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New York Times, Friday, April 4, 1952

9-Down : Sports structure.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,020
Across
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London district, noted for its restaurants. : SOHO
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She created "Flicka." : OHARA
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World's largest artificial lake. : MEAD
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Author Milne's first name. : ALAN
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Pluckier. : GAMER
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Recess at the end of the choir of a church. : APSE
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One specialty of a coiffeur. : FINGERWAVE
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Liturgy. : RITE
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Put up with. : ENDURE
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Event at Aqueduct. : HANDICAP
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Owner of an old plantation: Dial. : MARSE
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Tributary of the Rhine. : MAIN
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Biblical weed. : TARE
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Hiatus. : GAP
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Direct for aid or treatment. : REFER
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Thumb rotator. : TWIDDLER
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Do shoe repairing. : RESOLE
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Kept secret. : HID
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Originated. : AROSE
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Familiar. : OLD
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Pale. : ANEMIC
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Mythical island. : ATLANTIS
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James Melton is one. : TENOR
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Coin of Malaya. : TRA
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Large sums: slang. : GOBS
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Island in the Indian Ocean. : BALI
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Maté, or Paraguay tea. : YERBA
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Young G. B. S. sported one: 2 words. : REDBEARD
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First two words of Longfellow's "Psalm of Life." : TELLME
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Et ___. : ALII
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Political hanger-on. : WARDHEELER
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Franks and Fleming. : SIRS
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Lake in Finland. : ENARE
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Antibodies. : SERA
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Garden way. : PATH
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Part man, part horse. : SATYR
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Allowance for waste. : TRET
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Ump's palms-down gesture. : SAFE
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Sen. Johnston of South Carolina. : OLIN
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Nerissa was Portia's. : HANDMAIDEN
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Watchful. : ONGUARD
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Fee-fi-fo-fumers. : OGRES
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Hem's partner. : HAW
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Indian housemaid. : AMAH
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Bring up to date. : REVAMP
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Sports structure. : ARENA
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Gen. Shepherd's men. : MARINES
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Homeric work. : EPIC
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Norwegian girl's name. : ASTA
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Recondite. : DEEP
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Bobbled. : ERRED
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Awful. : DIRE
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Elbe tributary. : EGER
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String. : TWINE
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Bellowing. : AROAR
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Otto Graham is one. : FOOTBALLER
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Mr. Arnall of O. P. S. : ELLIS
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They're on trial. : REDS
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Pronoun. : THAT
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Varnish ingredient. : LAC
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Electrical unit. : REL
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Dwell or reside. : STAY
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What gangsters are. : MOBBISH
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"Dies ___" (Day of Wrath): Latin hymn. : IRAE
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Concur. : AGREE
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Brutus, "the ___ Roman of them all." : NOBLEST
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Capital of Albania. : TIRANA
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Famous penologist, onetime Sing Sing head. : LAWES
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Where space ships fly. : ETHER
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Grate harshly upon. : RASP
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Mr. Kazan. : ELIA
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Loose earth. : DIRT
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Confound it! : DRAT
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Such, and no more. : MERE
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The "E" in Q. E. D. : ERAT
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Kansas was, until 1948. : DRY

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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