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New York Times, Tuesday, June 17, 1952

25-Down : Rolls of names.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.54, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,094
Across
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Substance blown from dust bowls. : TOPSOIL
8
Burke, Button, Marchetti, etc. : SKATERS
15
Skill in doing. : ABILITY
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Where Dartmouth College is. : HANOVER
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A hit with the people. : POPULAR
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Where the famous post office, Santa Claus, is. : INDIANA
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Appear to be. : SEEM
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Walks wearily. : LIMPS
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Landing craft of World War II. : LSTS
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Commercially extreme tactics. : PRICEWARS
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Where the Independence is: 2 wds. : ATSEA
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"Music hath charms ___ a savage breast." : TOSOOTHE
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Stopping place: Abbr. : STA
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Submerged. : UNDER
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Politically extreme tactic. : SMEAR
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Cleopatra's sister. : ARSINOE
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___ medica (medicinal items). : MATERIA
40
Famous palace in Florence. : PITTI
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Hitting cue ball with cue held perpendicular to table. : MASSE
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Transmogrification of a miss. : MRS
44
Ghostly. : SPECTRAL
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Grossly stupid. : CRASS
48
Cruel. : HEARTLESS
50
Pueblo Indian. : HOPI
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Boy who can go camping. : SCOUT
54
Swarm. : TEEM
58
Lack of intellectual development. : AMENTIA
60
A smoke: Spanish. : CIGARRO
62
He painted murals for the Boston Public Library. : SARGENT
63
Soaring too high for safety. : ICARIAN
64
Forecast. : PRESAGE
65
Phases. : ASPECTS
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Metal pieces on a dancer's shoes. : TAPS
2
Reed instrument for orchestral color. : OBOE
3
Symbol of peace among North American Indians. : PIPE
4
Has poor posture. : SLUMPS
5
In the subsoil of Iran. : OIL
6
One of Einaudi's people. : ITALIANO
7
A poem. : LYRIC
8
Marine clams, destructive to wharves and boats. : SHIPWORMS
9
Where Dodge City is. : KANSAS
10
Connective word. : AND
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Laborious. : TOILSOME
12
Gabor and LeGallienne. : EVAS
13
Money for shelter. : RENT
14
Transmogrifications of señoritas: Abbr. : SRAS
21
Measure out. : METE
24
Come together again. : REUNITE
25
Rolls of names. : ROSTERS
26
Nautical term. : ATRIP
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Good choice in selecting. : TASTE
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Contract stipulations. : TERMS
30
Markers in a bomb sight. : HAIRS
31
Times. : ERAS
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Undermines. : SAPS
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Mark boundaries. : DEMARCATE
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Ivy mementos. : ITCHINGS
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Abjurers of pleasure. : ASCETICS
42
Palo ___. : ALTO
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Leveling to the ground. : RASING
47
Pop-eyed. : ASTARE
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Lily Pons role. : LUCIA
50
Clasp for a door. : HASP
51
First name of J. C. S. chairman. : OMAR
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Mademoiselle's father. : PERE
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Author Linklater. : ERIC
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Quod ___ demonstrandum. : ERAT
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City in Belgium coal-mining center. : MONS
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British custom. : TEA
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Western mountain pass. : GAP

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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