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New York Times, Thursday, November 29, 1962

53-Across : Make ___ of money.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,885
Across
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Uppish one. : SNOB
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Directly: Colloq. : SLAP
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Red Sea vessels. : DHOWS
14
Heroine of "The Last of the Mohicans." : CORA
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Far: Prefix. : TELE
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Uncanny. : EERIE
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Landed. : ALIT
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Weather forecast. : RAIN
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Safe: Lat. : SALVA
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Directly: Colloq. : RIGHTOFFTHEREEL
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Clears (of). : RIDS
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Stag. : HART
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American novelist. : CAPOTE
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Something sweet. : HONEYDEW
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Et ___ (and elsewhere). : ALIBI
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Famous tenor role. : FAUST
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State: Abbr. : ALA
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Cause of harm. : BANE
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Mendacious : FALSE
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Cousin of smaze. : SMOG
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Total: abbr. : AMT
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Clear up. : SOLVE
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Extent. : SCOPE
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Small opening. : LOOPHOLE
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Bewailed. : MOANED
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Grooves. : RUTS
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Warren. : EARL
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Intermittently : BYFITSANDSTARTS
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Make ___ of money. : AMINT
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Be ready. : WAIT
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Tough. : WIRY
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Ago. : SINCE
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Competent. : ABLE
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"___ For All Seasons." : AMAN
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German city. : TRIER
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Franco-Belgian river. : YSER
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Fetter. : GYVE
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Isolated rock. : SCAR
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___ me tangere (touch me not): Lat. : NOLI
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Not a copy: Abbr. : ORIG
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Garment. : BATHROBE
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Stepped. : STRODE
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Turns pages. : LEAFS
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Arabic letter. : ALIF
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High home. : PENTHOUSE
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Utah's nickname. : DESERET
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Cordial. : HEARTY
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Heraldic bearing. : ORLE
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Get married. : WIVE
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Ratify. : SEAL
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Small monkeys. : TITI
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Merchant guild. : HANSE
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Intrigue. : CABAL
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Cottonwood. : ALAMO
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Pony. : PINTO
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Bisect. : HALVE
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Historic friend. : DAMON
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Abscond. : ELOPE
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Carried on. : WAGED
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Declines gradually. : FALLSAWAY
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___ the bill (pays). : FOOTS
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Rogue: Colloq. : SCALAWAG
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Blind. : SHUTTER
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Quality. : SORT
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A jolly good fellow: Colloq. : PRINCE
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Vanquish. : MASTER
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Roman official. : EDILE
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Woody fiber. : BAST
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Norse giant. : YMIR
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Concluded: Fr. : FINI
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Seizes: Colloq. : NABS
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Frosty. : RIMY
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Tourist: Abbr. : TRAV
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See 56 Across. : SYNE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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