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New York Times, Thursday, July 26, 1962

36-Across : Part of RSVP.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,759
Across
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Dr. Jonas. : SALK
5
Snake. : COBRA
10
Break suddenly. : SNAP
14
Lily plant. : ALOE
15
Willow. : OSIER
16
Ballgame of a sort. : POLO
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Alpha Centauri. : STAR
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Twangy. : NASAL
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Control. : REIN
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Joseph P. : KENNEDY
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Forfeit. : PENALTY
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Twilight. : EVE
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Poetically sufficient. : ENOW
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Kitchen gadget. : COLLANDER
31
Moved furtively. : SLUNK
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Ones: Sp. : UNOS
36
Part of RSVP. : SIL
37
___ one's oars. : RESTON
38
W. W. II ship. : LST
39
Former Army missileman. : MEDARIS
41
Sodbuster's tool. : HOE
42
Spaceship peril. : METEOR
44
Pewter ingredient. : TIN
45
Singer Horne. : LENA
46
Pilfer. : STEAL
47
Changed costume. : REATTIRED
49
Tokyo beverage. : SAKE
51
Charged particle. : ION
52
Snare of a sort. : RATTRAP
55
Door appurtenance. : KNOCKER
59
Farm unit. : ACRE
60
Hebrew month: Var. : SEBAT
62
Spanish pot. : OLLA
63
Four: Ger. : VIER
64
Cuba's neighbor. : HAITI
65
Spare. : LEAN
66
Sir Anthony. : EDEN
67
Former V. P. : ALBEN
68
Maine, Vermont, etc.: Abbr. : NENG
Down
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Part of Canada: Abbr. : SASK
2
Der ___. : ALTE
3
Banking function. : LOAN
4
Centers. : KERNELS
5
Electronic component. : CONDENSER
6
"___, can you see ... " : OSAY
7
Twice, in music. : BIS
8
Farmer's need. : REAPER
9
"Green Hat" novelist. : ARLEN
10
Sits awkwardly. : SPRAWLS
11
Christmas. : NOEL
12
Landed. : ALIT
13
See 16 Across. : PONY
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Little ___. : EVA
23
Roman and others. : NOSES
26
Hollow stems of grasses. : CULMS
27
Beginning. : ONSET
28
Singer Lehmann. : LOTTE
29
Solved. : DID
30
Make happy. : ELATE
32
King Arthur's father. : UTHER
33
Not a soul. : NOONE
34
Prepare dough. : KNEAD
37
Old-time movie star. : RINTINTIN
39
Tooth. : MOLAR
40
Inlet: Sp. : RIA
43
___ Star. : EASTERN
45
Famous N. Y. C. center. : LINCOLN
47
1933 event. : REPEAL
48
As well. : TOO
50
Fine wool fabric. : KASHA
52
Talk wildly. : RAVE
53
Corrosive. : ACID
54
Kilmer subject. : TREE
55
"Kiss Me, ___." : KATE
56
Modern artist. : KLEE
57
Verve. : ELAN
58
Chimed. : RANG
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Apron part. : BIB

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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