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New York Times, Friday, November 14, 1952

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.49, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15, Grid flow: 49.6
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,244
Across
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Edna Ferber's "Giant." : TEXAS
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Takes the cover off. : UNCAPS
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Well-proportioned. : SHAPELY
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Passage from upper to lower New York Bay (with "The"). : NARROWS
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Ingredients. : MAKINGS
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Manager planning for "next year." : DRESSEN
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What pitchblende is. : ORE
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Snack in Scotland. : OATCAKE
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Begin (with "off"). : TEE
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Bin for grain. : CRIB
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Annealing oven. : LEHR
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___-monnaie, Frenchwoman's purse. : PORTE
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Caused to soar. : KITED
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Mr. Waltari, best-selling novelist. : MIKA
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Look intently. : PEER
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Physical. : SOMATIC
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Small fish found among rocks and seaweed. : BLENNY
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Of the old Teutonic alphabet. : RUNIC
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Plant life. : FLORA
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Anything that heals or soothes. : BALSAM
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Wind beforehand. : PRECOIL
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Type of pointed arch. : OGEE
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Fencer's weapon. : EPEE
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Resource. : ASSET
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Section of an orchestra. : BRASS
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Brews. : ALES
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Existence: Latin. : ESSE
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A nickname of the colorful Aneurin. : BEV
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Works energetically. : HUSTLES
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American botanist, ___ Gray. : ASA
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Describing a sly look. : LEERISH
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Chanter. : INTONER
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Ex-Italian colony now federated with Ethiopia. : ERITREA
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Postures. : STANCES
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Pilots. : STEERS
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French dessert. : TARTE
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Accept or reject unconditionally: Slang. : TAKEITORLEAVEIT
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Part of a finial. : EPI
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Strange: Comb. form. : XENO
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Pertaining to seaweed. : ALGAL
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Concerning the body as a whole. : SYSTEMIC
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Fairly well lighted. : UNDARK
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Stool pigeon, at Scotland Yard. : NARK
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Move as in Sunday traffic. : CREEP
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Military building: Abbr. : ARS
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After the 16th century in Europe. : POSTRENAISSANCE
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Mollify. : SWEETEN
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Relative of the coverall. : SMOCK
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Julie of the stage. : HARRIS
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Derisive. : SNEERY
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Style of the well-dressed woman. : CHIC
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Dazes. : BEMUSES
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Requiring labor. : OPEROSE
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Mr. Andrews of the stage. : DANA
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Fit. : ABLE
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Respite on the football field. : TIME
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Places connected with one another: Lat. : LOCA
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Schedule of nondurable commodities. : FREELIST
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An error, in baseball parlance. : BOBBLE
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They concur. : AGREERS
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Hurl a stream of missiles at. : PELT
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Tenant. : LESSEE
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Titled officers in the East. : PASHAS
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Audience reaction to Johnnie Ray. : TEARS
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Former name for county in Britain. : SHIRE
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Maiden who saves the Flying Dutchman. : SENTA
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The customer is one. : USER
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Member of a galaxy. : STAR
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Route: Abbr. : RTE
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Where Toronto is: Abbr. : ONT

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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