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New York Times, Thursday, December 11, 1952

61-Down : Director Kazan.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,271
Across
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Large lake in Africa. : CHAD
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A hamlet. : DORP
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One way of sneezing. : ACHEW
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Indian whose snake dances attract tourists. : HOPI
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Canal begun in DeWitt Clinton's day. : ERIE
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Irish-English physicist, noted for a famous "law." : BOYLE
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Votes for a bill. : AYES
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Black Sea naval base, near Yalta. : SEVASTOPOL
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Commander of U. N. forces in Far East. : MARKWCLARK
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Baker or Harris. : PHIL
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G. I. : JOE
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Founder of Mt. Holyoke College, Mary ___. : LYON
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Graduate at Annapolis: Abbr. : ENS
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Historic French forest. : ARGONNE
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Geologic time. : AEON
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Secular. : LAIC
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Unpopular informer. : TATTLETALE
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Large coarse fern. : BRAKE
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Winning World Series pitcher. : ROE
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Loved too fondly. : DOTED
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Natives of French West Africa. : SENEGALESE
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In phonetics, smooth. : LENE
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Ropes used on shipboard. : TYES
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Third and fourth words of "Casablanca." : STOODON
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"___ Pinafore." : HMS
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Ingredient for a pilaff. : RICE
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Hold tight. : HUG
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Diner sign. : EATS
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Suffering from low morale. : DISPIRITED
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Type of verse. : ANAPAESTIC
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Sea between the Philippines and Borneo. : SULU
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Where Innsbruck is. : TIROL
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TV comedienne with Caesar. : COCA
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Spruce up the Xmas spruce. : TRIM
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Quick-tempered. : HASTY
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The moonstone resembles it. : OPAL
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Course nobody fails. : SNAP
Down
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Albanian tribe in Greece. : CHAM
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Georgetown U. athlete. : HOYA
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Imitator. : APER
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He lives on sound tracks. : DISKJOCKEY
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Pedigree. : DESCENT
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City in Russia. : OREL
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Antagonist. : RIVAL
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He proved Greenland is an island. : PEARY
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German composer of songs. : ABT
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Hen pen. : COOP
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Describing "what-you-may-call-it," "son-in-law," etc. : HYPHENATED
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Remove afar off: Var. : ELOIN
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Creator of Mr. Britling. : WELLS
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Relative of "prosit." : SKOAL
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Was voted in. : WON
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Point 4 fights it. : NEED
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White linen robes. : ALBS
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Uncommon. : RARE
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They're a hundred times brighter than the sun. : GIANTSTARS
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Bertrand Russell's title. : EARL
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They treat ears. : OTOLOGISTS
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Part of Italy where Calabria is. : TOE
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Mrs. Dick Tracy. : TESS
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Dress fabric. : LENO
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Scene of man's first disobedience. : EDEN
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Elbe tributary. : EGER
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Sotto voce remark. : ASIDE
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Professionally right. : ETHICAL
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Pronoun. : OUR
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Shrub that grows on a moor. : HEATH
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Exaggerated love for: Comb. form. : MANIA
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The lake herring of the Great Lakes. : CISCO
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Prohibit legally. : ESTOP
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A small quantity, as of tea, in England. : SPOT
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Size of type. : PICA
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Form on a lathe. : TURN
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Director Kazan. : ELIA
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Place for temporary storage of military goods. : DUMP
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___ Khan. : ALY

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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