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New York Times, Saturday, November 29, 1952

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,259
Across
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Indecisive enumeration. : POLL
5
Italian physicist in the U. S. since 1939. : FERMI
10
___ bien. : TRES
14
Allowance for the difference in value of two currencies. : AGIO
15
Good-by in Cadiz. : ADIOS
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Covering of a chestnut. : HUSK
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Giant of the Renaissance. : LEONARDODAVINCI
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"Oxygen" for U. S. Allies in W. W. II. : LENDLEASE
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Makes comfortable. : EASES
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They are in the shell. : OARS
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Defeated Senator from Missouri. : KEM
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Aerial maneuvers. : SPINS
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Hoosier author. : ADE
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Unruly children. : IMPS
33
"Hickety, pickety, my black ___." : HEN
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City in NE China. : KALGAN
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A stud. : NAIL
38
Book by Hemingway (with "The"). : OLDMANANDTHESEA
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Istanbul's foreign quarter. : PERA
42
Lubricate. : GREASE
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Calendar abbreviation. : OCT
44
Mark of a branding iron. : SEAR
45
The shape of 2 Down. : ESS
46
Actor's part. : LINES
48
Shoemaker's tool. : AWL
50
Pro golf tournament. : OPEN
52
Head of C. I. A. : SMITH
55
Oklahoma Indians. : COMANCHES
60
Broadway musical comedy. : WISHYOUWEREHERE
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Church lectern. : AMBO
63
Girl in a song. : IRENE
64
African port. : ORAN
65
Part of Menotti's first name. : GIAN
66
Crass. : DENSE
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19th century caricaturist. : NAST
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Become wearisome. : PALL
2
Molding with a double curve. : OGEE
3
Columbia footballer. : LION
4
American basso at the Metropolitan. : LONDON
5
Traveler. : FARER
6
Norse songs. : EDDAS
7
The Parana and the Ica. : RIOS
8
Prevailing style. : MODE
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Old Testament book: Abbr. : ISA
10
Vitamin B. : THIAMINE
11
Ladders. : RUNS
12
Verb suffix. : ESCE
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Equipment for certain troops. : SKIS
18
Its population is 128,643. : ALASKA
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Churchillian sign. : VEE
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Rockwell and others. : KENTS
24
Business places. : SHOPS
25
Volcano on Martinique. : PELEE
26
National god of the Indo-Aryans. : INDRA
27
Choreographer De Mille. : AGNES
28
First word in baby's vocabulary. : DADA
30
Member of a brotherhood. : MASON
31
Short literary composition. : PIECE
32
What a venetian blind is. : SLATS
35
Broadway V. I. P. : ANGEL
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Scandinavian man's name. : LARS
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Annual event in Boston. : MARATHON
40
Girl's name. : HELENE
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Marines landed here, Sept. 15, 1950. : INCHON
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Junior's favorite question. : WHY
50
Presages. : OMENS
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Gay city. : PAREE
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Burglar's booty. : SWAG
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Paris flower girl of opera. : MIMI
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Log cabin of Siberia. : ISBA
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Researcher's goal. : CURE
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Mr. Young. : OWEN
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Lady of Olympus. : HERA
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Ante bellum and reconstruction. : ERAS
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Wired. : SENT
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Adjective suffix meaning "like." : OID

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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