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New York Times, Wednesday, August 15, 1962

60-Across : Figures of speech.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,779
Across
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Special argot. : CANT
5
Saucy: Colloq. : FLIP
9
West Pointer. : CADET
14
Wife: Lat. : UXOR
15
Years and years. : AEON
16
Sheeplike. : OVINE
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Amuse divertingly. : TITILLATE
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Soften down. : RELAX
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Describing some roofs. : SLATED
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Old in Edinburgh. : AULD
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Greek letter. : ETA
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Stettin's river. : ODER
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Humidify. : MOISTEN
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Kennedy's country place. : GLENORA
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Anticipate eagerly. : AWAIT
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"From Ghent to ___." : AIX
33
Annapolis. : NAVY
35
Andean animal. : LLAMA
38
Building slat. : LATH
40
Lixiviate. : LEACH
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Be sure of. : KNOW
44
Made a gaffe. : ERRED
46
Certain athletes. : PROS
48
Craggy hill. : TOR
49
Brother of Moses. : AARON
52
Irreverence. : IMPIETY
54
Judge respectively. : COMPARE
56
Zoo inmate. : BEAR
57
___ Darya (Oxus River). : AMU
58
Fits of pique. : PETS
60
Figures of speech. : TROPES
64
Afternoon: Sp. : TARDE
66
Hoax of a sort. : MARESNEST
68
Rocker. : CHAIR
69
Water: Sp. : AGUA
70
Soft life. : EASE
71
Pauses. : HALTS
72
Standard. : NORM
73
Pulled. : DREW
Down
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Snubs. : CUTS
2
Angle formed by leaf and stem. : AXIL
3
___ chance. : NOTA
4
Minor sea god. : TRITON
5
Mere nonsense. : FALDERAL
6
Grassy plain. : LEA
7
Whit. : IOTA
8
Breath of life. : PNEUMA
9
Heart-warming. : CORDIAL
10
Rosary bead. : AVE
11
Dabbler in arts. : DILETTANTE
12
Related maternally. : ENATE
13
LBJ, for one. : TEXAN
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Enticed. : LEDON
22
Softly. : LOW
25
Utter in frenzy. : RAVE
27
Rich fabric. : SILK
28
Stormy weather. : GALE
29
Glib deceiver. : LIAR
30
Outside city or college limits. : EXTRAMURAL
34
Bark. : YAP
36
Debatable. : MOOT
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Askew. : AWRY
39
Mound. : HEAP
41
Barred bed. : CRIB
42
Ball park favorites. : HOMETEAM
45
Cloth merchants. : DRAPERS
47
Gaffs and booms. : SPARS
50
Mining sample. : ORE
51
Tennis player. : NETMAN
53
Smoothed the wrinkles. : IRONED
54
A rich groom. : CATCH
55
City on the Missouri. : OMAHA
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Kind of starch. : SAGO
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Bosc. : PEAR
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To be: Lat. : ESSE
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One-dish meal. : STEW
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On ___, bit of gossip. : DIT
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Robot drama. : RUR

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