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New York Times, Monday, September 8, 1952

53-Down : A wreath of flowers.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { F J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,177
Across
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Cummerbund. : SASH
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Eye coquettishly. : OGLE
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Miss Spenlow and others. : DORAS
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Any fantastic notion. : PIPEDREAM
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Dispossess. : EVICT
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Charged, in court. : ARRAIGNED
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Skits, dances, songs. : REVUE
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Shrub with white or pink flowers. : SPIREA
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Cape, in Arab geographic names. : RAS
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Proportional amount. : RATE
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Canadian province: Abbr. : ONT
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Stated in a few words. : NUTSHELLED
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Modern medicine for arthritis. : ACTH
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Employ again. : REHIRE
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Snow runner. : SKI
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Seizes a suspect. : NABS
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Thundered. : ROARED
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Bowling game. : TENPINS
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Resembling a wasp. : VESPINE
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With the head turned to look, as a stag on a coat of arms: 2 wds. : ATGAZE
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Sapless. : SERE
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BAR, for instance. : GUN
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Indian girl of novel, movie, song. : RAMONA
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Important people. : MOMS
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Fatal to success. : CALAMITOUS
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This is near beer. : ALE
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Like Methuselah. : AGED
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Union group. : CIO
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Deductive detective Queen. : ELLERY
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"Carrie," for instance. : MOVIE
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Broadway offerings. : OPERETTAS
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"Meet the ___." : PRESS
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Table necessity. : SERVIETTE
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Businessman's concern. : SALES
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Advantage. : EDGE
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No idle dreamer. : DOER
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Hot Springs and others. : SPAS
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Atmospheric airplane hazard. : AIRPOCKET
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At top speed. : SPRINTING
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Home and fireside. : HEARTH
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Musical instrument. : ORGAN
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The Col.'s superior. : GEN
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Ophelia's brother. : LAERTES
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Line used as punctuation, in printing. : EMDASH
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The, in German. : DER
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Bridge with a bound. : OVERLEAP
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Angle of the eternal triangle. : RIVAL
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Another kind of angle. : ACUTE
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Horse. : STEED
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An engraved block. : DIE
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U. S. war correspondent and diarist. : SHIRER
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City: Latin. : URBS
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Uneven; ragged edged. : EROSE
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Nick Charles' dog. : ASTA
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Title of the ruler of Hyderabad. : NIZAM
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Lacking vigor. : ANEMIC
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Tragic jester of opera. : RIGOLETTO
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Tally specifically. : ENUMERATE
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Rooms. : DENS
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Omar Khayyam's transmuted wilderness. : PARADISE
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Veal, on a French menu. : VEAU
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Spied surreptitiously. : SNOOPED
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Indolent. : OTIOSE
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Soda fountain order. : MALTED
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Vacation spots. : CAMPS
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The Greek marketplace. : AGORA
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Horizontal. : LEVEL
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Fill the purpose. : SERVE
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A wreath of flowers. : LEI
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French-Belgian river. : YSER
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Lisper's problem. : ESS
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Unit of work. : ERG

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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