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New York Times, Saturday, December 8, 1962

54-Down : "___ of purest ray serene ... "

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 34.8
David Steinberg notes:

Solution to this puzzle was missing from paper and was solution for 12/7/62 puzzle instead.

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C
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O
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B
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R
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A
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C
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P
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C
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T
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B
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D
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Y
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B
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H
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K
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E
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W
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R
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R
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V
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A
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H
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,894
Across
1
Hooded ophidian. : COBRA
6
Head: It. : CAPO
10
Autumn pear. : BOSC
14
Frenchman's name. : ALAIN
15
State. : UTAH
16
Port SW of Buffalo. : ERIE
17
Nut tree. : PECAN
18
Mrs. Rip van Winkle, for one. : TERMAGANT
20
Quiet! : SSH
21
Live. : EXIST
23
Hawaiian porch. : LANAI
24
Recent best seller (with "The"). : FOXINTHEATTIC
27
Ancient Tabriz. : TAURIS
29
Devonshire river. : EXE
30
Cathedral feature. : ORGAN
31
American cartoonist. : ARNO
33
Securities: Abbr. : BDS
36
Current best seller. : YOUNGBLOODHAWKE
40
Way: Germ. : WEG
41
Rack's mate. : RUIN
42
Walking ___. : ONAIR
43
Stuff. : RAM
44
Jumps. : STARTS
45
Author's name now in lights. : VIRGINIAWOOLF
51
English pen name. : ELIOT
52
Town in NW Spain. : NARON
53
Medieval lyric. : LAI
56
John Hancock. : SIGNATURE
58
Small branches. : TWIGS
60
Reclined. : LAIN
61
Coach Stagg. : AMOS
62
Marches. : HIKES
63
Medieval classic. : EDDA
64
Common contraction. : ISNT
65
Antagonist. : ENEMY
Down
1
Glengarries. : CAPS
2
Bravos. : OLES
3
Prime example of counterpoint. : BACHFUGUE
4
Inlet. : RIA
5
Adding. : ANNEXING
6
Interrupt. : CUTIN
7
Nuclear event. : ATEST
8
Architectural work by Ictinus. : PARTHENON
9
Electrical unit. : OHM
10
I Chronicles word. : BEGAT
11
Praying figure in Greek art. : ORANT
12
Asian peninsula, part of Egypt. : SINAI
13
Of whales. : CETIC
19
Wings: Anat. : ALAE
22
Greek letters. : XIS
25
Ape. : ORANG
26
O. T. book: Abbr. : EXOD
27
Christmas item. : TOY
28
Lined up. : AROW
31
Certain shades of gray. : ALUMINUMS
32
Dauphin's father. : ROI
33
Hackneyed. : BANAL
34
Resembling Happy. : DWARFLIKE
35
Revue feature. : SKIT
37
Cereal. : BRAN
38
___ trail (in close pursuit). : HOTONTHE
39
Sounds of hesitation. : ERS
43
French saint. : RITA
44
___ Canals. : SOO
45
Reims' river. : VESLE
46
Poem about war. : ILIAD
47
Strict. : RIGID
48
"I'm ___ sit right down ... " : GONNA
49
Burr. : AARON
50
Wrench. : WREST
54
"___ of purest ray serene ... " : AGEM
55
Part of Paris. : ISSY
57
Valley dwellers of Laos. : TAI
59
Obtain. : WIN

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

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