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New York Times, Thursday, August 30, 1962

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F Q X }, Scrabble score: 305 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 36.0
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,794
Across
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Pass over. : CROSS
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Turkish judge. : CADI
10
Neglect. : OMIT
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Meal. : LUNCH
15
Greek coin. : OBOL
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Military force. : NAVY
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Famous Hollywood name. : OSCAR
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College official. : REGISTRAR
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December 31. : YEAREND
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Contrivance. : MACHINE
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Fuss. : ADO
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Madrid churchman. : PADRE
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Lacking brightness. : DRAB
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Road surface. : TAR
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Quiet. : SEDATE
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Poetic contraction. : EER
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Child. : MINOR
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Dye. : EOSIN
38
Occasionally. : EVERYNOWANDTHEN
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Pieces of glass. : PANES
42
Ben ___, peak in Scotland. : NEVIS
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Mouth: Prefix. : ORI
44
Opinions: Colloq. : SLANTS
46
Speaks: Dial. : SEZ
47
Fills with wonder. : AWES
48
Crosses out. : DELES
50
Days of yore. : ELD
52
Few. : SEVERAL
55
Mercury, for one. : PROJECT
59
Always. : EVERYTIME
61
Donkey. : BURRO
62
Spare. : TIRE
63
Common French verb. : ETRE
64
"An ___ on Man." : ESSAY
65
Leader. : HEAD
66
Escritoire. : DESK
67
Parts of pipes. : STEMS
Down
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Pall. : CLOY
2
Stratagem. : RUSE
3
Portuguese ounce. : ONCA
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Beetle. : SCARAB
5
Tatter. : SHRED
6
Fabric rib. : CORD
7
Nancy Hanks' son. : ABE
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Belief. : DOGMA
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Epics. : ILIADS
10
Prompt. : ONTHEDOT
11
Husband: Fr. : MARI
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The Terrible. : IVAN
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Sidon's rival. : TYRE
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Tirades. : SCREEDS
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Out. : NOTIN
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Bravery. : PROWESS
25
Ocean areas. : DEEPS
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German name for Tallinn. : REVAL
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Theatre. : ARENA
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Soon. : ANON
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Stand ___ (have a chance). : ASHOW
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Animals: Ger. : TIERE
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Texas city near Dallas. : ENNIS
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Story of a sort. : MYSTERY
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Blurb's cousin. : RAVE
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Gave. : RENDERED
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Name on the best-seller lists. : NIZER
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Describing certain roofs. : SLATED
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Regulate. : ADJUST
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Typewriter type. : ELITE
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Ear parts. : LOBES
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Brother of Cain and Abel. : SETH
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Girl's nickname. : EVIE
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___ cruz. : VERA
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Glance. : PEEK
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Irish. : ERSE
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Fill. : CRAM
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Kindergarten gear. : TOYS
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___ Grundy. : MRS

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

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