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New York Times, Tuesday, August 28, 1962

34-Across : M. P.'s concern.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.54, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 44.9
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,792
Across
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Iffy word. : PERHAPS
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Ship's bearing. : ABEAM
13
Four-wheeler. : BAROUCHE
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Destinies, in the Far East. : KARMAS
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Abstruse. : ESOTERIC
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Very impractical. : INSANE
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W. W. II ship. : LST
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Slip down. : DELAPSE
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Dark distillate. : TAR
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Make progress. : GAIN
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Stock transfers. : SALES
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TV first name. : DESI
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C. Z. town. : ANCON
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Squalid resort. : DEN
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The March King. : SOUSA
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Whatnot. : ETAGERE
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Inhabiting a wood. : NEMORAL
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M. P.'s concern. : AWOL
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Kaye or Kitt. : STAR
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"Sing me ___ ... " : TOSLEEP
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Polite affirmative. : YESMAAM
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VIP in Mecca. : AMEER
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Niflheim's queen. : HEL
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Speech: Sp. : HABLA
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Sheepfolds. : PENS
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Belluno's river. : PIAVE
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Sir, on Penang. : TUAN
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What Napoleon called Elba. : ILE
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Husbandman. : PEASANT
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Little, in Dundee. : SMA
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Give treatment de luxe. : REGALE
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Picture in one's mind. : ENVISION
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Old ___ (veteran). : STAGER
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Town near Sacramento. : RIOLINDA
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Marshy places. : SLEWS
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Ship's canvas. : SAILAGE
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En ___ (by the way): Fr. : PASSANT
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Sensuous art. : EROTICA
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Bosh! : ROT
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Colored. : HUED
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Estates. : ACRES
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See 20 Down. : PHILADELPHIA
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Genus of rye. : SECALE
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"Make me immortal with ___!" : AKISS
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Pest. : BANE
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Mutters of doubt. : ERS
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Tyro. : AMATEUR
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The ___ Mauler (Jack Dempsey). : MANASSA
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A people of Caesar's time. : BELGAE
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Piecemeal novel. : SERIAL
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Famous avenue in Washington. : PENNSYLVANIA
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Arizona city. : NOGALES
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Spunkless soul. : DOORMAT
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More recent. : NEWER
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Tennis stroke. : SMASH
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Fish dish. : ROE
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Summer in the Bois. : ETE
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Rhino's cousins. : TAPIRS
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Brunch dishes. : OMELETS
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Mali's neighbor. : SENEGAL
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Maligning. : ABUSING
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Fashionably. : ALAMODE
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Before long: Sp. : MANANA
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Relievers. : EASERS
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Nobles. : PEERS
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Poetic postscript: Fr. : ENVOI
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A beaver skin. : PLEW
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Cash drawer. : TILL
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Seniority. : AGE
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Pueblo Indian. : SIA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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