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New York Times, Thursday, August 20, 1953

5-Down : Closely woven cambric materials.

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
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Harangue. : ORATE
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Nymph of the sea. : OCEANID
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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
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Skin infection. : ACNE
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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
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Speaker of baseball fame. : TRIS
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Duty or function. : PART
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British antiquarian society: Abbr. : RSA
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Evil demon of oriental legend. : GHOUL
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Role for Patrice Munsel. : MELBA
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Javelin used by Kaffirs. : ASSAGAI
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Identifying mark. : INITIAL
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Dr. Johnson's right-hand man. : BOSWELL
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Conventional. : NOMIC
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Crochet hook. : NEEDLE
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Puts mss. in order. : EDITS
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Island under Japanese rule, 1895-1945. : FORMOSA
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Made a misplay. : ERRED
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Lecture platform. : DAIS
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Indian. : UTE
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Closely woven cambric materials. : PERCALES
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Useful short coat. : TOPPER
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Historic port of Third Crusade. : ACRE
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Studies. : READS
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Metal cymbals of India. : TAL
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Enliven. : ANIMATE
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Piece for a game. : NINEPIN
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Abhor. : DETEST
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Asian weights. : TAELS
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Scott heroine. : ELLEN
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550-mile river to the Baltic. : ODER
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Maker of doors, windows, etc. : JOINER
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Specimen of bad housing. : HOVEL
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Political group. : BLOC
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Happens. : OCCURS
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Washing machine operation. : RINSE
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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
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All together. : ENMASSE
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Neutral color. : ECRU
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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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