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New York Times, Friday, November 21, 1952

29-Down : Eclipse.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q Y }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,251
Across
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___ Elizabeth Alice Louise. : ANNE
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Light refractor. : PRISM
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Sympathetic response. : ECHO
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Letters. : MAIL
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Arterial trunk. : AORTA
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A certain payment: Abbr. : PREM
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City near Turin. : ASTI
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Willy the Salesman. : LOMAN
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Yesterday: Ital. : IERI
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Member of the baseball Hall of Fame. : THESULTANOFSWAT
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Parts of skirts. : HEMS
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Confound it! : DRAT
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"The ___," novel by Thornton Wilder. : CABALA
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Member of the "grunt" fraternity. : RASSLER
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Soul: Fr. : AME
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Newsman Davis. : ELMER
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Where "Sironia" is. : TEXAS
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Runner's breath. : PANT
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___ End. : LANDS
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Ancient city where Homer may have been born. : SCIO
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1,000 liters. : STERE
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Conspirator in "Julius Caesar." : CASCA
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Anti-inflation agency. : ESA
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Native of Leghorn: Fr. : ITALIEN
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Attachment to a cultivator. : HILLER
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Lump of earth. : CLOD
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Famous isle of the Hebrides. : IONA
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Rural sound effects. : COCKADOODLEDOOS
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Man's name. : ADAM
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Where Point 4 is giving aid. : INDIA
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Orchestral instrument. : OBOE
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Ramble. : ROVE
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Savor of cooking food. : NIDOR
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Intent look. : GAZE
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Investigators for a governmental department. : TMEN
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Middle, Near and Far. : EASTS
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Fruit beverages. : ADES
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Amo, amas, ___. : AMAT
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Ogden, the rimester. : NASH
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Evening, on the billboards. : NITE
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Miracle-worker of the Old Testament. : ELISHA
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Thoroughfare in London. : PALLMALL
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Elihu and others. : ROOTS
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Marie Wilson's role. : IRMA
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Emblems of government. : STANDARDS
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Haciendas. : MANORS
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Parts of the New Testament. : EPISTLES
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Group of workmen. : CREW
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Olympic goddess. : HERA
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Fail to do. : OMIT
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700-mi. tributary of the Ubangi River. : UELE
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Not subject to fading. : FAST
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Toy pistol ammo. : CAPS
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Famous Cremonian. : AMATI
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Author of "Thirteen O'Clock." : BENET
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French author of 19th century. : RENAN
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Eclipse. : EXCEL
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Boost. : RAISE
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Salonika is its chief city. : MACEDONIA
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Glide in air. : SOAR
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Bob Mathias and others. : TRACKMEN
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Beneficiaries of Rotary Fellowships. : SCHOLARS
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Miss Cinders. : ELLA
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Elder or senior: French. : AINE
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Medicine chest staple. : IODINE
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Europe's largest lake. : LADOGA
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One lacking common sense. : IDIOT
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Vehicle. : CART
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Famous name in aviation. : ODOM
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Home of the old Stone Age. : CAVE
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5 to 4 or 4 to 5. : ODDS
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Old Testament book: Abbr. : OBAD
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Mud at the bottom of the ocean. : OOZE
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Views. : SEES

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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