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New York Times, Monday, June 23, 1952

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 38.2 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,100
Across
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Comic man. : CAPP
5
Part of a rubber. : GAME
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Dweller in one of the Iron Curtain countries. : LETT
13
Sector. : AREA
14
What to call her. : MADAM
15
Nautical term. : ALEE
16
Places to go in the summer. : INNS
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The gate. : ADMISSIONS
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That no-place-like-home feeling. : NOSTALGIA
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Slang. : ARGOT
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Soup dish. : TUREEN
23
Additional clauses tacked onto legislative bills. : RIDERS
24
Truman's press secretary. : SHORT
26
Giants of olden days. : TITANS
28
The best. : NICEST
30
Spades or clubs. : SUIT
31
Aberdeen's river. : DEE
34
Bothers. : IRKS
35
He wrote "O God, our help in ages past." : WATTS
37
Temperate. : MILD
38
Something like a foot. : PES
39
Hold up. : REAR
40
Girl's name. : ELISSA
42
Mr. Almanac. : KIERAN
44
The true Mohammedan faith. : ISLAM
45
Subjoin. : APPEND
48
Source of vitamin C. : TOMATO
50
Meals à la calorie. : DIETS
51
Gratiano quotes, "I am ___." : SIRORACLE
54
A peak on the Swiss-Italian border. : MATTERHORN
56
Tribal chief in Africa. : KAID
57
Deep blue. : ANIL
58
Ancient region colonized by Greece. : IONIA
59
To be: French. : ETRE
60
Perceive. : NOTE
61
Character in "Porgy." : BESS
62
Close-fisted. : NEAR
Down
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Republican Senator from Tacoma. : CAIN
2
River flowing through Florence. : ARNO
3
Sluices or floodgates. : PENSTOCKS
4
Farm lands. : PASTURES
5
Contraption. : GADGET
6
Groups of men entrusted with executive powers. : ADMINISTRATIONS
7
Hermes' mother. : MAIA
8
City in West Germany. : EMS
9
Landowners of the Highlands. : LAIRDS
10
Panegyria. : ELOGE
11
Lanza or Peerce. : TENOR
12
Aptitude ___. : TESTS
14
Elliott Nugent's "The ___ Animal." : MALE
18
Joan or Jerome. : SAINT
20
Wiles. : ARTS
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Stir up. : RAISE
24
Small piece of anything. : SNIP
25
Charter. : HIRE
27
King discovered by Lord Carnarvon, 1923. : TUT
29
Product of Scotland. : TWEED
31
Put out of place. : DISLOCATE
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Opera heroine. : ELSA
33
Dutch cheese. : EDAM
36
Bern's river. : AAR
37
Understood wrongly. : MISTAKEN
39
Wash out. : RINSE
41
Follower of Ananias. : LIAR
42
Necessity for a tea party. : KETTLE
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Former Senator from Nebraska. : NORRIS
45
He's interested in media. : ADMAN
46
Square or upright. : PIANO
47
A form of larceny. : PETIT
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Girl's name. : MONA
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Gillie. : SHOE
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Money in Florence. : LIRA
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River in West Germany. : EDER
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Ridge. : RIB

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1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later.

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