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New York Times, Tuesday, June 10, 1952

60-Down : Mass of iron.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,087
Across
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Ott and Allen. : MELS
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Small, tropical islands. : CAYS
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Corpulent. : OBESE
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Informal test. : ORAL
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Nautical term. : ALEE
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Its capital is Karlsruhe. : BADEN
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Character in a fairy tale. : OGRE
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Silver coin of Iran. : RIAL
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Stereotyped. : TRITE
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Day of decision. : NOVEMBERFOURTH
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Part of a radio network. : STATION
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"What's the ___ of worrying?" : USE
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Ferber and Best. : EDNAS
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Vote counter. : TELLER
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Where Ambassador Raymond Hare is resident. : JIDDA
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Tree ___. : TOAD
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Word element meaning Chinese. : SINO
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Where: Latin. : UBI
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Eskimo or Husky. : SLEDDOG
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Political bigwig. : VIP
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Abstruse. : DEEP
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Classic furniture design. : ADAM
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Thin and piping in sound. : REEDY
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Still existing. : EXTANT
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Rope fiber named for a Yucatan port. : SISAL
51
Defendants: Lat. : REI
52
Supplant. : REPLACE
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They've been used in New York since 1892. : VOTINGMACHINES
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Pinay's capital. : PARIS
61
Essential part. : YOLK
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Fur coat in the rough. : PELT
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Pines and Wight. : ISLES
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Fixed procedure. : ROTE
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A bargain event. : SALE
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They go south in winter. : GEESE
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Hypothetical force. : ODYL
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Antony's friend, in "Antony and Cleopatra." : EROS
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Planetary satellites. : MOONS
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Fungus growth on cereal plant. : ERGOT
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Egg, ___, pupa, adult. : LARVA
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Rained and froze. : SLEETED
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Stenographer's necessity. : CARBON
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Estranged. : ALIENATED
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Sabbatical ___. : YEAR
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One's own nature. : SELF
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Stupid. : OBTUSE
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What a cooper makes. : BARRELS
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Blue-pencil. : EDIT
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Next after Abel. : SETH
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Compass point. : ENE
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King with the ass's ears. : MIDAS
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Excel. : OUTDO
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Sundaes and ___. : SODAS
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Of current interest. : LIVE
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Miss Bagnold. : ENID
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Stringy. : ROPY
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Obscure Hardy character. : JUDE
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Mountain goat. : IBEX
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Highest organ of state power in Japan. : DIET
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Headquarters of the British navy. : ADMIRALTY
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High school subject. : LATIN
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Sales manager's wall decoration. : GRAPH
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Democratic and Republican. : PARTIES
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Flattened circle. : ELLIPSE
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Tributary of the Oder. : NEISSE
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Small, juicy pear. : SECKEL
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Close by: Poetic. : ANEAR
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Symphonic instrument. : CELLO
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Nancy sometimes pinch-hits for him at political rallies. : ESTES
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Decorative container. : VASE
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Heraldic band. : ORLE
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Nonmagnetic compass. : GYRO
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Inclination. : MOOD
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Mass of iron. : PIG

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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