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New York Times, Friday, March 28, 1952

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { F J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16, Grid flow: 39.4
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,013
Across
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He speaks in Philadelphia on March 31. : ATTLEE
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Dormant. : ASLEEP
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Tennis player ranked No. 1 in U. S. : SEIXAS
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Slenderized. : SLIMMED
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Worker at stage settings. : SCENIST
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Fall into a state of quiet. : SUBSIDE
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Overacting actors. : HAMS
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Place for catching certain fish. : EELERY
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Girl's name. : NAN
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Auxiliary verb. : ARE
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Very popular poem. : TREES
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Representative. : AGENT
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Heroine of an Ibsen play. : HEDDA
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Assemble. : MASS
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One of the opposition. : ANTI
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Influenced. : RULED
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Brief summary. : PRECIS
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Played the fiddle like Jack Benny. : SCRAPED
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Vernacular. : DIALECT
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The works of Pierre de Ronsard, for instance. : POEMES
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Spirits of Mohammedan myth. : GENII
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Stroll. : ROAM
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Knife attachment to a cultivator. : SHIM
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Area covered with low trees or shrubs. : SCRUB
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___ alia: (among other things): Latin. : INTER
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Humble. : ABASE
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One: French. : UNE
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Superlative suffix. : EST
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Change the appearance of. : OBVERT
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Jane Austen heroine. : EMMA
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Piece of equipment for Andrea Mead. : SKIPOLE
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Restrained. : CRAMPED
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Dealers in wheelwear. : TIREMEN
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Skillful; dextrous. : HABILE
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Centaur killed by a poisoned arrow. : NESSUS
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Small hole for a cord. : EYELET
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Affrighted. : ASCARE
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Rained heavily. : TEEMED
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Preserves in cans. : TINS
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61. : LXI
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Reliever. : EASER
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Prized. : ESTEEMED
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Make an estimate. : ASSESS
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Aspersion. : SLUR
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Former Italian colony, became independent Dec. 24, 1951. : LIBYA
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River in northwest Germany. : EMS
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High station. : EMINENCE
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Ostentatious of learning. : PEDANTIC
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Fluoridation may ease his work. : DENTIST
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Ruler of a troubled country. : SHAH
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Pilot. : LEAD
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Mole, mole gray or moleskin. : TAUPE
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Irish. : GAELIC
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Weight of Greece, 49.38 grains. : DRAMME
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A ride in the family car. : SPIN
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Minus. : LESS
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Intensify. : RAISE
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Most nimble. : SPRIEST
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One of the hats in the ring. : COONSKIN
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Dress again. : REATTIRE
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Step involving change of policy in diplomacy: French. : DEMARCHE
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Scoff. : GIBE
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Shelters. : HAVENS
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Muss. : RUMPLE
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Unbecoming. : UNMEET
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Knob on a firearm for aiming. : BEAD
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Sign on many brownstone houses. : ROOMS
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Lost dog. : STRAY
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A color: French. : BLEU
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Man's name. : EMIL
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The foot: Latin. : PES
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One hero of the Montague Glass stories. : ABE

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