17, 1952

50-Down : Fisherman's delights.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,247
Across
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National chairman of A. D. A. : BIDDLE
7
Captivate. : ATTRACT
14
Destination of the "Innocents." : ABROAD
15
Introduced as a topic of conversation. : BROACHED
17
Kingdoms. : REALMS
18
Former pitchman on the Berle show. : SIDSTONE
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Press forward. : URGE
20
Women. : EVES
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Emulates a bookworm. : PORES
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Between 5 and 6 million workers. : CIO
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Parts of cigarette lighters. : FLINTS
26
Inclined plane. : RAMP
27
Medieval merchant guild. : HANSE
29
Marks for reinsertion in printing. : STETS
31
Necklace for a hula dancer. : LEI
32
Particular parts of a year. : TIMES
34
Spokesman for Feisal II. : REGENT
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French porcelain center. : LIMOGES
39
A quick thrust with sword or word. : RIPOSTE
40
1,251,983,000 people. : ASIANS
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Adjective for modern transit. : RAPID
42
Librarian's degree. : BLS
43
Member industry of 23 Across. : STEEL
45
Chief Assyrian deity. : ASHUR
49
Poetic foot of two syllables. : IAMB
51
Points of view. : ANGLES
53
America or South Africa. : USA
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With might. : AMAIN
56
City in India. : GAYA
57
Man's name. : OMAR
58
Pertaining to the coast. : LITTORAL
60
It comes from the French verb, "to put in shelter." : GARAGE
62
Low-rate ship accommodations. : STEERAGE
63
Vines: Var. : LIANES
64
Tried. : ESSAYED
65
Mr. Truex of Broadway. : ERNEST
Down
1
The park bench philosopher. : BARUCH
2
Ancient name for Spanish peninsula. : IBERIA
3
Symbol of China. : DRAGON
4
Give out sparingly. : DOLE
5
Getaway: Slang. : LAM
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___ Ford Range in Antarctica. : EDSEL
7
Keeps (oneself) away. : ABSENTS
8
Sad: French. : TRISTE
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Bushy clump. : TOD
10
Grating sound. : RASP
11
Martyn Green, for instance. : ACTOR
12
Bach specialties. : CHORALES
13
Backdrop for "Street Scene." : TENEMENT
16
Notwithstanding. : DESPITE
21
Carpenters' equipment. : VISES
24
Imitates deceptively. : FEIGNS
25
Long narrow piece. : STRIP
28
Portico. : STOA
30
Photographer's pigments. : SEPIAS
33
"The hostess with the mostest." : MESTA
35
"___ in his heaven." : GODS
36
Certain consonants, as b, p, m. : LABIALS
37
Mohammedan. : ISLAMITE
38
Arranges in the wrong pairs. : MISMATES
39
Meeting for support of a candidate. : RALLY
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Feasted. : REGALED
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Pledge oneself. : ENGAGE
46
Compassionate. : HUMANE
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Ways of doing things. : USAGES
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Happening least often. : RAREST
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Fisherman's delights. : BITES
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Symbol on the Presidential flag. : EAGLE
55
Honoria's nickname. : NORA
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Algerian seaport. : ORAN
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Johnnie of "cry" fame. : RAY
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With 25 Down, a landing place. : AIR

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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