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New York Times, Thursday, August 20, 1953

4-Down : Indian.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { K X Y }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,523
Across
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Satiated: Colloq. : FEDUP
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Mark of a clan. : TARTAN
12
Harangue. : ORATE
13
Nymph of the sea. : OCEANID
15
Cairn, for instance. : TERRIER
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Kind of candy. : PRALINE
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Egyptian singing girls. : ALMES
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Struggled (with "with"). : COPED
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Came together. : MET
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Electric od. : ELOD
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Ornamental stone for carving. : JADE
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Where the SACEUR office is. : SHAPE
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French article. : LES
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Very short jacket. : BOLERO
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Revolutionary orator and patriot. : OTIS
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More tangled. : SNARLIER
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___ Garden, London vegetable and flower market. : COVENT
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Electrified particles. : IONS
35
Skin infection. : ACNE
36
Congressman from Kentucky. : SPENCE
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Make uniform. : EQUALIZE
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Peruses. : CONS
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Happens again. : RECURS
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Heavy weight. : TON
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French girl's name. : AIMEE
49
Speaker of baseball fame. : TRIS
50
Duty or function. : PART
51
British antiquarian society: Abbr. : RSA
52
Evil demon of oriental legend. : GHOUL
54
Role for Patrice Munsel. : MELBA
55
Javelin used by Kaffirs. : ASSAGAI
57
Identifying mark. : INITIAL
59
Dr. Johnson's right-hand man. : BOSWELL
60
Conventional. : NOMIC
61
Crochet hook. : NEEDLE
62
Puts mss. in order. : EDITS
Down
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Island under Japanese rule, 1895-1945. : FORMOSA
2
Made a misplay. : ERRED
3
Lecture platform. : DAIS
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Indian. : UTE
5
Closely woven cambric materials. : PERCALES
6
Useful short coat. : TOPPER
7
Historic port of Third Crusade. : ACRE
8
Studies. : READS
9
Metal cymbals of India. : TAL
10
Enliven. : ANIMATE
11
Piece for a game. : NINEPIN
14
Abhor. : DETEST
15
Asian weights. : TAELS
16
Scott heroine. : ELLEN
20
550-mile river to the Baltic. : ODER
23
Maker of doors, windows, etc. : JOINER
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Specimen of bad housing. : HOVEL
27
Political group. : BLOC
28
Happens. : OCCURS
31
Washing machine operation. : RINSE
33
Miss Munson and others. : ONAS
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Like an eagle. : AQUILINE
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Beetle. : SCARAB
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Fish on a French menu. : POISSON
38
All together. : ENMASSE
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Neutral color. : ECRU
40
Style of type. : ITALICS
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The Greek, in a current best seller. : ZORBA
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Opposite of ectal: Zool. : ENTAL
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Lustrous satin dress fabric. : ETOILE
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Urged persistently (with "on"). : EGGED
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Insignificant. : PETIT
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G. O. P. chairman. : HALL
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Opera role. : MIMI
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Respectful fear. : AWE
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Sign of assent. : NOD

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

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