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New York Times, Monday, July 28, 1952

43-Down : Former Shah of Persia.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,135
Across
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Broadway comedian. : LAHR
5
Educational organizations. : PTAS
9
Tell secrets. : BLAB
13
Character in Genesis. : ESAU
14
Without company. : ALONE
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Capital of Latvia. : RIGA
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Homework for musicians. : FINGEREXERCISES
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Small boy. : TAD
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The best workers use it. : ELBOWGREASE
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Accounts. : TALES
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Geological time division. : EON
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Peculated. : STOLEN
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Grow genial. : THAW
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Carry Nation enemy. : WET
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Hungarian composer of operettas. : LEHAR
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Its final encampment was in 1949. : GRANDARMY
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"My Name Is ___," by Saroyan. : ARAM
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Dishearten. : DAUNT
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A college course: Abbr. : BIOL
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Americans abroad, à la Mark Twain. : INNOCENTS
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Stickum. : PASTE
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Pitcher Garver. : NED
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Oriental nurse. : AMAH
42
Rubbish. : LITTER
43
Common verb. : ARE
44
Nervous energy. : SINEW
45
Beguiling but tricky methods of reasoning. : SOPHISTRIES
50
Roman bronze. : AES
53
Vignette. : THUMBNAILSKETCH
55
Where Limerick is. : EIRE
56
Drug from a fungus. : ERGOT
57
Seaport near Mt. Carmel. : ACRE
58
Short talk. : WORD
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Fresh talk in Elsie Dinsmore's day. : SASS
60
Dull sound. : THUD
Down
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Political wing. : LEFT
2
Birthplace of civilization. : ASIA
3
At close quarters. : HANDTOHAND
4
Kurdistan or Bokhara. : RUG
5
The common people. : PLEBS
6
Poison: Comb. form. : TOXO
7
Again. : ANEW
8
Alvin Cullum York. : SERGEANT
9
Sen. McMahon of the Joint Atomic Energy Committee. : BRIEN
10
Actress Kirk. : LISA
11
Eisenhower, 61; Stevenson, 52. : AGES
12
Station. : BASE
14
British author, first name Michael. : ARLEN
17
A certain piscator. : EELER
18
The people on the beach. : CROWD
22
Texan shrine built in 1722. : ALAMO
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Annihilated. : SLAIN
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Coat with tin and lead alloy. : TERNE
26
Veritas. : TRUTH
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Hero of "The Magic Mountain." : HANS
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Timely present. : WRISTWATCH
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Overact. : EMOTE
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Pres. Harrison's successor. : TYLER
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Ancient Sudanese kingdom. : GANA
33
Decrease. : ABATE
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Realms of interest. : DEMESNES
38
Brazilian Indian. : CARIB
39
Polish city. : PINSK
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Say falsely: Poet. : LIEST
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Former Shah of Persia. : AHMED
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Airtight storehouses for grain. : SILOS
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State of agitation. : STEW
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Where Chillicothe is. : OHIO
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Low murmuring sound. : PURR
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Ancient capital of Irish monarchs. : TARA
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Manipulates by fraudulent means. : RIGS
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Unbleached. : ECRU
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Cast off. : SHED
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Partake of viands. : EAT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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