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New York Times, Wednesday, July 4, 1962

29-Across : Cooler fillers.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,737
Across
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Chatter. : GOSSIP
7
Have a meal. : SUP
10
Army decoration. : DSC
13
Of the 1930's. : PREWAR
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Inner: Prefix. : ENTO
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German pronoun. : ICH
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Lake Ontario port. : OSWEGO
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Maximum. : PEAK
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Cry of triumph. : AHA
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July 4th tradition. : DOUBLEHEADER
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Thine: Fr. : ATOI
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Treat superficially (with "over"). : SLUR
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No one: Lat. : NEMO
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One who pampers. : COSSETER
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Cooler fillers. : ICEMEN
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Mawkish. : MUSHY
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Sift. : WINNOW
34
Period. : ERA
35
Namesakes of Jacob's eldest. : REUBENS
37
Farm animal. : EWE
40
The time of the Caesars. : TEMPUS
41
Accused. : TAXED
43
Urgency. : STRESS
46
Hot. : STEAMING
48
Buddy. : CHUM
49
The climax of "Hamlet." : DUEL
50
Dist. ___. : ATTY
51
July 4th tradition. : ROMANCANDLES
55
Electrical unit. : AMP
56
Member of a Japanese race. : AINU
57
Next to the rail. : INSIDE
61
French city in the Pyrenees. : PAU
62
Hyde Park sight. : PRAM
63
Go through with. : SEEOUT
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Letter. : ESS
65
Particle. : ACE
66
Springs. : ISSUES
Down
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Mail center: Abbr. : GPO
2
Golden hues, in heraldry. : ORS
3
Featherstitch. : SEW
4
Germanic language. : SWEDISH
5
Shakespearean heavy. : IAGO
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French novelist. : PROUST
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Gibe. : SNEER
8
State. : UTAH
9
Dawdle. : POKE
10
Symbolic headband. : DIADEM
11
Project. : SCHEME
12
Mythical boatman. : CHARON
14
Part of the Great Seal of the United States. : EPLURIBUSUNUM
20
Burst. : BLEWUP
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Over again. : ANEW
22
Summit. : ACME
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Type of vacation. : TOUR
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Thessalian mountain. : OSSA
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Old English county courts. : EYRES
29
Stagecoach stop. : INN
30
___ Rica. : COSTA
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Packed one within another. : NESTED
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German river. : EMS
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Specialized door. : EXIT
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Departed. : WENT
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Snappish. : EDGY
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Melodic subject: It. : TEMA
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Hoards. : AMASSES
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Predicament. : SCRAPE
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One of the apostles. : THOMAS
45
Donnybrook. : RUMPUS
47
Place in New York Bay: Abbr. : ELLISI
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Mother of Perseus. : DANAE
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City near San Francisco. : NAPA
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About: Lat. abbr. : CIRC
54
Chemical suffixes. : ENES
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Chit. : IOU
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Appropriate. : DUE
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Latin conjunctions. : ETS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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