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New York Times, Saturday, May 24, 1952

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 66, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.85, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 103, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 25, Grid flow: 55.4
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,070
Across
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In shorter supply. : SCARCER
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Clerical collars buttoned in back. : RABATS
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Slender stalk of a leaf. : PETIOLE
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Rock trout of California. : BOREGAT
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Dollars: 2 facetious wds. : IRONMEN
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In a generous way. : LARGELY
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Listeners perforce: 2 wds. : CAPTIVEAUDIENCE
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Frappé. : ICE
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Wager again. : REBET
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Eschew. : SHUN
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Kicking game. : SOCCER
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Find out. : SEE
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He wears four one-half inch stripes: Abbr. : CAPT
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Native of a South African British protectorate. : RHODESIAN
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Against. : ANTI
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Freckles: Spanish. : PECAS
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Grueling trial. : TEST
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A Beethoven sonata. : MOONLIGHT
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In excess. : OVER
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Campaign button. : PIN
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Balanced. : APOISE
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Count upon. : RELY
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Dandelion seed, for instance: Var. : AKENE
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The knave of clubs in loo. : PAM
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Standard hogshead of fun. : BARRELOFMONKEYS
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Deficiency of the hemoglobin. : ANAEMIA
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Type of lens. : OPTICAL
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Important part of a car. : GASTANK
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Heroine of "Il Trovatore." : LEONORA
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Pallas ___, goddess of wisdom. : ATHENE
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Former French tennis champion. : LENGLEN
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___ and span: Var. : SPIC
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Wax: Lat. : CERA
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Upon. : ATOP
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Dog star with several incarnations. : RINTINTIN
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Funny magazine? : COMIC
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French pupils. : ELEVES
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Lacoste, of 58 Across's day. : RENE
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Highway foundations. : ROADBEDS
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___ pensée: a mental reservation. : ARRIERE
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To sire. : BEGET
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Again: Dial. : AGEN
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Powder. : TALC
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An affliction of the eyelid: Var. : STYE
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Police in uniform. : BLUECOATS
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Supreme tribal ruler. : ARCHCHIEF
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A graceless rogue. : SCAMP
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City in Indo-China. : HANOI
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Sinclair of "The Jungle." : UPTON
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Valuable hard wood grown on the Pacific coast. : OREGONOAK
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Strainer. : SIEVE
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Churchill's stand on holidays. : EASEL
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Vestibule. : ENTRY
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Peak on the Hudson near West Point. : STORMKING
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Oil or news conveyer. : PIPELINE
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Sailor on Erie or Michigan. : LAKEMAN
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An epic. : EPOPEE
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Sharp ridge of a mountain. : ARETE
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Composer Dvorak. : ANTON
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Rutabaga, for short. : BAGA
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What artists and medical students study: Abbr. : ANAT
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Reckless. : RASH
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Defoe's "___ Flanders." : MOLL
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Science of people and their environs: Abbr. : ECOL
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Year: Dial. : YARE
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Sine loco, anno, vel nomine (without place, year, or name): Abbr. : SLAN

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 18 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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