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New York Times, Monday, May 19, 1952

59-Down : First word of a U. S. bond slogan.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.37, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,065
Across
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Its Premier is Thakin Nu. : BURMA
6
Turkish title abolished in 1924. : CALIPH
12
Eastern Christian. : UNIAT
13
The real losers at Abadan. : IRANIANS
16
Defensive maneuver in boxing. : CLINCH
17
Person under Tito's rule. : CROATIAN
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Part of the psyche. : EGO
19
Citizens of ROK. : KOREANS
21
Trygve Halvdan ___. : LIE
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Warbled. : SANG
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Left to shift for oneself. : LORN
25
40-mile river flowing through Leningrad. : NEVA
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Coloratura's forte. : ARIAS
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Thickskulled. : LOGHEADED
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Minced meat covered with pastry and fried in deep fat: Fr. : RISSOLE
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Deserve. : EARN
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A swatch, for instance. : SAMPLE
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Island just N of LaGuardia Field. : RIKERS
39
Senator from the Empire State. : IVES
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Performance by 30 Down. : RECITAL
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Law breaker in a Western. : DESPERADO
46
First name of playwright of "Gigi." : ANITA
47
R. P. M., for instance. : RATE
48
Whose pal is Abner? : LUMS
50
Labor-trouble bad man. : GOON
51
And said "What a good boy ___." : AMI
52
Spells of forty winks. : CATNAPS
55
Presidential (cabin) timber. : LOG
56
Gov. Bonner, for instance. : MONTANAN
58
Important industrial city in N. Y. : ALBANY
60
Sophocles' classic drama. : ANTIGONE
61
Highway. : ROUTE
62
Hunts, as a hound. : SCENTS
63
Fitted the last stone in an arch. : KEYED
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Sofia is its capital. : BULGARIA
2
Principle on which A. F. of L. and C. I. O . are based. : UNIONISM
3
Japanese measure. : RIN
4
The great Connie. : MACK
5
Town in central Massachusetts. : ATHOL
6
Suburb of Chicago, Ill. : CICERO
7
Set in order. : ARRANGE
8
City 77 miles northeast of Paris. : LAON
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Miss Claire and others. : INAS
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Part of a English theatre. : PIT
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Greeted. : HAILED
14
Unsophisticated. : NAIVE
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Champion of the Masters. : SNEAD
16
M. Franck and others. : CESARS
20
Part to play. : ROLE
23
Recent installation from Texas to New England. : GASPIPE
25
City of more than a million on the Yangtze. : NANKING
27
Work out. : SOLVE
29
Our ambassador at Jidda. : HARE
30
Violinist Morini. : ERICA
32
Villain's look. : LEER
36
Whiten in the dark, as celery. : ETIOLATE
37
Sprouted from an old root. : RATOONED
38
Fashion of Jimmy Durante's patter. : SLANGY
40
Leaping; jumping. : SALTANT
41
Where the Quirinal Palace is. : ROMA
42
Arthur Miller's forte. : DRAMA
43
Dev's first name. : EAMON
44
Serves scantily. : STINTS
45
Actress Irene and others. : DUNNES
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Scintillate. : SPARK
52
The goal at hockey. : CAGE
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In a little while. : ANON
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The black haw. : SLOE
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Twitch in a muscle. : TIC
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First word of a U. S. bond slogan. : BUY

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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