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New York Times, Thursday, August 14, 1952

8-Down : Irving Berlin's specialty.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 18
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,152
Across
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Highest point. : PEAK
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Jack-in-the-pulpit, for instance. : ARUM
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Deadfall. : SNARE
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Popular dessert. : ANGELCAKE
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Home without comforts. : HOVEL
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Sorry. : REGRETFUL
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Seething. : ABOIL
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Achieve success. : ARRIVE
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The Plimsoll mark. : LOADLINE
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Soldier returned from the wars. : VET
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Exploits. : DEEDS
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Albion's Anthony. : EDEN
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Egyptian title of rank. : PASHA
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Carved figures, for archeological interpretation. : GLYPHS
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"___ a boy!" : ITS
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Benevolent order. : BPOE
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Luke of the Indians. : EASTER
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Populates. : PEOPLES
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The sound of hastily applied brakes. : SCREECH
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New republic. : ISRAEL
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Distinction. : NOTE
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Mr. Henderson, U. S. diplomat. : LOY
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Boresome writer. : PROSER
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Camille Saint-___ of the "Danse Macabre." : SAENS
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"Sat ___," W. S. Gilbert's rhyme for strategy. : AGEE
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Seed coating. : TESTA
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Initials of the U. S. Gov't printers. : GPO
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Never even in fancy. : UNDREAMT
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Creator of the Hindu world. : BRAHMA
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Business end of a spur. : ROWEL
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Asteroid. : PLANETOID
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Afghan princes. : AMIRS
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An ebbing, or falling back. : RECEDENCE
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Apprehend almost instinctively. : SENSE
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Germany's largest reservoir dam. : EDER
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Congressional sitting: Abbr. : SESS
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Brazilian rubber port. : PARA
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Saps of vigor. : ENERVATES
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The first to take the offense. : AGGRESSOR
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"The Brook ___," George Moore's novel, 1915. : KERITH
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Behaved. : ACTED
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Flying Englishmen. : RAF
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Hawaii, with strings attached. : UKULELE
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Irving Berlin's specialty. : MELODY
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American "caviar" fish. : SHAD
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___ oblige. : NOBLESSE
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Give a wide berth. : AVOID
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French queen. : REINE
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Girl's name. : ELLEN
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Tolstoi's first name, in the Russian. : LEV
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Phase. : ASPECT
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Personalities. : EGOS
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Edible bivalve of New Zealand. : PIPI
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More efficient. : ABLER
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Runs fast. : HARES
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Basque game like jai alai. : PELOTA
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Invention of 1876. : TELEPHONE
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Science of production and distribution for human needs. : ECONOMICS
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Ernest ___, former editor of "Everyman's Library." : RHYS
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Interior decorators. : PAPERERS
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Character. : SORT
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Snugly settled. : NESTLED
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Always; throughout, in music directions. : SEMPRE
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Child's marbles. : AGATES
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Subtle emanations. : AURAS
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An old-fashioned gremlin. : GNOME
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Sen. Johnson of Denver. : EDWIN
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___ Doubleday, reputed inventor of baseball. : ABNER
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Otherwise. : ELSE
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"The ___ Badge of Courage." : RED
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Summer drinks. : ADES
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Star in the sky. : ACE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 16 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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