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New York Times, Thursday, August 2, 1962

22-Across : Charmer of silent screen days.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { B Q V X }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 40.5
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,766
Across
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Skiers' paradise. : ALPS
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Commercial writer. : ADMAN
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Estoile. : STAR
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Florida fish. : MERO
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Apartment. : SUITE
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Sailboat. : YAWL
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It isn't far from London. : ETON
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Bleachers. : SEATS
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Greek letters. : RHOS
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Court of ___. : STJAMES
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Charmer of silent screen days. : ITGIRL
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Father of Cainan. : ENOS
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¾ of the earth's surface. : OCEAN
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Slipper. : MOCCASIN
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Sturdy. : RUGGED
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Town near Padua. : ESTE
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Birthplace of Turgenev. : OREL
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Newspaper. : DAILY
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"Where ___?" : AMI
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Indulge. : GRATIFY
40
Arctic bird. : AUK
41
Mole genus. : TALPA
43
Farm structure. : SILO
44
Wavy: Her. : UNDE
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One of Snow White's friends. : SNEEZY
47
Lucie's family in "Tale of Two Cities." : MANETTES
49
Rally. : TEASE
51
Too much: Fr. : TROP
52
Minnesota lake. : ITASCA
54
On the ___ (ready to fight). : WARPATH
57
Junket. : TOUR
58
Well-known golfer. : HAGEN
60
Japanese girdle box. : INRO
61
Filled with wonder. : AWED
62
Express or limited. : TRAIN
63
Eden dweller. : ADAM
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Free ticket. : PASS
65
Rouen's river. : SEINE
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Negatives. : NAYS
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Iowa college town. : AMES
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Baltic native. : LETT
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Missile weapon. : PROJECTILE
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Quality of sound. : SONANCE
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County official. : ASSESSOR
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Lodge fees. : DUES
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Italian pronoun. : MIA
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Room at the top. : ATTIC
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Western squatter. : NESTER
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Mock orange shrub. : SYRINGA
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Himalayan goat. : TAHR
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Army problem. : AWOL
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19th cen. novelist. : RLS
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Turkey-sized bird, extinct. : MOA
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Flamboyant. : GAUDY
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Former. : ONETIME
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Chicago products. : MEATS
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Caliph's name. : OSMAN
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Cleopatra's handmaid. : IRAS
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Bearlike animal of Tibet. : GIANTPANDA
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Baffle. : ELUDE
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English hymnologist. : DYKES
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Girl's name. : LILA
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Stares. : GAZES
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Topflight actress. : FONTANNE
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Firecrackers. : PETARDS
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Idealistic. : UTOPIAN
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Marina sights. : YACHTS
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Miscalculate. : ERR
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Island off Riga. : SAARE
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Where the corn grows tall. : IOWA
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Calendar abbreviation. : TUES
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Wine, in Germany. : WEIN
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Salver. : TRAY
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City in Syria. : HOMS
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Heel part. : TAP
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Toujours ___. : GAI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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