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New York Times, Thursday, August 21, 1952

2-Down : Renown.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.49, Missing: { F H J Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,159
Across
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Full of life. : ANIMATED
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Title of Senator Smith of Maine. : MADAM
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President of Panama. : AROSEMENA
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Roman official. : EDILE
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Ten o'clock scholar. : LATECOMER
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Brandished. : WAVED
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Name on a poster. : IKE
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Any planet. : ORB
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Senator from West Virginia. : KILGORE
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The ___ Lands of South Dakota. : BAD
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Popular fountain drink. : MALTED
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Girl's nickname. : ETTA
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Miss Jeffreys of the stage. : ANNE
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Untie. : LOOSEN
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Tavern sales. : BEERS
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Told in detail. : RETAILED
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Be an aggressor. : ASSAIL
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Frigate or schooner. : SAILER
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Exacts a fine. : ESTREATS
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Hit. : SMITE
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Fisherman's bailiwick. : STREAM
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Theda of the silent films. : BARA
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Hansel and Gretel were ___. : LOST
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Relating to a European mountain chain. : URALIC
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One thousand meters: Abbr. : KIL
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Muse of music. : EUTERPE
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Early initials of "better world" group. : UNO
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Friend from Rouen. : AMI
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Make satisfaction for. : ATONE
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Uses Jonathan Swift's technique. : SATIRIZES
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Import or purport. : SENSE
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Shaking. : TREMULANT
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Cornered. : TREED
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Lees. : SEDIMENT
Down
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Natives of Lower Burma. : ARAKANESE
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Renown. : NOTEDNESS
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___ Bay, Japan. : ISE
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Jane ___, Ben Franklin's sister. : MECOM
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Outside the bounds of ethics. : AMORAL
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Earthquake. : TEMBLOR
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Compass point. : ENE
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Stanley's adjective for Africa. : DARKEST
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Whimper. : MEWL
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"Look before you leap" is one. : ADAGE
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Piece of a golf course. : DIVOT
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On the qui vive. : ALERT
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Judith Anderson role. : MEDEA
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One of Scheherazade's heroes. : ALIBABA
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Requisites for cartoonists. : IDEAS
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Part of a sock. : TOE
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The "E" in Q. E. D. : ERAT
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Island near Sumatra. : NIAS
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Jebb, Franks, etc. : SIRS
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___ of Satan (mischievous child). : LIMB
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"Streetcar" and "Salesman" director. : ELIAKAZAN
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Injury; damage. : DETRIMENT
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Cessation. : LETUP
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Almost any modern novelist. : REALIST
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Checks. : ARRESTS
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Congou or souchong. : TEA
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Honored by dipping the colors. : SALUTED
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Tiny creatures. : MINIMI
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Smallest amount. : LEAST
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___ Mongolia. : OUTER
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Fourteen pounds. : STONE
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Term in grammar. : TENSE
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His specialty is sports. : CORUM
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Mouthpiece of a clarinet. : REED
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Auxiliary verb. : ARE
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___ de France. : ILE

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

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