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New York Times, Wednesday, February 14, 1962

55-Down : Fruit tree.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,597
Across
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"I am monarch of ___ survey ... " : ALLI
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2,457 girls. : SMITH
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11th cen. date. : MLIV
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Entrance. : DOOR
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Jack of movies. : OAKIE
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Bulwer-Lytton heroine. : IONE
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Gym adjunct. : LOCKERROOM
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Apothecary's measures: Abbr. : SCRS
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River in Scotland. : ESK
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Peacockish. : VAIN
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Picture frame of a sort. : LOCKET
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Coat. : REEFER
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Concentrate. : FOCUS
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Singles. : ONES
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Plotted. : SCHEMED
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___ as a fiddle. : ASFIT
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Chooses. : PICKS
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Japanese name. : ITO
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Electrical units. : RELS
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Plaza de ___. : TOROS
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Arctic island. : ATTU
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Dernier ___. : CRI
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U. S. poet. : BENET
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Composer of "I Love You So." : LEHAR
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Crooked as a dog's ___." : HINDLEG
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God with a magic hammer. : THOR
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Macbeth, for one. : THANE
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Squirrel rations. : ACORNS
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Jai alai. : PELOTA
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Tower town. : PISA
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Drivers' group. : AAA
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M. P.'s concern. : AWOL
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Heroine of Richard Southey tale. : GOLDILOCKS
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Alençon. : LACE
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Rejoice (in). : EXULT
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Famous Virginians. : LEES
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Printer's supplies. : INKS
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Good wives. : DAMES
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Whirlpool. : EDDY
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Exponent of the inferiority complex. : ADLER
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Let fly. : LOOSE
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Creator of Petroleum V. Nasby. : LOCKE
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Bore. : IRK
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"And what is ___ as a day in June?" : SORARE
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Spouse: Fr. : MARI
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Sacred image. : IKON
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Uncle: Sp. : TIO
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Evergreens. : HEMLOCKS
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Error: Colloq. : MISCUE
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Key man. : LOCKSMITH
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Concerning. : INRE
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Bodice. : VEST
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Occurrence. : EVENT
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U. S. newspaper family. : OCHS
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Faith: Fr. : FOIS
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Fitzgerald. : FSCOTT
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Kind of cake. : SPONGE
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Girl's name. : ETTA
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Gloomy. : DOUR
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Part of the foot. : ARCH
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Silk: Prefix. : SERI
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Old-fashioned gun. : FLINTLOCK
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Great anger. : IRE
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Designating certain minors. : TEENAGED
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Air prefix. : AERO
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Blurt out: Colloq. : BLAT
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Not express. : LOCAL
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Dogs of India. : DHOLES
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"My heart ___ love."—Heine. : HASITS
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Competed. : RACED
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Unadorned. : NAKED
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Forward. : SASSY
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Language of Buddhism. : PALI
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Celtic man's name. : EWAN
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Fruit tree. : PLUM
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Groundless. : IDLE
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Prefix in chemistry. : OXA
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Cockney's bomb shelter. : OLE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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