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New York Times, Wednesday, April 16, 1952

36-Down : Take chains away.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { G J Q }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 18
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,032
Across
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White House chatelaine. : BESS
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Sashes made in Japan. : OBIS
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Musical finale. : CODA
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Native of Exeter. : EXON
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Amphitheatre. : ARENA
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Say. : AVER
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Cleft or fissure, in biology. : RIMA
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Chicken. : BIDDY
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The ___-finals. : SEMI
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Escaped for the wedding. : ELOPED
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Acted as a certain relative should. : SISTERED
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Capital city or cap. : FEZ
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River of decision. : RUBICON
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Was a candidate. : RAN
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Blackened a name. : TRADUCED
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"___ is the kingdom, and the power ... " : THINE
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Timely quality. : APTNESS
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A time in March. : IDES
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Gov. of New York, who opened the Erie Canal, 1825. : CLINTON
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Kitchen gadgets. : OPENERS
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An indirect allusion. : HINT
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Playwright, collaborator on "Of Thee I Sing." : RYSKIND
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Creator of Nora Helmer. : IBSEN
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Racked. : TORTURED
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Offer no protest. : LET
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Desk spike. : IMPALER
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Man and wife. : ONE
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Languid enunciators. : DRAWLERS
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One of Irving Berlin's skills. : LYRICS
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Prince, in India. : RANA
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Charlotte ___. : RUSSE
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Awry. : ALOP
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Engrave with an acid. : ETCH
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All thumbs. : INEPT
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Kin of Sherlock. : NERO
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___-do-well. : NEER
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Temporary home. : TENT
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Allowance for waste. : TRET
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Deprived. : BEREFT
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Deporter to oblivion. : EXILER
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Nicaragua's president. : SOMOZA
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Speak sharply. : SNAP
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Mouth: Comb. form. : ORI
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Young doctors' school for manners. : BEDSIDE
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Pertaining to a part of Asia. : INDIC
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One's spoken opinion. : SAYSO
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A convincing argument. : CASE
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Outweigh. : OVERRIDE
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Debaser. : DEMEANER
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Dry state. : ARIDNESS
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Kidnapper. : ABDUCTOR
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Cause to burst forth. : ERUPT
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High explosive. : TNT
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Rochester's boss. : BENNY
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Contemporary of Marco Polo. : DANTE
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Predominant religionist in India. : HINDU
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Czech athletic pageant. : SOKOL
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Finial for a small church. : SPIRELET
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Space ship enthusiasts. : CHILDREN
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Take chains away. : LIBERATE
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A case in point. : INSTANCE
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A horse at the paddock, for instance. : ENTRY
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G. O. P. candidate. : STASSEN
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Nothing. : NIL
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A stirrer of waters. : ROILER
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Concert dessert. : ENCORE
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One with absolute authority. : DESPOT
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Scout badge. : MERIT
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___ whip. : PRUNE
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Nicht ___ (isn't it so?): German. : WAHR
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Rhetoric from a rabble-rouser. : RANT
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City like New York or Rio: Abbr. : SPT

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 14 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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