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New York Times, Friday, July 20, 1962

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { H J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 35.0 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,753
Across
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Play. : ROMP
5
Insect. : FLEA
9
Creator of Oz. : BAUM
13
Eastern name. : ABOU
14
Places. : LAYS
15
Plants of a region. : FLORA
16
Puzzles. : PERPLEXES
18
Tall and thin. : RANGY
19
Sentence construction. : SYNTAX
20
Fans. : DEVOTEES
22
Wife of Geraint. : ENID
24
Diminutive of a girl's name. : TINA
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Sometime TV announcement. : STANDBY
28
Dejection. : SADNESS
32
Old gold coins. : PISTOLES
34
Booth. : STALL
35
Bandicoot. : RAT
36
Bar. : ESTOP
39
Cote sound. : MAA
40
Compound suffix. : ARIAN
43
Bitterness. : ACRIMONY
46
Molière hero. : TARTUFE
49
News. : TIDINGS
50
Burrow. : LAIR
51
Indigo plant. : ANIL
52
Was present. : ATTENDED
56
Tints. : COLORS
60
Roadside plant. : SUMAC
61
Eating place. : CAFETERIA
63
Nonstylishly stout. : OBESE
64
Couples. : TWOS
65
True to life. : REAL
66
Kept in. : PENT
67
Mr.'s, in Portugal. : SNRS
68
Fish. : SOLE
Down
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Uses a gavel. : RAPS
2
"To love, cherish and to ___." : OBEY
3
Time of day. : MORN
4
Camping equipment. : PUPTENT
5
Pliant. : FLEXIBLE
6
Remiss. : LAX
7
Gazed. : EYED
8
Property. : ASSETS
9
Noisy. : BLATANT
10
Tops. : AONE
11
Exhort. : URGE
12
Big name in baseball. : MAYS
15
Parts of ferns. : FRONDS
17
___ Cakes, Scotland. : LANDO
21
Road, in Rome. : VIA
23
Tints. : DYES
25
Small fish. : SPRAT
26
Jewelled item for 38 Down. : TIARA
27
Moving. : ASTIR
29
De Valera. : EAMON
30
Jive talk. : SLANG
31
Annihilates. : SLAYS
33
Railroad abbreviation. : STA
37
Eight: Prefix. : OCTA
38
Member of royalty. : PRINCESS
41
In any event. : ATLEAST
42
Slight difference. : NUANCE
44
Ignoramus. : IDIOT
45
Factory workers. : MILLERS
47
Cousin of a marlinespike. : FID
48
Raises. : ERECTS
52
Dripping. : ASOP
53
Conduit. : TUBE
54
Federal agents. : TMEN
55
See 3 Down. : DAWN
57
Mountain: Prefix. : OREO
58
Coin of Iran. : RIAL
59
Auction. : SALE
62
On the side of. : FOR

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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