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New York Times, Friday, June 6, 1952

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 18, Grid flow: 45.5
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,083
Across
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Her residence has been redecorated. : BESS
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Contribute to a fund (with "in"). : CHIP
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Amaze: Dial. : STAM
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Exude. : EMIT
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A heroine of "Much Ado About Nothing." : HERO
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Israeli extremist group. : IRGUN
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Where al fresco diners sit. : SIDEWALKS
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Backs of animals. : DORSA
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Mr. Howard of British films. : TREVOR
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Salt pork in the South. : SIDEMEAT
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Playwrights Sam and ___ Spewack. : BELLA
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Ida M. ___, famed writer on economics. : TARBELL
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Mr. Big in China. : MAO
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Mazo ___ Roche. : DELA
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Man's name: Abbr. : GEO
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Crown Prince of Norway. : OLAF
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Indirect. : SIDEHANDED
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A furniture wood of the Philippines. : NARRA
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In Heifetz's right hand. : BOW
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Miss Dana, Henry Fonda's co-star. : LEORA
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Glancing bows. : SIDESWIPES
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Hot day treat. : SWIM
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Roger Putnam's office: Abbr. : ESA
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Catch on one bounce. : TRAP
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Forty winks. : NAP
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It costs footballers five yards. : OFFSIDE
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Porticos. : STOAS
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From which southpaws throw. : PORTSIDE
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___ job. : INSIDE
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Something special for the children. : TREAT
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Oliver Cromwell. : IRONSIDES
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Emulate Ken Henry. : SKATE
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Any small child: Var. : TIKE
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Fender woe. : DENT
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Non-___ air lines: Slang. : SKED
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Not so bad as humidity. : HEAT
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To be: Lat. : ESSE
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Edna of the theatre. : BEST
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Eastern potentate. : EMIR
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Dining room piece. : SIDEBOARD
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Mr. Souchock or Mr. Hannigan. : STEVE
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Probably England's next King. : CHARLES
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Daughter of Loki. : HEL
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Annoys. : IRKS
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To set fixedly. : POSIT
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Measured by the stars. : SIDEREAL
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Tommy Dorsey prizes. : TROMBONES
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Rare verb at Panmunjom. : AGREE
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Pertaining to Clio, Erato, Thalia, etc. : MUSAL
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One of the Big Leagues: Abbr. : NATL
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An upland plain. : WOLD
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"The Forty Days of Musa ___." : DAGH
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Plausible excuse. : ALIBI
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Belgian city, coal-mining center. : MONS
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Jai ___, also called pelota. : ALAI
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Take on a waif. : ADOPT
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Danzig, Orange or Irish. : FREESTATE
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Pitchers. : EWERS
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Underneaths. : DOWNSIDES
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Silkworm. : ERIA
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Humid. : DAMP
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Befriended. : ASSISTED
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Creek bed in North Africa. : WADI
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Thin, shiny fabric. : SATINET
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"Cara Nome" is a specialty of hers. : PONS
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Chooses. : OPTS
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They're beside the plate. : FORKS
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Sideshow member. : FREAK
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One of the Sitwells. : EDITH
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Sotto voce. : ASIDE
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City of 130,803 in Pennsylvania. : ERIE
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TV rooms. : DENS
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Italian family of da Vinci's time. : ESTE
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950-mile tributary of the Volga. : OKA

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2 unique to this puzzle, 16 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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