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New York Times, Saturday, November 10, 1962

21-Across : Before.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,866
Across
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Man of great wealth. : NABOB
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Protracted. : LONG
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Flock of quail. : BEVY
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Greek letter. : OMEGA
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Call it ___. : ADAY
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Pioneers' tools. : AXES
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Sphere of work. : REALM
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Electronic marvels. : COMPUTERS
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Egyptian unit, 5.62 U. S. bushels. : ARDEB
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Before. : ERE
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Old language. : NORSE
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Actor Skinner. : OTIS
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Crosspiece over a door. : LINTEL
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Detach. : DISJOIN
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Producers' objectives. : HITS
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Poisons. : INFECTS
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One: Dial. : ANE
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School course: Abbr. : SCI
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Usually. : ASARULE
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Where the President's wife receives guests. : REDROOM
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Smoked salmon. : LOX
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Hair padding. : RAT
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Go toward. : MAKEFOR
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Ships: Abbr. : STRS
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Discompose. : AGITATE
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Creak, as a hinge. : SCREAK
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Sun's disk. : ATEN
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Part of Hispaniola. : HAITI
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Fitting. : APT
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Roman emperor, 68-69 A.D. : GALBA
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Asian archipelago. : INDONESIA
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Whimsical. : DROLL
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Negatives. : NOES
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Spare. : LEAN
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Island in the Baltic. : OESEL
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Like autumn leaves. : SERE
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Punkahs. : FANS
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Poles. : MASTS
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Mrs. Nick Charles. : NORA
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Global region: Abbr. : AMER
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Drop or bubble. : BEAD
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Make eyes at. : OGLE
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Phenomenon in Asia. : BAMBOOCURTAIN
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Decorative additions to lingerie. : LACEINSETS
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Incense, spice, etc. : ODORS
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Reputation. : NAME
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Swindle: Slang. : GYP
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Truncheons. : BATONS
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Use great effort. : EXERT
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Quatrain. : VERSE
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Dutch river. : YSSEL
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U. N. member. : UNITEDKINGDOM
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Pipit. : TITLARK
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Family tree. : LINEAGE
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Phone. : DIAL
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___ many words. : INSO
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Tunisian seaport. : SFAX
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O. T. book: Abbr. : JER
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Dust-laden winds of African coast. : HARMATTANS
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Chesterfield. : SOFA
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Water bird. : COOT
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Nagy of Hungary. : IMRE
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Inactive: Abbr. : RET
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Bristlelike. : SETOSE
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Climbs (up). : SHINS
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Dugout. : CANOE
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Yankee Doodle, for one. : RIDER
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Of bees. : APIAN
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Sailing. : ASEA
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Expanse. : AREA
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Yardage disadvantage in football. : LOSS
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Fruit decay. : BLET
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"___ Well ... " : ALLS
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Being that has no soul. : ELF

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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