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New York Times, Friday, August 10, 1962

31-Across : Like a friend: Fr.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 42.3
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,774
Across
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Red ___. : TAPE
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Beverage. : CIDER
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In addition. : ALSO
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Greek hero. : AJAX
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Like a doddering old woman. : ANILE
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Wheedle. : COAX
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Bevel. : CANT
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"All roads ___." : LEADTOROME
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Highway patrolers. : TROOPERS
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Concord. : UNISON
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Currier & Ives item. : PRINT
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Devises. : FRAMES
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Came to a standstill. : HALTED
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Tropical fruit. : MANGO
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Egg: Prefix. : OVI
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Sideslip. : SKID
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Like a friend: Fr. : ENAMI
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Certain White House guests. : POETS
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A certain ___. : ONE
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Golfdom's ___ cup. : RYDER
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Bit of gossip: Fr. : ONDIT
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Necessitating haste. : RUSH
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River of Wales. : USK
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Certain containers. : TUBES
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Perfumes. : AROMAS
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Winged fruit. : SAMARA
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Fragment of food. : CRUMB
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Mohair wool. : ANGORA
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Foolish fancies. : CHIMERAS
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Pure rubber. : CAOUTCHOUC
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Chantilly. : LACE
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Sea birds. : ERNS
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Keep an ___ the ground. : EARTO
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Do art work. : ETCH
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One of the Hebrides. : SKYE
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Term of endearment. : SWEET
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Saline drop. : TEAR
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Savoir-faire. : TACT
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Out of harmony. : AJAR
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Equipped as a knight of yore. : PANOPLIED
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Wrest (from). : EXTORT
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First of the month, in anc. Rome. : CALENDS
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Slow. : INERT
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Buenos ___ (good morning): Sp. : DIAS
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Antiquity: Poet. : ELD
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Profit. : RETURN
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Sharpness of temper. : ACRIMONY
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Inexact. : LOOSE
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Aegean island. : SAMOS
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Bullocks. : OXEN
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Wild ass. : ONAGER
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Boston cream ___. : PIE
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Loses luster. : FADES
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___-my-Thumb. : HOPO
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Bristol's river. : AVON
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Lacking. : MINUS
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Asian peninsula. : KOREA
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Foreshadow. : ADUMBRATE
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Butte's cousin. : MESA
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Wearies. : IRKS
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Chickadee. : TITMOUSE
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American portraitist. : STUART
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Bean: Fr. : HARICOT
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Props. : BRACES
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Cuban specialty. : RUM
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Short-order dish. : OMELET
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Fictional animal. : SNARK
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Distress. : AGONY
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Paramedic's gear. : CHUTE
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Cards. : ACES
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Nucleus. : CORE
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Medieval fabric. : ACCA
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Very: Ger. : SEHR
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Hesitation in speech. : HAW

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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