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New York Times, Thursday, July 17, 1952

20-Down : Adventurer of the comic strips.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 90, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,124
Across
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He went to Washington. : MORRIS
7
Communist-dominated European. : RUMANIAN
15
Poet's heroine who died for love. : ELAINE
16
Disappear gradually. : EVANESCE
17
Belgian city on the Meuse. : DINANT
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Fine cotton fabrics. : PERCALES
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Describing Mary's pet. : OVINE
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Accomplishment. : FEAT
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Cosmic or light. : RAYS
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Part of a continent. : CENTRALASIA
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Hit a fly. : SWAT
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Legal tender up to 25 cents. : NICKEL
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Miss Skinner's middle name. : OTIS
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Double curve. : ESS
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Type of farm. : DAIRY
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Ismet Inonu's nationality. : TURKISH
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School book. : SPELLER
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Of the heaviest known substance. : OSMIC
42
It is between upsilon and chi. : PHI
43
Warning shout. : FORE
44
Man on wheels. : SKATER
46
Artist's medium. : OILS
48
The Old Guard. : REPUBLICANS
54
Japanese seaport and naval base. : KOBE
58
Satisfy to the full. : SATE
59
Red ink item. : DEBIT
60
Fatigue too much. : OVERTIRE
62
Plant related to chicory. : ENDIVE
63
Miss Jones of the screen. : JENNIFER
64
School book. : READER
65
Treaties. : ENTENTES
66
Marine: Army slang. : GYRENE
Down
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Claret wine from France. : MEDOC
2
Garnish for a salad. : OLIVE
3
Visited: 2 wds. : RANIN
4
Smiling and gay. : RIANT
5
Parts near the center. : INNERS
6
Social group. : SET
7
Does it again. : REPEATS
8
Layers of the iris. : UVEAS
9
Republican Senator from Pennsylvania. : MARTIN
10
Definitely not new: Abbr. : ANC
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Approximating the genuine. : NEAR
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___ de Pinos. : ISLA
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___ deucey. : ACEY
14
Common noun suffix. : NESS
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Adventurer of the comic strips. : FLASH
23
Inspires with dread. : AWES
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Harry Vaughn's assignment. : AIDE
27
Farm animal. : CALF
28
About 2 lbs., in France. : KILO
29
Sooner: Obs. : ERER
30
Harplike instrument. : LYRE
31
Oklahoma Indians. : OTOS
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Pride of elephant or walrus. : TUSK
33
"My Friend ___." : IRMA
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Part of a revue. : SKIT
38
Freezer. : ICER
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Baseball park in Philadelphia. : SHIBE
40
Tablet. : PILL
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Pigeons with distensible crops. : POUTERS
45
Examine again minutely. : RESIFT
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Governor McMath of Arkansas. : SIDNEY
49
Gay city. : PAREE
50
Wood for cigar boxes. : CEDAR
51
First word of H. F. Lyte's hymn. : ABIDE
52
English actor. : NIVEN
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One cubic meter. : STERE
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Brig. Gen. Boatner's assignment. : KOJE
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Where Gretel put the Witch. : OVEN
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Crooked. : BENT
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White-tailed sea eagle. : ERNE
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Bolivia's chief product. : TIN
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Energy unit. : ERG

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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