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New York Times, Tuesday, November 13, 1962

20-Across : Swindle, rustic style.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 305 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,869
Across
1
Sharp projection. : BARB
5
Warp yarns. : ABBS
9
Singer. : BASSO
14
Olive genus. : OLEA
15
Black: It. : NERO
16
Pale. : ASHEN
17
Luminary. : STAR
18
Weapons of a sort. : SLINGSHOTS
20
Swindle, rustic style. : HORNSWOGGLE
22
Caviar. : ROE
23
Boiled dinner. : STEW
24
Advancement. : ASCENT
26
Twin of Pollux. : CASTOR
29
Door. : PORTAL
31
Let enter. : ALLOW
32
Languish. : FADE
33
Chuck. : BEEF
36
Mole. : PIER
37
Stomata. : PORES
38
Subject to heat. : BAKE
39
Part of a watch. : STEM
40
Baseball trio. : OUTS
41
Spelunkers' hangouts. : CAVES
42
Privation. : PENURY
44
Precis. : DIGEST
45
Castle where Macbeth slew Duncan. : CAWDOR
47
Air. : TUNE
48
Turkish title. : AGA
49
Relative of a fichu. : NECKERCHIEF
55
Deadly nightshade. : BELLADONNA
57
Unbleached: Fr. : ECRU
58
Printer's roller. : INKER
59
Unskilled worker. : PEON
60
Related. : AKIN
61
Horrid. : NASTY
62
Spanish muralist. : SERT
63
Colored. : DYED
Down
1
Poppycock. : BOSH
2
Singer. : ALTO
3
Bring up the ___. : REAR
4
Performed aerobatics, here and there. : BARNSTORMED
5
Rejoinder. : ANSWER
6
Inferior. : BELOW
7
Guardhouse. : BRIG
8
Berlin's forte. : SONG
9
Lowest. : BASEST
10
Tree. : ASH
11
Sailor's objective. : SHORELEAVE
12
Assail. : SETON
13
Start. : ONSET
19
Stares. : GLARES
21
Pack away. : STOW
25
Lackwit. : CABBAGEHEAD
26
Ammo of a sort. : CAPS
27
Got off. : ALIT
28
Somnambulates. : SLEEPWALKS
29
Candidate's concern. : PARTY
30
Certain writings. : ODES
32
Polo team. : FOUR
34
___ out. : EKES
35
Suffix with fun, slug, etc. : FEST
37
Streamed. : POURED
41
Head man, in the services: Abbr. : CINC
43
Ninefold. : NONARY
44
American author and educator. : DURANT
45
Rustic abode. : CABIN
46
Star in Centaurus. : AGENA
47
See 9 Across. : TENOR
50
Men on the beat. : COPS
51
Genu. : KNEE
52
Not hep: Slang. : ICKY
53
Indian. : ERIE
54
Supply. : FUND
56
Obstacle. : LET

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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