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New York Times, Saturday, February 14, 1953

9-Down : Famous Marshal of France.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q U W X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,336
Across
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Says further. : ADDS
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Mr. Eban of Israel. : ABBA
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Baseball's ageless wonder. : PAIGE
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Silk: French. : SOIE
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Tract of land for shooting game. : MOOR
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He wrote "Philosopher's Holiday." : EDMAN
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E. O. Lawrence won a Nobel prize for inventing it. : CYCLOTRON
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Lecture theme. : TOPIC
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Norse name. : OLE
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Will Rogers' pilot. : POST
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Münchausen's rank. : BARON
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Chancellor of Cambridge U. : TEDDER
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More godly. : HOLIER
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South American country: Abbr. : ARG
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Narcotic peddler's nemesis. : TMAN
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Its headquarters is in Knoxville. : TVA
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The plants of a particular region. : FLORA
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He lost to Louis, 1935. : BAER
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Mr. Shriner of TV. : HERB
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A rarity in the U. S. Army. : FIVESTARGENERAL
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Competes. : VIES
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Authoress Chase. : ILKA
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Girl's nickname. : ESSIE
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"Dear ___." : SIR
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Father Arnaz. : DESI
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Part of a Mary Chase title. : MRS
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Pahlevi's capital. : TEHRAN
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Zoroastrian books. : AVESTA
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Greek island. : SAMOS
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Nobel prize author. : GIDE
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Nickname for Stassen. : HAL
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Bumpkin. : YOKEL
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It lights up a battlefield at night. : STARSHELL
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Grecian princess. : IRENE
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Relative of a palla. : TOGA
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Central American tree. : EBOE
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Remains undecided. : PENDS
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Old man of the Bible. : ENOS
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Child star in "The Children's Hour." : MANN
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Broad neck scarf. : ASCOT
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Famous writer of detective stories. : DOYLE
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Cut up. : DICED
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Choice: Abbr. : SEL
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Russian trading group in U. S. : AMTORG
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Arthurian knight. : BORS
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The "Gentleman from Indiana." : BOOTHTARKINGTON
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Re-elected Governor of Kansas. : ARN
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Famous Marshal of France. : PETAIN
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Idolize. : ADORE
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They dislike high tariffs. : IMPORTERS
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Profit. : GAIN
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Something in an envelope: Abbr. : ENC
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Saturday afternoon treats. : OPERAS
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Sound of trumpets. : BLARE
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Challenges. : DARES
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After psi. : OMEGA
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Truth: French. : VRAI
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Competent. : ABLE
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V. I. P.'s in Virginia. : FFVS
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Fifty-three. : LIII
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Caught up with in traveling. : OVERTAKEN
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Wood for rafts. : BALSA
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Darmstadt is its capital. : HESSE
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Yankee Stadium has them. : TIERS
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War of ___. : NERVES
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Wild dogs of India. : DHOLES
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Port on the Bay of Bengal. : MADRAS
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Correct. : EMEND
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"Come Back, Little ___." : SHEBA
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The waste pile, in solitaire. : TALON
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One of the Dulles brothers. : ALLEN
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Offended: Colloq. : SORE
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Role in a Verdi opera. : IAGO
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Sharp cry. : YIP
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Holy woman: Fr. abbr. : STE
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Haw's partner. : HEM

Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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