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New York Times, Saturday, August 22, 1953

58-Down : Hunt rodents.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { J K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9 Grid has supersymmetry.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,525
Across
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Critic, author, TV emcee. : FADIMAN
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Hit over the backfield fence. : HOMERED
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Venezuela's river. : ORINOCO
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Simon Legree's slave. : EMELINE
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Fragrant June visitor. : ROSEBUD
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Fried minced meat in pastry. : RISSOLE
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Dog sans pedigree. : MUT
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Family of England's Queen Anne. : STUARTS
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Hwang Ho, for instance: Abbr. : RIV
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Glacial deposits. : OSAR
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Island in New York harbor. : ELLIS
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Basketball team. : FIVE
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Spanish title. : SENOR
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World War II theatre. : ETO
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Provide means of amusement. : CATER
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Strike all of a heap. : ASTOUND
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V. I. P.'s of Independence. : TRUMANS
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Girl's nickname. : FLO
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Kimono sash. : OBI
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Fuel supply ships. : COALERS
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Joe DiMaggio's old job. : FIELDER
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Fortified. : ARMED
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Silkworm. : ERI
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City of Italy, S of Florence. : SIENA
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Fissure. : SLIT
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Underground utilities conductors. : MAINS
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Men named after botanist Gray. : ASAS
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Oolong. : TEA
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Broke stone masses. : RUBBLES
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Percentage: Abbr. : PCT
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Having thick lips. : LABROSE
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One of the race of man. : ADAMITE
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Entwined. : ENLACED
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One who denies. : NEGATOR
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Harmful African winged carriers. : TSETSES
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Dealers in clothes. : DRAPERS
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Chinese Nationalist stronghold. : FORMOSA
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Excites. : AROUSES
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Not cordial. : DISTANT
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Noun suffix. : INE
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Outfits, such as Murder, Inc. : MOBS
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Poignant. : ACUTE
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Having little knobs. : NODULED
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French statesman and author. : HERRIOT
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Excludes. : OMITS
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Good catch, as of fish. : MESS
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Letters. : ELS
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Tuneful show of the Twenties. : RIORITA
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Make cheerful. : ENLIVEN
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Kipling's Danny and others. : DEEVERS
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Height: Abbr. : ALT
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Small housetop. : ROOFLET
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Household: Latin. : FAMILIA
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Passed judgment. : RULED
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Raises to the third power. : CUBES
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Conjunction. : NOR
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"Vive le ___!" : ROI
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Small stronghold. : CASTLET
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City on the Loire. : ORLEANS
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Good-humored. : AMIABLE
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Ocean floors. : SEABEDS
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Where Helsinki is. : FINLAND
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Nevertheless. : DESPITE
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Issuer of a decree. : ENACTOR
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Preliminary patterns on TV screens. : RASTERS
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Cut of beef. : RIB
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Exhibition building, in Paris. : MUSEE
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Passover service. : SEDER
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Birds in Sindbad's tales. : ROCS
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Tale of mighty deeds. : SAGA
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Hunt rodents. : RAT
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Baedeker item. : MAP

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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