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New York Times, Wednesday, November 28, 1962

32-Across : Preliminary drudgery.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,884
Across
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One of T. E. Lawrence's names. : SHAW
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Leader. : HEAD
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Part of a stage. : APRON
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Child: Prefix. : PEDO
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Wing: Fr. : AILE
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Ireland personified. : IRENA
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Listen. : EAVESDROP
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Logrolling tournament. : ROLEO
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Three: It. : TRE
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Of the lung lining. : PLEURAL
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Navy man: Abbr. : ENS
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Roar of the surf. : ROTE
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Kind of ham. : DEVILED
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___ as a one-armed paperhanger. : ASBUSY
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Terrible: Prefix. : DINO
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Minnows. : BAIT
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Preliminary drudgery. : SPADEWORK
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Printer's abbreviation. : ITALS
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Small dwelling. : HUT
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Mardi Gras, for example. : REVEL
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Teen-ager's monopoly. : TELEPHONE
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Descartes. : RENE
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Veritable. : TRUE
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Term of endearment, in France. : CHERIE
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Makes friendly. : DISARMS
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Sticks. : RODS
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"My ___ John." : SON
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Etrurian. : ITALIAN
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Surprised exclamations. : HAS
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Harmonium. : ORGAN
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Got rid of: Colloq. : KICKEDOUT
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Vacuum tube. : DIODE
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Sword: Fr. : EPEE
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Goddess of youth. : HEBE
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Functioned. : ACTED
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Quantities, in math: Abbr. : RADS
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Employer. : USER
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Small barracuda. : SPET
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Permit to speak. : HEAR
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Of a class of words. : ADVERBIAL
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Trouble. : WOE
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Famous president of Yale. : HADLEY
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Site of Killarney. : EIRE
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Audibly. : ALOUD
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Plunder, old style. : DEPREDATE
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Flying machine. : AIRLINER
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In favor of. : PRO
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Famed military signature. : RELEE
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In an upright position. : ONEND
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Greek temple. : NAOS
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Harbors: Abbr. : SPTS
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Very eager. : AVID
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Markets. : OUTLETS
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Reduced. : LOWERED
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"___ of all right." : ABIT
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Fill full. : SATE
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Cobbler. : SHOEMAKER
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Witticism. : PUN
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Footwear of a sort. : OVERSHOES
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Artist Guido ___. : RENI
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Swiss abstract painter. : KLEE
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Weakened, as a joint. : SPRAINED
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Offend. : HURT
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Rail birds. : CRAKES
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Sharpen. : HONE
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Order of Greek architecture. : DORIC
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Metal cast. : INGOT
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___ cog (make a mistake). : SLIPA
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Beverage. : SODA
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Frosted. : ICED
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River into the Seine. : AUBE
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Noun suffix. : STER
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"Fables in Slang" author. : ADE
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"Lady of the Lake" outlaw. : DHU

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2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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