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New York Times, Monday, May 12, 1952

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 15.6
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,058
Across
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Where Boeing Field is. : SEATTLE
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Gov. Arn of Kansas. : EDWARD
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22-year-old King in Brussels. : BAUDOUIN
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Man in the van. : LEADER
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Brought to a standstill. : ARRESTED
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Opera by Verdi, 1844. : ERNANI
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Agreement, in two words. : IDO
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Ship's emergency message. : SOS
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Heroine of yesterday. : MOM
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Gov. Russell's state: Abbr. : NEV
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What the cabby expects the passenger to be. : TIPPER
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Whiff. : FAN
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America's gift to seamstresses. : HOWE
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___ East. : NEAR
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Dove: Spanish. : PALOMA
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President of Mexico for thirty years. : DIAZ
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Alienated. : ESTRANGED
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Gov. Thornton of Colorado. : DAN
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Of a great Italian poet. : DANTEAN
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Johnnie, the crying singer. : RAY
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Preserves or cherishes as sacred. : ENSHRINES
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First, second or third. : BASE
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Foghorn. : SIRENE
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Descendant of the ancient Egyptians. : COPT
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Narrow cut. : SLIT
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Lady of the house. : MRS
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Treaters. : PAYERS
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Traditional gift for the 10th wedding anniversary. : TIN
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Owns. : HAS
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The rage before Canasta. : GIN
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"Keep up with the Joneses." : VIE
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Mr. Gromyko. : ANDREI
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Adjective for poets, painters, etc. : CREATIVE
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Box-top food. : CEREAL
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Forgave. : PARDONED
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Prepares dough. : KNEADS
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He analyzes ores. : ASSAYER
Down
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His island is west of Naples. : SARDINIAN
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392,788,000 people. : EUROPEANS
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Contemporary of Kin Hubbard. : ADE
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Hurler. : TOSSER
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Friend in need at examination time. : TUTOR
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Perjuror's output. : LIES
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Conclude. : END
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The immortal Duse. : ELEONORA
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Layer of the skin. : DERM
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Lacking color. : WAN
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Hersey's bell town. : ADANO
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Invigorate. : RENEW
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Tee shot. : DRIVE
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Night crawlers. : BAIT
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His island is south of Sicily. : MALTESE
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La ___, one of Bolivia's capitals. : PAZ
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Secures; affixes. : FASTENS
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River in the news since 1950. : HAN
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Writers. : PENNERS
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"What a piece of work!" according to Hamlet. : MAN
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Possible initials of next President. : DDE
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Person-to-person news service. : GRAPEVINE
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It separates Manhattan from Long Island. : EASTRIVER
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Henna. : DYE
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"___ and I," novel by Irving Bacheller. : DRI
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Puts 6c in stamps on the envelope. : AIRMAILS
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Slated to join H. C. H. : HST
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Page. : BOY
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Lester Pearson's country. : CANADA
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Three rifles hooked together to stand. : STACK
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Traditional gift for 12th wedding anniversary. : LINEN
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Tributary of the Loire. : INDRE
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Breakwaters. : PIERS
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Grass ___. : SEED
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Stretched membrane covering a drum. : HEAD
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Mardi ___ (Shrove Tuesday) : GRAS
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Agency that electrified farm areas. : REA
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Math is his forte. : CPA
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Doll's house. : TOY

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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