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New York Times, Saturday, October 6, 1962

25-Across : Dickens character.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F K W Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,831
Across
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Dominate. : POSSESS
8
Student's concern. : LESSONS
15
Quotation. : EXCERPT
16
Court evidence. : EXHIBIT
17
Airedale. : TERRIER
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Rural diversion. : HAYRIDE
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Mate's assent. : AYE
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Of the nerves. : NEURAL
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Bit of news. : ITEM
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Sediment. : LEES
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Dickens character. : CARTON
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Sulky. : POUTY
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Fearsome creatures. : OGRES
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Wrestling technique. : JUJITSU
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Bad: Prefix. : MAL
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___ loss. : ATA
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One more. : ANOTHER
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Metallic element. : IRIDIUM
43
"Princess ___." : IDA
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Compass point. : ESE
45
Serbian queen. : NATALIE
46
Of a part of the ear. : LOBAR
48
European blackbird. : OUSEL
49
Fashionable garment. : TSHIRT
52
Gremlins. : IMPS
56
Shaded walk. : MALL
59
Vipers. : ADDERS
62
Gold: Sp. : ORO
63
Uniform. : EQUABLE
65
Arena principal. : MATADOR
67
Horizon scenes. : SUNSETS
68
K-2's higher-up. : EVEREST
69
Most pungent. : HOTTEST
70
Irritates. : NETTLES
Down
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Part of a corolla. : PETAL
2
Daisylike plant. : OXEYE
3
Detritus. : SCREE
4
Type of talk: Abbr. : SER
5
Thomas Moore's land. : ERIN
6
German vice-admiral, W. W. I. : SPEE
7
Arrangement of parts. : STRUCTURE
8
Hungarian composer. : LEHAR
9
Praise. : EXALT
10
Distrustful. : SHY
11
Begetting. : SIRING
12
Newspaper notice. : OBIT
13
Nest of pheasants. : NIDE
14
Part of a word. : STEM
21
Skate. : RAY
24
Cooking device. : SPIT
26
Limestone composed of grains. : OOLITE
28
Pronoun. : OTHERS
29
Consumes. : USES
31
Fence. : RAIL
32
Container of a sort. : ETUI
33
Equivalent. : SAME
34
Confine. : JAIL
35
Open. : UNDO
36
Nephew of David. : JOAB
37
Certain ICBM's. : MINUTEMEN
38
Macaws. : ARAS
42
Spanish painter in U. S. : DALI
47
Finally. : ATLAST
48
Command: Abbr. : ORD
50
Hesitates. : HALTS
51
Useful Latin phrase. : IDEST
53
VIP in the fashion world. : MODEL
54
Ordinary language. : PROSE
55
Out of ___. : SORTS
56
Network. : MESH
57
From which: Lat. : AQUO
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American actor. : LUNT
60
Cousin of a blurb. : RAVE
61
Printer's sign. : STET
64
Letter. : BEE
66
Cunning. : ART

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

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