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New York Times, Thursday, November 20, 1952

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14
David Steinberg notes:

Original grid had EPL at 56-Across; changed it to EPI.

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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,250
Across
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Strategic airbase at top of Baffin Bay. : THULE
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Sound of laughter. : HOHO
10
The animals' friend. : SPCA
14
Countrified. : RURAL
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A strategic project. : OPERATION
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Les ___ Unis d'Amerique. : ETATS
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With 15 Across, a recent NATO exercise. : MAINBRACE
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Skin blemish. : ACNE
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Greece. : HELLAS
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Denizen of the pig pen. : SOW
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Have in mind: 2 wds. : THINKOF
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Astound. : STUN
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A perfect state. : UTOPIA
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Taken off the slate. : ERASED
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1900. : MCM
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An elevated position. : PERCH
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One of the Seven Dwarfs. : DOPEY
37
State of mind. : MOOD
39
Author and illustrator of "Wild Animals I Have Known." : SETON
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Dry. : SERE
42
Well-known name in sports. : CORUM
44
Device for locating underwater objects. : SONAR
46
It joins the Scheldt River at Ghent. : LYS
47
Shrub yielding a drug. : IPECAC
49
Completed or accomplished: Fr. : REVOLU
51
Bow-and-arrow boy. : EROS
53
Intersecting lines: Geom. : SECANTS
56
On: Prefix. : EPI
59
Helmets with movable face plates. : ARMETS
61
Jump rope. : SKIP
62
Major State Department problem. : COMMUNISM
64
Country whose queen visited Solomon. : SHEBA
65
Famous first name in Hollywood. : CLAUDETTE
66
Beautiful fairies of Persian myth. : PERIS
67
Town beautifiers. : ELMS
68
When or if compared with. : THAN
69
Province of India. : ASSAM
Down
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Anything enjoyable. : TREAT
2
Home for bunnies. : HUTCH
3
New discovery in Canada, in the Great Bear Lake area. : URANIUMORE
4
Present but not apparent. : LATENT
5
Transportation systems. : ELS
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Subject of Ivor Novello's popular song. : HOMEFIRES
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Gem. : OPAL
8
Salutes with the clenched fist. : HEILS
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Sumptuously fine. : ORNATE
10
Ship: Abbr. : STR
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Coins of Turkey: Abbr. : PIAS
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Nutbearing palm. : COCO
13
Once more. : ANEW
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Obviously foolish. : ABSURD
20
Bob and Anthony. : HOPES
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A hill, in South Africa. : KOP
25
Central chamber of a Greek temple. : NAOS
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Brando, for instance. : ACTOR
29
Cave men of today. : SPELUNKERS
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Uncanny. : EERY
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Colors. : DYES
32
Early in the twenty-second century. : MMCI
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Business owned by those it serves: Colloq. : COOP
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What Diogenes went looking for. : HONESTMEN
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Italian title. : DUCE
40
Central parts of churches. : NAVES
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Plunder. : MARAUD
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Air lift for a sailor. : ROC
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Great white cap worn by a Sister of Charity. : CORNET
50
Where the mascara goes. : LASHES
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Re-elected Senator from New Jersey. : SMITH
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Leg bone. : TIBIA
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Spell of unusual activity. : SPASM
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Behold: Latin. : ECCE
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Pre-election activity. : POLL
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Mohammedan religious leader. : IMAM
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Girl's name. : ESTA
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Greek letters. : MUS
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Saratoga Springs. : SPA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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