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New York Times, Monday, February 4, 1952

9-Down : Ornamental wall coating.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 960
Across
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Creator of the March family. : ALCOTT
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Household remedy. : ASPIRIN
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Zany comedian. : GROUCHO
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Ukrainian city, near Rostov. : STALINO
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Not the same. : ANOTHER
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The "stay put" skipper. : CARLSEN
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Means of transportation. : BUS
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American chemist, 1951 Nobel Prize winner. : SEABORG
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Compass point. : ESE
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French-Belgian river. : YSER
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Thornton Burgess' "little Joe." : OTTER
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Bird that can walk under water. : OUSEL
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Where came the Magi. : STABLE
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Anatolia. : ASIAMINOR
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Chinese money of account. : TAEL
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Winston's host in America. : BERNARD
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Delphian utterances. : ORACLES
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Mr. Roper. : ELMO
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Disney heroine. : SNOWWHITE
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Quenched. : SLAKED
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Feminine Astaire. : ADELE
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Very large: Archaic. : ENORM
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Youthful ones. : TADS
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Girl's name. : EDA
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Millionaire of 6th Century, B. C. : CROESUS
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Scotch negative. : NAE
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Tow for the "Flying Enterprise." : TURMOIL
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Mr. Attlee. : CLEMENT
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Rank of Arthur William Radford. : ADMIRAL
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Cause to forget. : UNTEACH
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Makes light with yeast. : LEAVENS
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Kind of food stolen by Knave of Hearts. : PASTRY
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Ancient name for river Arno. : ARNUS
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Disconnected. : LOOSE
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___ and dried. : CUT
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American newspaper publisher (1858-1935). : OCHS
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Fifth word of "America." : THEE
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The Pentateuch. : TORA
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Racetrack village. : ASCOT
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Inaugurates. : STARTS
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Ornamental wall coating. : PARGET
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Unfortunate. : ILL
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Take up arms. : RISE
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Spanish girl's name. : INES
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"And then there were ___." : NONE
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French girl's name. : GABY
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Philippine knife. : BOLO
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City between the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mts. : ROANOKE
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Pawl or detent. : RATCHET
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A consort of Siva. : UMA
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Lancelot's title. : SIR
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Concludes. : ENDS
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One of the Netherlands Indies. : BALI
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Old English manor court. : LEET
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If not. : ELSE
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Men named after a President. : ABES
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Put on the market. : SELL
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Radio role. : IRMA
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1/4 acre in England. : ROOD
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Initials of a famous American essayist. : RWE
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Piercing instrument. : AWL
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Reputation. : NAME
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Performer's hope. : ENCORE
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Oscar Wilde's ___ Gray. : DORIAN
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Bakery specialties. : ROLLS
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Close by: Poet. : ANEAR
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He joined 17 Across. : DANCY
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___ Thomas, maker of clocks. : SETH
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And others: Abbr. : ETAL
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Tenderfoot. : DUDE
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___ virumque cano. : ARMA
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Marine food fish. : SCUP
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Arm bone. : ULNA
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Readies. : SETS
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1004. : MIV
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Music mecca. : MET

Answer summary:
13 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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