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New York Times, Tuesday, December 30, 1952

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 27, Avg Word Len: 5.66, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 94, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 55.4
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,290
Across
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British Crown Colony in Borneo. : SARAWAK
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Philippine island. : PALAWAN
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Where the Eisenhowers lived. : ABILENE
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Like a variety of quartz. : AGATINE
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Stuff of which tales are woven. : ROMANCE
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Kin of shocking pink. : MAGENTA
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Church vestment. : ALB
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Bell ringers. : TOLLERS
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Convened. : SAT
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Island west of Sumatra. : NIAS
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Spike. : NAIL
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Central part. : CORE
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One of the 27 states of India. : ASSAM
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Old women. : GRANDAMES
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Indian of Oklahoma. : CHEROKEE
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Arizona's Sen. McFarland. : ERNEST
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Lecture-room platform. : DAIS
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500-mile river into the Danube. : PRUT
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Heavy silk fabric of the Middle Ages. : SAMITE
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Sweet-scented. : AROMATIC
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Change into another form. : TRANSLATE
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Office worker: Colloq. : STENO
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River in Yorkshire. : AIRE
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City of 41,682 in New York. : ROME
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Actor Devine. : ANDY
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Legal matters. : RES
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Striking with a long, sweeping blow. : SWIPING
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Emblem on South Dakota's flag. : SUN
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Canadian tribe after which a city is named. : OTTAWAS
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The U. N. building, for instance. : EDIFICE
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Kind of battery. : STORAGE
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Mexican police. : RURALES
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Oil refinery workers. : TANKMEN
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Gun dogs. : SETTERS
Down
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Ice speed skaters' rendezvous. : SARANAC
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Do away with. : ABOLISH
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Shoulder of the stock of a gun. : RIMBASE
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Where Tuscaloosa is: Abbr. : ALA
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Proceeded. : WENT
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The elbow: Anat. : ANCON
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Mooring tolls. : KEELAGES
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1740 novel, subtitled "Virtue Rewarded." : PAMELA
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Seaweed substance. : AGAR
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Dawdles. : LAGS
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Consumed. : ATE
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Engaging. : WINSOME
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Giant red star in Scorpio. : ANTARES
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Most adroit. : NEATEST
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Italian money. : LIRE
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Relative of the herring. : SARDINE
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Bach's "Birthday ___." : CANTATA
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Protection for castles and towns. : MOATS
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Rex Stout's detective. : NERO
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Offstage sound effect in "Emperor Jones." : DRUMS
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German port on the Baltic. : KIEL
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Chen Cheng and Chou En-lai. : PREMIERS
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Polish nobleman. : STAROST
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Short operatic solo. : ARIETTA
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Historic moor in England, scene of Cromwell victory. : MARSTON
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On the apex. : ATOP
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Stretchable. : TENSILE
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One who persuades. : INDUCER
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Maidenly trait of Victorian times. : COYNESS
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Come up. : ARISEN
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Provide with power. : ENDUE
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Emulated Esther Williams. : SWAM
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Carry on. : WAGE
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Encircled. : GIRT
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Where the Ozark National Forest is: Abbr. : ARK
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Rich. : FAT

Answer summary:
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