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New York Times, Thursday, July 12, 1962

50-Across : "How ___ the busy bee ... "

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 35.8
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,745
Across
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Small craft. : ROWBOAT
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One of the 47 Across. : BOUNOUM
15
Short melody. : ARIETTA
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Ear. : AURICLE
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Chic hair ribbon. : BANDEAU
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Speak with difficulty. : STUTTER
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Pastorale. : IDYLL
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Quiet! : SSH
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Branches: Biol. : RAMI
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Than: Ger. : ALS
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Common contraction. : TIS
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Biology course: Abbr. : ANAT
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Combination not in restraint of trade. : COMMONMARKET
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Potables. : ALES
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Self: Prefix. : AUT
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Zoroastrian scriptures. : AVESTA
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___ culpa. : MEA
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Silvery: Fr. : ARGENTE
42
French spa. : AIX
43
Blenheim, for one. : PALACE
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Cease. : DIE
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Lateral. : SIDE
47
Laotian trio. : THREEPRINCES
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"How ___ the busy bee ... " : DOTH
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Vital fluid. : SAP
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Depot: Abbr. : STA
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Of a time. : ERAL
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Vessel: Abbr. : STR
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Plowed land, in the southwest. : ARADO
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Popular musical. : CAMELOT
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Cushion behind a saddle. : PILLION
67
Stir up trouble. : AGITATE
68
Cuban province. : ORIENTE
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Crossed out. : DELETED
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Elevator man. : STARTER
Down
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Nobel prize physicist. : RABI
2
Toward the mouth. : ORAD
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Vinous. : WINY
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Confusion and pandemonium. : BEDLAMS
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Verdi role. : OTELLO
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One ___ time. : ATA
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Greek letters. : TAUS
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The camel driver from Pakistan. : BASHIR
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In circulation. : OUT
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South American country: Abbr. : URU
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Fertilizer ingredient. : NITRATE
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Recurring every eighth day. : OCTAN
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Group of Moslem scholars. : ULEMA
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Reason for an award. : MERIT
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Important section of gov't. : STATEDEPT
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Trappers. : SNARERS
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Water striders. : SKATERS
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Temporary abode. : CAMP
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Genus of olives. : OLEA
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Lunch. : MEAL
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Stein. : MUG
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Poetic time. : EVE
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Mediterranean ketch. : SAIC
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Surge. : TIDE
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Tools. : AXES
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German "alas!" : ACH
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Tang. : NIP
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Olympic contender. : ATHLETE
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Dog to beware of. : SNARLER
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Veered toward the rising sun. : EASTED
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Where Padova is. : ITALIA
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Number ten. : DECAD
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Storm: Fr. : ORAGE
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Dravidian language. : TAMIL
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Certain post offices: Abbr. : RPOS
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That word in the new dict. : AINT
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Be foolish. : DOTE
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Odd man: Slang. : ONER
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School subject: Abbr. : LAT
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Inhabitant: Suffix. : OTE
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N. Y. C. subway. : IRT

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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