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Manny Miller
Manny Miller

New York Times, Tuesday, July 3, 1962

19-Across : Humid.

Author:
Manny Miller
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8 Grid has duplicate clues.
Manny Miller has 32 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,736
Across
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Missouri tributary. : PLATTE
7
Gray. : ASH
10
Presage. : OMEN
14
Very new. : REDHOT
15
Hydrate of aluminum. : DIASPORE
17
Important anniversary. : INDEPENDENCEDAY
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Humid. : MOIST
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Have a bite. : EAT
21
Feminine suffix. : INA
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Place of business: Abbr. : EXCH
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Like paraffin. : WAXEN
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Move swiftly. : FLIT
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Real estate sign. : TOLET
30
Russian vehicle. : TROIKA
32
Expand. : WIDEN
34
Eisenhower aide. : HERTER
35
Floats. : SWIMS
38
Tease: Colloq. : RIB
40
The ocean depths. : ABYSS
41
Small lump. : NODULE
43
Concealed. : PERDU
45
Shore bird. : AVOSET
46
Loamy deposit. : LOESS
48
Strike repeatedly. : PELT
49
Shining. : AGLOW
52
___ facto. : IPSO
55
Of ___. : AGE
57
Poetic contraction. : EEN
58
Indigo shrubs. : ANILS
59
Cabinet post. : ATTORNEYGENERAL
63
Newton or Einstein. : THEORIST
64
Football term. : ONSIDE
65
"September ___." : MORN
66
Pollinator. : BEE
67
Term of address. : SISTER
Down
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Chief. : PRIME
2
City in Massachusetts. : LENOX
3
Devotee. : ADDICT
4
Theatre code. : THESHOWMUSTGOON
5
Rose above: Poet. : TOPT
6
Parisian season. : ETE
7
Large antelope. : ADDAX
8
Seven, in Spain. : SIETE
9
Tributary of the Yangtze. : HAN
10
Store sign. : OPENFORBUSINESS
11
Form or pattern. : MODALITY
12
The Gay Nineties, for one. : ERA
13
French marshal. : NEY
16
Branch of study: Abbr. : SCI
18
More precise. : NEATER
23
Unite. : WED
24
To the ___ degree. : NTH
26
Dwight and others. : IKES
27
Bluejackets. : TARS
29
Knit goods. : LISLE
31
British novelist. : READE
33
Small bit. : NIP
35
Vigor: Colloq. : SNAP
36
Intertwined. : WOVE
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Devotee. : IDOLATER
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Have a proper place. : BELONG
42
Greek letter. : ETA
44
Line. : ROW
47
Courage. : SPIRIT
50
Brants. : GEESE
51
Island near Mindanao. : LEYTE
53
Sole of a plow. : SLADE
54
Canadian physician. : OSLER
56
Be incorrect. : ERR
58
Years: Lat. : ANNI
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Air: Prefix. : ATM
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However. : THO
61
Bill. : NIB
62
Greek goddess. : EOS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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