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New York Times, Tuesday, December 4, 1962

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q W }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 31.0
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,890
Across
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Georgia city. : MACON
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Title meaning father. : ABBA
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Rough fabric. : SHAG
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Type of brick. : ADOBE
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Statue by Phidias. : ZEUS
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Enumerate. : TELL
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English tar. : LIMEY
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Famous name in U.N. : TRYGVELIE
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Higher: Ger. : OBER
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Moor. : FEN
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Of the Muses. : AONIAN
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Architectural style. : DORIC
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Jejune. : ARID
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Charming, for one. : PRINCE
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Gautama follower. : BUDDHIST
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Herb. : RUE
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Vary. : ALTER
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Man of distinction, for December. : SANTA
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"Rule Britannia" composer. : ARNE
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Postponement. : DELAY
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Sediment. : LEES
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Dance for two. : TANGO
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One of the Dulleses. : ALLEN
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Totem pole. : XAT
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Stateliness. : ELEGANCE
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Air. : MELODY
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Egyptian god. : PTAH
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Pry. : LEVER
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Constellation Libra symbol. : SCALES
55
___ Jose. : SAN
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Zola heroine. : NANA
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People of Pine Bluff. : ARKANSANS
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Famous Swede. : NOBEL
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Keep in check. : REIN
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Yale men. : ELIS
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Ship's deck. : ORLOP
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English county. : KENT
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I direct: Lat. : REGO
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Seven long years. : TEENS
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Saint-___, France. : MALO
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Star in Draco. : ADIB
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Carol Burnett. : COMEDIENNE
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Von Weber opera. : OBERON
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Marshal at Waterloo. : NEY
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Mexican aborigine. : AZTEC
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Swiss canton. : BERN
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Bargain: Colloq. : BUY
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Norse home of the gods. : ASGARD
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Henri Beyle's pseudonym. : STENDHAL
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Sun: Prefix. : HELI
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Inter ___. : ALIA
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Valley. : GLEN
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Empty spaces. : VOIDS
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Children's poet. : FIELD
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Rockefeller Plaza building. : RCA
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Otic. : AURAL
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Chatter. : PRATE
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Agrarian. : RURAL
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La ___ France. : BELLE
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Unrelenting. : INEXORABLE
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Lieu. : STEAD
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Sapid. : TASTY
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Discipline. : TEACH
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Vegetable. : EGGPLANT
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Red Sea land. : YEMEN
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Avenaceous. : OATEN
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Silver State: Abbr. : NEV
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U.A.R. name. : NASSER
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Poe poem. : LENORE
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Rope. : LASSO
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Channel island. : SARK
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Algonquin. : CREE
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Similar. : AKIN
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Eel: Dial. : SNIG
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Useful gas. : NEON
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Site of 7 Down. : ALPS
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Porter's relative. : ALE
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Like as ___. : NOT

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1 unique to this puzzle, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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