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New York Times, Saturday, November 17, 1962

22-Across : Border.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.43, Missing: { J X }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,873
Across
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Mount. : CLIMB
6
Petty prince. : SATRAP
12
Mistake: Slang. : BOOBOO
13
Shirked. : AVOIDED
15
Rooflike cover. : AWNING
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Word for word. : VERBATIM
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Copied. : APED
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Subtle suggestions. : HINTS
20
Compass point. : ENE
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Fish. : EEL
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Border. : FRINGE
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Writer Harte. : BRET
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Road overpass, in New England. : DRYBRIDGE
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Numerical prefix. : SEPTI
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Storms. : RAGES
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Chide. : BERATE
30
Imaginary circle. : EQUATOR
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Program director. : PLANNER
34
Member of a German Baptist group. : DUNKER
35
Design. : FRAME
36
Contributor. : GIVER
37
Ladies of substance. : HEIRESSES
41
Greek letters. : ETAS
42
Shrivel: Var. : WEAZEN
43
Exclamation of mild rebuke. : TUT
44
Atop, poetically. : OER
45
Originate. : ARISE
46
Gait. : PACE
47
New-born: Fr. : NAISSANT
49
Fit for plowing. : ARABLE
51
Item of haberdashery. : NECKTIE
52
Be a substitute. : FILLIN
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Made concave. : DISHED
54
Subdued. : TAMED
Down
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18th cen. English poet. : COWPER
2
Solitary. : LONELY
3
In the same place: Lat. abbr. : IBID
4
Calendar abbreviation. : MON
5
Swamp. : BOG
6
Unexpended sums. : SAVINGS
7
Exact satisfaction for. : AVENGE
8
Rich cake. : TORTE
9
Meat cuts. : RIBS
10
Political group. : ADA
11
Often-revived play. : PETERPAN
12
Bleated. : BAAED
14
Small room. : DINETTE
17
One's "line." : METIER
19
Children's game participant. : HIDER
22
Brother: Lat. : FRATER
23
Inflexibility. : RIGOR
24
Swiss city and canton. : BERNES
26
Stops. : BRAKES
27
Sailors. : SEAMEN
29
Proclaim loudly. : BLARE
30
Have the ___ (have an advantage). : EDGEON
31
Admirable, as "___ achievement." : QUITEAN
32
Monotonous. : UNVARIED
33
Value highly. : PRIZE
35
Dined. : FEASTED
37
German man's nickname. : HEINIE
38
Constant. : STABLE
39
Greek mathematician. : EUCLID
40
Dutch painter. : STEEN
42
Anger. : WRATH
45
Inquires. : ASKS
46
Tropical tree. : PALM
48
Systemized knowledge: Abbr. : SCI
49
Toward the stern. : AFT
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Long narrow inlet. : RIA

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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