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New York Times, Wednesday, March 26, 1952

12-Down : Symbolic name for Jerusalem.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { H J K Q U V W X }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,011
Across
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Groucho waves it. : CIGAR
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Part of Cassiopeia's Chair. : STAR
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Kukla, ___ and Ollie. : FRAN
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Old-womanish. : ANILE
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Game often played in armories. : POLO
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Savant's information. : LORE
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Recipient of hair tonic. : SCALP
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Kingdom of East Africa. : ABYSSINIA
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Hygienic. : SANITARY
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Implement used in farming. : SEEDER
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Willie Keith's ship. : CAINE
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Gas in London. : PETROL
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___ Fleischmann, head of N. P. A. : MANLY
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Native of Riga. : LETT
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Broadway offering. : FARCE
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Jimmy Savo's forte. : PANTOMIME
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Doing nothing. : IDLE
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___ gras. : MARDI
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Arrow poison. : INEE
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Scoreboard figures during shutouts. : GOOSEEGGS
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Tree on Lebanon's flag. : CEDAR
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Vivien Leigh's nickname. : CLEO
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Hot. : CALID
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"Banjo Eyes." : CANTOR
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Star of TV and movies. : LANZA
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One-fourth of a football game. : PERIOD
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Second largest Mediterranean island. : SARDINIA
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Ex-King Zog and Hoxha. : ALBANIANS
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Characterless. : INANE
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What a ringleader often leads. : RIOT
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Part of a venetian blind. : SLAT
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Tooth: Comb. form. : DENTO
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Hill and Hall in Ireland. : TARA
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"Lights Out" signal. : TAPS
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Problem for the Police Department. : ARSON
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Hero of a Sinclair Lewis novel. : CASS
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Pizzaro's victim. : INCA
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Composer Menotti. : GIANCARLO
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Grand, Holy, Triple, etc. : ALLIANCES
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The crocodile, for instance. : REPTILE
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Score for knocking down all the pins in two bowls. : SPARE
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Small mug for ale. : TOBY
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Oriental man's name. : ALY
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He wrote "The Blessed Damozel." : ROSSETTI
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One of General LeMay's men. : FLIER
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Last movement of a sonata. : RONDO
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Symbolic name for Jerusalem. : ARIEL
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Stingy. : NEAR
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A fight. : SETTO
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What Simple Simon had not. : ANY
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Is undecided now. : PENDS
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Australian fish. : MADO
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Slow dignified piece of music. : LARGO
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California tree. : FIG
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He furnishes folios. : PAGER
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Famous stage designer. : MIELZINER
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Senator Jenner and Capehart. : INDIANANS
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World's largest artificial lake. : MEAD
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Poetic contraction. : EER
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Frederick Loewe or Dick Rodgers. : MELODIST
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Senator from Montana. : ECTON
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One of Katherine Cornell's roles. : CANDIDA
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Product of Dearborn. : CAR
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Girl in "As You Like It." : CELIA
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___ Day, first observed in 1872. : ARBOR
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Breed of dwarf cattle. : NIATA
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Endures. : LASTS
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Straight line on 17 Across. : PART
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Spell of cold weather. : SNAP
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"Come ___ the garden, Maud." : INTO
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An age of the world. : AEON
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Iranian diplomat. : ALA

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

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