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New York Times, Saturday, February 13, 1954

12-Down : Member of a picket line.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 27, Avg Word Len: 5.82, Missing: { F Q W X Y }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 102, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,691
Across
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Multitude. : HOST
5
"Fame is the ___." : SPUR
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Squish-squash. : SLOSH
14
Medieval silk fabric. : ACCA
15
Program for a gourmet. : MENU
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Calico pony. : PINTO
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Pipe joints. : TEES
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Merchants of portraiture. : ARTDEALERS
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Columbus' first landfall. : SANSALVADOR
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Small bird. : TIT
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Swiss summer resort. : INTERLAKEN
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Guided missile. : NIKE
25
Tulip grower of Holland. : ZEELANDER
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Man with a trumpet. : JAMES
27
Professor's degree. : EDD
28
Auxiliary verb. : BEEN
29
Mikan and Cousy. : CAGERS
30
Fie! : SISS
31
Prefixed German titles. : VONS
32
Title for Naguib and others. : PASHAS
35
"And the ___ raths outgrabe." : MOME
36
Pip emma or ___ emma (P. M. or A. M.). : ACK
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Par ___ (French airmail). : AVION
40
Firehouse denizen. : DALMATIAN
42
Tear. : REND
43
Where to play baccarat. : MONTECARLO
44
Sen. Fulbright's state: Abbr. : ARK
45
Florence Chadwick swam it. : DARDANELLES
46
Usher's counterpart. : BRIDESMAID
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Aids to modern cooks. : CANS
49
Figure in Red Square. : LENIN
50
To be: Fr. : ETRE
51
Solve. : UNDO
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Moves by degrees. : EDGES
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He's one of nine. : REED
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Army meal. : MESS
Down
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6 7/8, for instance. : HATSIZE
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Surrounded by seas: Rare. : OCEANED
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Fragrant. : SCENTED
4
Part of a fez. : TASSEL
5
Insignificance. : SMALLNESS
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Permeates. : PERVADES
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Vacant. : UNTAKEN
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Plane's steering apparatus. : RUDDER
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Woman in the service. : SPAR
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Girl's nickname. : LIL
11
Quondam. : ONETIME
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Member of a picket line. : STRIKER
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Epithet for Perle Mesta. : HOSTESS
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Many ages. : EON
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Native of Riyadh. : ARABIAN
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Acts like Xantippe. : NAGS
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Goodman's wife. : JANEACE
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Cited for valor. : COMMENDED
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Wearing scuffs. : SHOD
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Contemporary of Rousseau. : VOLTAIRE
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Biblical narrative. : PARABLE
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Swore to. : AVERRED
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Kind of fund. : SINKING
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Trusteeship under the U. N. : MANDATE
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Highway in the sky. : AIRLANE
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Roman date. : CALENDS
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Ancient city of Crete. : KNOSSOS
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Style of window. : DORMER
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Barbershop item. : TALCUM
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Parents. : MAS
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Hideaways. : DENS
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Shaping tool. : DIE

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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