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New York Times, Tuesday, July 24, 1962

16-Across : Stripling.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,757
Across
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Obliquely. : ASKANT
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From ___ to riches. : RAGS
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Favorable. : PRO
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Mashie's cousin. : DRIVER
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"Vidi." : ISAW
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Stripling. : LAD
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Money in Sonora. : DINERO
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Turtle's shell. : CARAPACE
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Expansion. : GROWTH
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What bulls buy. : STOCKS
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Tumbler. : GLASS
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Electrical abbreviation. : AMP
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Pens. : STIES
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Magic symbol. : RUNE
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Rabbit gin. : SNARE
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Icelandic opus. : EDDA
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Ampersand. : AND
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Family name. : COGNOMEN
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Ruin. : FAILURE
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Riches. : FORTUNE
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Boston crockery. : BEANPOTS
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See 16 Across. : BOY
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Nagged. : RODE
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British weight. : STONE
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Ardor. : FIRE
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Birdlike. : AVIAN
51
Turf. : SOD
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Hellhound. : FIEND
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Lugubrious. : DISMAL
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Explosive noise. : REPORT
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"Any port ___." : INASTORM
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Hosts. : ARMIES
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Baronet's title. : SIR
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Mexican water. : AGUA
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Stow cargo. : STEEVE
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Noah's second. : HAM
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Boston neighbor. : LYNN
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More pithy. : TERSER
Down
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Augment. : ADD
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In India, glorious. : SRI
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"The ___." : KINGANDI
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Unwilling. : AVERSE
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Wanton tyrants. : NEROS
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Think, old style. : TROW
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Plutocrat. : RICHMAN
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As high ___ kite. : ASA
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Billfishes. : GARS
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Thwacks. : SWATS
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Unruffled. : PLACID
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Tormented. : RACKED
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Ukrainian port. : ODESSA
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Forcible. : POTENT
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Abrupt turnoffs. : TANGENTS
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Count: Ger. : GRAF
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Moon goddess. : LUNA
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Magician's coattail pocket: Fr. : PROFONDE
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Carolina rails. : SORAS
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Be melodramatic. : EMOTE
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Hint. : CUE
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Ahems' cousins. : ERS
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Angle irons. : LBEAMS
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Wherenesses. : UBIETIES
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A Weird Sister. : NORN
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Regarded. : EYED
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Pauper. : POORMAN
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Relish root. : RADISH
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Sheep pox. : OVINIA
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Turn swords into plowshares. : DISARM
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More resolute. : FIRMER
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Brazilian port. : NATAL
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Strong point. : FORTE
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Heavy or dull. : LOGY
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Later than. : PAST
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Animal track. : RUN
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Mother ___. : EVE
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Sequence: Abbr. : SER

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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