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New York Times, Wednesday, May 28, 1952

24-Down : Austrian city on the Danube.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { F J Q V }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,074
Across
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Jazz with an accent on the upbeat. : BEBOP
6
Plato was one. : DIALOGIST
15
Humble. : ABASE
16
Anything that whets the appetite. : ANTIPASTO
17
Mme. Lehmann, lieder singer. : LOTTE
18
"And may the ___ win." : BETTERMAN
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Be a basic attribute. : INHERE
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Roofer's tool. : ZAT
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Governor of Kansas. : ARN
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Haystack. : RICK
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Postponement. : RESPITE
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Duse of Italy. : ELEONORA
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Small brook. : RILL
33
Mr. Harrison of "Venus Observed." : REX
34
Secluded valleys. : GLENS
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Boisterous. : NOISY
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Entranced. : RAPT
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Throws off. : EMITS
43
City in central Texas. : WACO
44
Algerian cavalryman. : SPAHI
46
Slapstick blow. : SMACK
48
Negative vote. : NAY
49
Chinese secret society. : TONG
51
In "Aida," the king of Ethiopia. : AMONASRO
53
Wore a conceited smile. : SMIRKED
56
Pre-collegiate. : PREP
57
Mauna ___, Hawaiian volcano. : LOA
58
Lord Boyd ___, Peace Prize winner, 1949. : ORR
60
What Bonnie Prince Charlie is to Princess Margaret. : NEPHEW
64
Of the knights of Camelot. : ARTHURIAN
68
Girl's name. : LEILA
69
A kind of dog. : SEEINGEYE
70
Hurler Wynn, of the Indians. : EARLY
71
Boldness, impudence: Fr. : HARDIESSE
72
Premier of the Netherlands. : DREES
Down
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Mountainous island of Java. : BALI
2
Black. : EBON
3
Where Chaucer's "wife" came from. : BATH
4
One of the Faeroe Islands. : OSTERO
5
Looking intently. : PEERING
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A flat fish. : DAB
7
Girl's name. : INEZ
8
Product of rose petals. : ATTAR
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Means of locomotion in eastern countries. : LITTER
10
Unclose: Poetic. : OPE
11
The Boys in Blue. : GAR
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Spiritual subjects of the Aga Khan. : ISMAILIANS
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Originate. : START
14
Weight of 1,000 kilograms. : TONNE
20
French school. : ECOLE
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Austrian city on the Danube. : KREMS
26
Pride or wrath. : SIN
27
Till. : PLOW
28
Goes astray. : ERRS
29
What "timber toppers" do. : LEAP
30
One who talks at great length. : EXPATIATER
31
Soul: Latin. : ANIMA
35
Philatelist's delight. : STAMP
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Steep, rocky eminence. : SCAR
38
Junior's favorite toy. : YOYO
40
Son of Odin and Earth. : THOR
42
Disdain. : SCORN
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"The ___ Spots." : INK
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Genuflected. : KNEELED
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Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. : GEORGE
52
Materialize. : APPEAR
53
Debris in the forest. : SLASH
54
The Peloponnesos of the modern republic. : MOREA
55
Removes moisture. : DRIES
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Skates. : RAYS
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Engage for a wage. : HIRE
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French pronoun. : ELLE
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Habits or customs. : WAYS
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Secreted. : HID
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One: Comb. form. : UNI
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Adverb introducing a bride's family name. : NEE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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