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New York Times, Friday, August 17, 1962

43-Across : Wind-deposited loam.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,781
Across
1
Glove. : MITT
5
Footnote term. : IBID
9
Canyon parts. : RIMS
13
Ancient concert halls. : ODEA
14
Provinces of ancient Greece. : NOMES
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Part of Q. E. D. : ERAT
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Deck wood. : TEAK
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Ship in a novel. : CAINE
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Latin sea. : MARE
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Poker item. : HOLECARD
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False name. : ANONYM
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Stack wood. : CORD
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Locate. : SPOT
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Break up or in. : STAVE
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Renounced. : SWOREOFF
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Steeple. : SPIRE
33
Separate. : APART
34
Meadow. : LEA
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Something beyond recall. : WATEROVERTHEDAM
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Ocean: Abbr. : ATL
39
Principal. : GRAND
40
Beef cut. : PLATE
41
Subject of a Christmas appeal. : NEEDIEST
43
Wind-deposited loam. : LOESS
44
Formerly, long ago. : ERST
45
Fruit part. : PULP
46
Volcanic rock. : BASALT
49
Return. : COMEHOME
53
___ arms. : UPIN
54
Irregular. : EROSE
56
Partly open. : AJAR
57
Place associated with Venus. : MILO
58
When the alarm rings. : SEVEN
59
CENTO relative. : NATO
60
Mere money. : PELF
61
Four-posters. : BEDS
62
Belgrade name. : TITO
Down
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Browntail. : MOTH
2
Concept: Prefix. : IDEO
3
Small duck. : TEAL
4
Be cautious. : TAKECARE
5
To the direction (of). : INCARE
6
Council. : BOARD
7
Organic compound. : IMID
8
Small room. : DEN
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Distant. : REMOTE
10
Afghanistan's neighbor. : IRAN
11
Nursery rhyme name. : MARY
12
Check. : STEM
15
Boston, for one. : SEAPORT
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Model. : COVERGIRL
23
1909 discovery. : NORTHPOLE
25
Turf. : SWARD
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Flash flood. : SPATE
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Epithet. : TITLE
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Worn out. : SPENT
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___ the hills. : OLDAS
30
Deeds. : FEATS
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Reputation. : FAME
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Trumpeter. : SWAN
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Nautical shout. : AVAST
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Electra's brother. : ORESTES
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Circus performer. : ELEPHANT
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___ Men. : DEANOF
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Light units. : LUMENS
45
Sat. : POSED
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Jolt. : BUMP
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Cap-___ (from head to foot). : APIE
48
Door piece. : SILL
49
Sheltered recess. : COVE
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California town, near Ventura. : OJAI
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N. T. book: Abbr. : MATT
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Humorous suffix. : EROO
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Revolutionist, for short. : REB

Answer summary:
6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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