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New York Times, Monday, September 9, 1963

62-Down : Siberian river.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F }, Scrabble score: 321 (avg 1.70)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 24.3 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,153
Across
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Green. : JADE
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Kind of puzzle. : REBUS
10
Beverage of the Orient. : SAKE
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Common element. : IRON
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Land: Poet. : EARTH
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Angle between leaf and stem. : AXIL
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Salamander. : NEWT
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Completely. : QUITE
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___ libre. : VERS
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Kubla Khan's city. : XANADU
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Where Red Cloud is. : NEBRASKA
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Rainbow. : IRIS
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Shower. : RAIN
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U.S. satellite. : EXPLORER
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Explosive. : TONITE
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Electrical unit. : REL
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Describing a jury of twelve. : PETIT
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Ceylon native. : TAMIL
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Under the covers. : ABED
41
Cheats. : DUPES
43
Campus building. : HALL
44
Eye drops. : TEARS
46
In ___ (secretly). : PETTO
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Letter. : GEE
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Eighth of a circle. : OCTANT
51
Septentrional. : NORTHERN
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Yarn. : WOOL
55
___ chance! : NOTA
56
Bounced, as in basketball. : DRIBBLED
60
Cheat: Brit. slang. : NOBBLE
64
Miss Dartle. : ROSA
65
Strap. : THONG
67
Holm oak. : ILEX
68
Imposing. : EPIC
69
Display frame. : EASEL
70
Food fish. : TUNA
71
Lectern. : DESK
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Impractical. : CRAZY
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Junction. : SEAM
Down
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Hoodoo: Slang. : JINX
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Field. : AREA
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Out's partner. : DOWN
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Involve. : ENTAIL
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Needed. : REQUIRED
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___ de Cologne. : EAU
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Stick of a fan. : BRIN
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Say. : UTTER
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Jewish month. : SHEBAT
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Georgia city. : SAVANNAH
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Pioneers' tools. : AXES
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Church. : KIRK
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Wagner role. : ELSA
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Piece of candy. : DROP
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Unrestrained revelry. : RIOT
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Arrangement. : SETUP
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Lyric muse. : ERATO
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Mediterranean ship. : XEBEC
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Box ___. : PLEAT
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Mature. : RIPEN
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Picture. : IMAGE
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Floor worker. : TILER
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Novelist Glasgow. : ELLEN
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Range of the Rockies. : TETON
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Hindrance. : DRAWBACK
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Boldly. : STRONGLY
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Social climber. : SNOB
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Von Bismarck. : OTTO
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Early Mexican Indian. : TOLTEC
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Costumes. : HABITS
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Hungarian composer. : LEHAR
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___ Scott. : DRED
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Hawser. : ROPE
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Goddess of the solar disk. : ISIS
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___-dos, kind of sofa. : DOSA
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Navy. : BLUE
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Siberian river. : LENA
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Student's problem. : EXAM
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Pince-___. : NEZ

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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