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New York Times, Saturday, February 9, 1952

39-Down : Sales of this reached new high in 1951.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 965
Across
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To be pooled in W. Europe, under the Schuman Plan. : COAL
5
Goal structure, as for hockey. : CAGE
9
Pear now in season. : BOSC
13
"Down under." : ANTIPODES
15
Toward the center. : ENTAD
17
On a new stamp honoring bicentennial of birth. : BETSYROSS
18
Narrow-billed auk. : MURRE
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Corroded. : ATE
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Malory's "___ d'Arthur." : MORTE
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Wife of Tristram (Tennyson's spelling). : ISOLT
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Outer layer. : RIND
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Jeers at. : TAUNTS
26
Greek letter. : PSI
27
German seaport. : EMDEN
29
___ Rabbit, of the "Uncle Remus" stories. : BRER
30
Accordingly. : THEN
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Verifiable. : TESTABLE
33
Where Venizelos is Premier. : ATHENS
35
Chill. : AGUE
36
Waterfront structure. : PIER
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Bureaucratic stickler for formality. : TAPIST
40
Made yellowish. : SALLOWED
44
Ram-headed deity of Thebes. : AMON
45
Booby ___. : TRAP
47
Lively: Music. : ANIME
48
Devilkin. : IMP
49
The lady in Henry James' "Portrait of a Lady." : ISABEL
51
German title. : GRAF
52
___ tenens, a substitute. : LOCUM
54
Thoroughly plunder. : BEROB
56
Point of the compass. : ENE
57
Monstrous: Archaic. : ENORM
58
Member of the wedding. : BRIDESMAN
60
Solemn song. : DIRGE
61
Protracts. : LENGTHENS
62
Afresh. : ANEW
63
Sharpness. : EDGE
64
Pay one's part. : ANTE
Down
1
Place for a frivolous evening. : CABARET
2
Former. : ONETIME
3
Serves. : ATTENDS
4
Symbolic flower of ancient France. : LIS
5
French painter of mist and sunlight. : COROT
6
Very charming. : ADORABLE
7
Action to express idea. : GESTURE
8
One of ancient sect in Judea. : ESSENE
9
___ Heights, near Saratoga, site of Revolutionary battles, 1777. : BEMIS
10
Responsibility. : ONUS
11
Stanza. : STROPHE
12
Hero of Woodbridge, N. J. : CARLSEN
14
English statesman, enemy of Charles I (1584-1643). : PYM
16
Removes stannum. : DETINS
23
Hold back. : DETAIN
25
The Long ___, in the Green Mountains. : TRAIL
28
Keeps on complaining. : NAGS
30
Multitude. : THRONG
32
Range for target shooting, in archery. : BUTTS
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Tissue: Anat. : TELA
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Giving out free tickets to performances: Slang. : PAPERING
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Followed closely: Colloq. : TAILED
38
Household cleanser. : AMMONIA
39
Sales of this reached new high in 1951. : POPCORN
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Cut with a sharp weapon. : SABERED
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Repairers of power lines. : WIREMEN
42
Coming forth. : EMANANT
43
Lovett's sphere. : DEFENSE
46
Disorderly crowd. : RABBLE
49
Shut up. : IMMEW
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Senator leading fight for Ike's nomination. : LODGE
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Constrain. : URGE
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Parlay or Round Robin. : BET
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Shinto temple. : SHA

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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