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New York Times, Monday, January 8, 1962

63-Across : Military signal.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.24, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 305 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,560
Across
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Do odd jobs. : CHARE
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Fish related to the cod. : HAKE
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"Arabian Nights" name. : BABA
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___ color. : LOCAL
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Be tractable. : OBEY
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Neglect. : OMIT
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Generally. : ONTHEWHOLE
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Partly: Prefix. : SEMI
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Former small coin. : SOU
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Brag. : VAUNT
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City on the Po. : TURIN
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Time. : ERA
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Man's name. : ESME
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Sunshade. : AWNING
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Capital of Albania. : TIRANA
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Exact. : TRUE
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___ Blas. : GIL
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"___ with Music." : SAYIT
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Untrammeled. : FOOTLOOSE
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Mother of the gods. : RHEA
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___ pedal. : SOFT
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Rooney as a boy. : ANDYHARDY
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Yonder. : THERE
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Light-Horse Harry. : LEE
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Finished. : OVER
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Elect. : CHOSEN
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Society. : LEAGUE
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Greek contest. : AGON
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Radarscope position indicator. : PPI
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More curious. : ODDER
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Hindu title. : SWAMI
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Chemical suffixes. : OLS
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Reproachful interjections. : FIES
57
Rabelais romance. : PANTAGRUEL
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Suffix used with odd, fig, etc. : MENT
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Twist: Colloq. : SLUE
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Expedition. : HASTE
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Earth goddess. : ERDA
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Military signal. : TAPS
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Suiting. : TWEED
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Storage spaces. : CLOSETS
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Relative of Nora. : HONORIA
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Insurance expert. : ACTUARY
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Cheer. : RAH
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Last minute. : ELEVENTHHOUR
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Sound of boredom. : HOHUM
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Have ___ pick. : ABONETO
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Gael: Var. : KELT
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Electric ___. : EYE
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Seaman of a sort. : BOSUN
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Vespucci. : AMERIGO
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Part of the Bahamas. : BIMINIS
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Excited. : ATINGLE
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"When I ___ child ... " : WASA
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Timely play. : TWELFTHNIGHT
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Self: Prefix. : AUTO
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Vivacious. : AIRY
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Promising. : ROSY
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Nourishment. : FARE
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Roman emperor. : OTHO
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Roof part. : EAVE
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Perennial torch song. : ALLOFME
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In greater want. : NEEDIER
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Cul-de-sac. : DEADEND
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Drafted. : DRAWNUP
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Adopt. : ESPOUSE
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Full. : REPLETE
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Isolated. : ENISLED
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Insensibility. : COMA
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Deeds: Lat. : GESTA
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Portals. : GATES
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Spanish room. : SALA
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Timetable abbreviation. : PST
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Bleak. : RAW

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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