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New York Times, Tuesday, March 9, 1954

62-Across : Sweet potatoes.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,715
Across
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Style. : FORM
5
Relative of the missing link. : APE
8
Orlando's faithful servant. : ADAM
12
Coast Guard unit off Newfoundland. : ICEPATROL
15
Behave in theatrical manner. : EMOTE
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A recent stamp commemorates her. : BETSYROSS
17
Language of a Bengal tribe. : MALTO
18
Patriotic group: Abbr. : SAR
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Marilyn, to Dom. : SISTERINLAW
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Man's nickname. : NED
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Jeep or veep, for instance. : NEWWORD
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Of more than usual size. : LARGE
26
Utterances for throat inspection. : AHS
27
Peak. : ACME
31
Guitar of Nehru's land. : SITAR
32
Consensus of editorial opinion. : PRESS
34
Rower. : OAR
35
Lively: Music. : ANIMATO
37
Hero of Tasso's "Jerusalem Delivered." : RINALDO
39
Twining's title: Abbr. : GEN
40
"Twelfth Night" clown. : FESTE
42
Lily plants. : ALOES
43
Ship that sailed to Colchis. : ARGO
45
___ degree, in mathematics. : NTH
46
Armadillo. : APARA
47
Ropes for horses. : TETHERS
50
Old saying. : SAW
51
Dashes off a few lines. : WRITESANOTE
55
Start of a basketball game. : TAP
57
Convention goer's HQ. : HOTEL
58
Klondike prospector. : SOURDOUGH
60
Substance for polishing. : EMERY
61
Cherished. : TREASURED
62
Sweet potatoes. : YAMS
63
Poetic contraction. : EEN
64
Seadogs. : TARS
Down
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White lies. : FIBS
2
Andrea Doria is one. : OCEANLINER
3
What Rommel was doing, 1942. : RETREATING
4
British legislators. : MPS
5
"Only ___," by Friml. : AROSE
6
After 1918 or 1945. : POSTWAR
7
In some other place. : ELSEWHERE
8
Heroine of "Private Lives." : AMANDA
9
Pretty child. : DOLL
10
"___ boy!" : ATTA
11
Catty remark. : MEOW
13
Rueful interjections. : AYS
14
Threefold. : TRINE
15
Prince in Hejaz. : EMIR
20
Noted Italian physicist. : ROSSI
22
Sixty grains. : DRAM
25
German title. : GRAF
28
Operatic voice. : COLORATURA
29
Bet. : MADEAWAGER
30
Son of Aphrodite. : EROS
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Adventure tale. : SAGA
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Speedily. : POSTHASTE
33
Break sharply. : SNAP
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Circus tops. : TENTS
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A relative of 13 Down. : ALAS
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Estuary of the Thames: 2 wds. : THENORE
44
Fur animals. : OTTERS
46
"Per ardua ad ___": RAF motto. : ASTRA
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Squirming. : EELY
49
Port on the Seine. : ROUEN
51
Part of Miss Muffet's meal. : WHEY
52
Another Italian 2 Down. : ROMA
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Detail. : ITEM
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Stanky and Lopat. : EDS
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Degree holders. : PHDS
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Unfolded, as blossoms. : OUT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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