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New York Times, Tuesday, February 20, 1962

62-Across : Island country: Abbr.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { B J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,603
Across
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An old king. : COLE
5
Impress. : STAMP
10
State. : UTAH
14
Hanging unevenly. : ALOP
15
Missouri city. : LAMAR
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Noted person. : NAME
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Purchase of a sort. : PIGINAPOKE
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Runners on a vehicle. : SKIS
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Little ___. : EVA
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Similarly. : ALIKE
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Bureau. : CHEST
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Byrd or Bush. : SENATOR
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Faint. : SWOON
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Together: Prefix. : COM
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Test of strength that settles a matter. : SHOWDOWN
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Plate. : DISH
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State. : MAINE
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By way of. : VIA
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Start upon. : ENTER
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More remote. : OFF
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Sediment. : DREGS
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Timetable abbreviation. : ARR
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Bird. : EGRET
44
Whilom. : ERST
45
Brave. : FEARLESS
47
Exclamation. : AHA
49
Importune. : TEASE
50
Toy instrument. : OCARINA
54
Villain's role. : HEAVY
56
Desert plants. : CACTI
58
Conjunctive. : NOR
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Heavenly being: Fr. : ANGE
60
Accept something fully: Slang. : GOWHOLEHOG
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Island country: Abbr. : ICEL
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Decorate. : ADORN
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Not very good. : SOSO
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Sports rooms: Colloq. : GYMS
66
Brawl. : MELEE
67
Printer's term. : STET
Down
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Ann and May. : CAPES
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Color. : OLIVE
3
Yukon peak. : LOGAN
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Finial. : EPI
5
Skiing term. : SLALOM
6
Hoglike animal. : TAPIR
7
In a frenzy. : AMOK
8
Stopgap. : MAKESHIFT
9
Common prefix. : PRE
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Shoeless. : UNSHOD
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Gained control of. : TAKENOVER
12
French friends. : AMIS
13
Order, old style. : HEST
18
Western alliance. : NATO
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Awed. : COWED
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Twinge's cousin. : ACHE
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Gained. : WON
28
Repositories. : SAFES
29
Theatrical accessories. : WIGS
30
American cartoonist. : NAST
31
Unheeding. : DEAF
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As to. : INRE
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Trick. : STRATAGEM
34
System of communication. : MORSECODE
37
Kind of race. : RELAY
40
Build. : REAR
43
Brazilian Indians. : GES
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Sprees. : REVELS
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Unit of a play. : ACTONE
48
Greet. : HAIL
50
Earthy clay. : OCHRE
51
___ water. : INHOT
52
Type of loop. : NOOSE
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Jargon. : ARGOT
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British general. : HAIG
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Ref. book. : ENCY
57
Military offense. : AWOL
60
School of whales. : GAM
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Letter. : ESS

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