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New York Times, Saturday, November 17, 1962

49-Across : Fit for plowing.

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
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Petty prince. : SATRAP
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Mistake: Slang. : BOOBOO
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Shirked. : AVOIDED
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Rooflike cover. : AWNING
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Word for word. : VERBATIM
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Copied. : APED
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Subtle suggestions. : HINTS
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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
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Imaginary circle. : EQUATOR
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Program director. : PLANNER
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Member of a German Baptist group. : DUNKER
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Design. : FRAME
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Contributor. : GIVER
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Ladies of substance. : HEIRESSES
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Greek letters. : ETAS
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Shrivel: Var. : WEAZEN
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Exclamation of mild rebuke. : TUT
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Atop, poetically. : OER
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Originate. : ARISE
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Gait. : PACE
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New-born: Fr. : NAISSANT
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Fit for plowing. : ARABLE
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Item of haberdashery. : NECKTIE
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Be a substitute. : FILLIN
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Made concave. : DISHED
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Subdued. : TAMED
Down
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18th cen. English poet. : COWPER
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Solitary. : LONELY
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In the same place: Lat. abbr. : IBID
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Calendar abbreviation. : MON
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Swamp. : BOG
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Unexpended sums. : SAVINGS
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Exact satisfaction for. : AVENGE
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Rich cake. : TORTE
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Meat cuts. : RIBS
10
Political group. : ADA
11
Often-revived play. : PETERPAN
12
Bleated. : BAAED
14
Small room. : DINETTE
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One's "line." : METIER
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Children's game participant. : HIDER
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Brother: Lat. : FRATER
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Inflexibility. : RIGOR
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Swiss city and canton. : BERNES
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Stops. : BRAKES
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Sailors. : SEAMEN
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Proclaim loudly. : BLARE
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Have the ___ (have an advantage). : EDGEON
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Admirable, as "___ achievement." : QUITEAN
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Monotonous. : UNVARIED
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Value highly. : PRIZE
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Dined. : FEASTED
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German man's nickname. : HEINIE
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Constant. : STABLE
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Greek mathematician. : EUCLID
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Dutch painter. : STEEN
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Anger. : WRATH
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Inquires. : ASKS
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Tropical tree. : PALM
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Systemized knowledge: Abbr. : SCI
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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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