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New York Times, Saturday, November 24, 1962

47-Across : Begin a voyage.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 314 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,880
Across
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Hymn of Thanksgiving. : DOXOLOGY
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Cancel. : EFFACE
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Not for the table. : INEDIBLE
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Port near Limerick. : GALWAY
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Underscores. : STRESSES
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Refinery product. : GREASE
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Sea bird. : COOT
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Antagonist. : ENEMY
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Letters. : WYES
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Johnsonian form of address. : SIR
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Quickly. : SOON
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Hindu title. : SRI
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Prayer. : AVE
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Glad. : PLEASED
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Wool. : CASHMERE
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Pay homage. : KOWTOW
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At pleasure: Lat. abbr. : ADLIB
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Work at (a trade). : PLY
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End. : CLOSE
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Connected. : TIEDIN
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Begin a voyage. : MAKESAIL
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Rumble seat's relative. : SIDECAR
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Greek god. : PAN
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Potent chemical. : TNT
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Counterfoil. : STUB
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Little: Fr. : PEU
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Habitual route. : BEAT
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French demonstrative pronoun. : CELUI
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River of Sweden. : LAGA
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Rosy. : ABLUSH
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Byzantium today. : ISTANBUL
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Navy man. : SEABEE
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Biblical peak. : MTARARAT
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Substitute. : ERSATZ
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Thanksgiving symbols. : PILGRIMS
Down
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Album part. : DISC
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Not fooled by. : ONTO
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Dry: Prefix. : XERO
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American dramatist. : ODETS
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French lily. : LIS
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Celebrate. : OBSERVE
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Valley. : GLEN
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Agreeable words. : YESES
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Important source of protein. : EGGYOLK
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Much. : FAR
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Winged. : FLEW
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Absent. : AWAY
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Legal matter. : CASE
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Observes. : EYES
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Cleaner. : MOP
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Satirical poems. : IAMBICS
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Part of the Cenozoic. : NEOCENE
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Old-time taxes. : SCATS
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Geometric dimensions. : RADII
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Set apart. : ISLED
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Marshall Plan: Abbr. : ERP
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Pointed tools. : AWLS
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Furry animal. : STOAT
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The red in red ink. : EOSIN
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Resided. : DWELT
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Cloak. : HIDE
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Wood. : ELM
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Bark. : YAP
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City on the Mississippi. : NATCHEZ
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Marxian theme. : KAPITAL
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Wish undone. : RUE
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Aircraft. : BLIMP
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Of a forearm bone. : ULNAR
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Military installation. : BASE
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The Hebrews' ancestor. : EBER
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State: Abbr. : ALAS
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Saxhorn. : TUBA
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Czech city. : USTI
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French dugout. : ABRI
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N. Pacific isle. : GUAM
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Hts. : ALTS
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Bridge term. : SET
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South American country: Abbr. : ARG

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

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