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New York Times, Tuesday, October 9, 1962

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q V W Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 35.1
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,834
Across
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Part of a sword. : HAFT
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Trails behind: Colloq. : TAGS
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Group of eight. : OCTAD
14
On the main. : ASEA
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Using speech. : ORAL
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Arles' river. : RHONE
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Figure in philosophy. : KANT
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Vegetable. : OKRA
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Plate, for example. : METAL
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Ultimate goal. : ENDALL
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Past events. : BYGONES
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Nobel prize physicist, 1944. : RABI
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800-mile river, Central Asia. : ILI
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Spruce. : FIR
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Unmask. : EXPOSE
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Coin of Turkey. : LIRA
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Decree. : ENACT
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Black bird. : ANI
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Yellow fever mosquito. : AEDES
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Maiden ___. : LANE
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Island in the Bay of Biscay. : OLERON
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Sum, es, ___. : EST
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Tricksters of a sort. : THIMBLERIGGERS
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Before. : ERE
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___ dog. : SLED
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Neighbor of Mauritania. : SENEGAL
54
Rich fur. : ERMINE
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Silver: Sp. : PLATA
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Feathers' companion. : FUSS
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Consumer. : USER
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Ruminated. : MUSED
63
Omani. : ARAB
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Tooth's companion. : NAIL
65
Topping on buns, cake, etc. : SEEDS
66
Count (on). : RELY
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C. G. S. unit. : DYNE
Down
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Sea fish. : HAKE
2
Bald ___ egg. : ASAN
3
Ward off. : FEND
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Members of the Golden Horde. : TATARS
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Handy man's need. : TOOLBOX
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Clumsy vessel. : ARK
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Raiment. : GARB
8
Put an end to. : SLAY
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Imitation gold leaf. : ORMOLU
10
Tufted, velvety cord. : CHENILLE
11
___ bag. : TOTE
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Collections of literary table talk. : ANAS
13
Of the: Sp. : DEL
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Shoestring. : LACET
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Taunt. : GIBE
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Fix on a stake. : IMPALE
27
Adam Bede's wife. : DINAH
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Native of Tabriz. : IRANI
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Cause of a red face. : BONER
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Egyptian god. : OSIRIS
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To help: Fr. : AIDER
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Ringlet. : TRESS
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South by ___. : EAST
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Hat material. : FELT
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United firmly. : CEMENTED
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Fury. : ANGER
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Designer Cassini. : OLEG
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City in Illinois. : OGLESBY
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Rye and others. : BREADS
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Senator Muskie. : EDMUND
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Twist round. : SLUE
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Repose. : EASE
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Not close at hand. : AFAR
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Decoy. : LURE
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Phrase preceding "old chap." : ISAY
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Relative of "non." : NEIN
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Man's name. : ERLE
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Times of day, for short. : PMS
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Term in pharmacy. : SAL

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

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