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New York Times, Saturday, April 26, 1952

40-Down : Most unfavorable.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 305 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,042
Across
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Where Simplon Pass is. : ALPS
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Savings bank, for some people. : SOCK
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A guess at something. : SHOT
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A throwaway, ever since Eve. : CORE
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Afghan prince. : AMEER
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"To ___ and to hold." : HAVE
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One of an inseparable pair. : TWEEDLEDEE
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South Korean official. : RHEE
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MacArthur and Churchill. : SEPTUAGENARIANS
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Queen of Olympus. : HERA
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Author Yutang. : LIN
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Sisters and cousins and aunts. : FAMILY
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Short and stout. : THICKSET
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Maurice of the footlights. : EVANS
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Fixed at the present price. : FROZE
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Cathedral town in England. : ELY
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Large food fish. : LING
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Shoe leather. : SUEDE
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Change of scenery. : TRIP
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High mountain in Colorado. : OSO
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Means of transportation. : BUSES
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900-mile river into the Mississippi. : WHITE
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Vikings. : NORSEMEN
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Consolidated. : JOINED
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Part of a chair. : ARM
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"___ Yesterday." : BORN
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State of being natural and unconstrained. : SPONTANEOUSNESS
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Considerate. : KIND
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Being easily withstood. : RESISTIBLE
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Atahualpa was one. : INCA
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Source of vitamin B. : YEAST
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Spiritual force. : SOUL
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Bea Lillie, Lady ___. : PEEL
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Certain payments. : DUES
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It's French or Cuban. : HEEL
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Items on the circus bill. : ACTS
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Edmund ___, actor. : LOWE
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One kind of school. : PREP
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Intensely hot. : SEETHING
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Take-home pay. : SALARY
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The end of a series. : OMEGA
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Make over, as by treaty. : CEDE
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Piercing. : KEEN
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Contract. : SHRINK
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It's a laugh. : HAHA
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Place to bake a cake. : OVEN
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Golfer's purchase. : TEES
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Grasp. : REALIZE
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Decatur and Hamilton died in these. : DUELS
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Substitute for potatoes. : RICE
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Malefactor. : FELON
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Spanish dispatch boat. : AVISO
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"To the ___ born." : MANOR
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Wooden. : TREEN
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Carriers for brick or mortar. : HODS
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Canary's cousin. : SERIN
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Cream of the crop. : ELITE
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Did stenographer's work. : TYPED
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Protective strip in an electric circuit. : FUSE
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Quickly executed. : SUMMARY
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Somewhat slender. : THINNISH
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Mr. Lahr of Broadway. : BERT
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Most unfavorable. : WORST
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Open-toed shoe. : SANDAL
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Combats between armored knights. : JOUSTS
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Gov. Jordan's capital. : BOISE
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Ricochet. : SKIP
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Source of tar. : PINE
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Formerly. : ONCE
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Require. : NEED
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Son of Rebecca. : ESAU
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Tropical tree yielding oil. : EBOE
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Twist or turn. : SLUE
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Put on the block. : SELL

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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