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New York Times, Thursday, August 23, 1962

34-Across : Slayer of Mercutio.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F Q Z }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,787
Across
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Autumn pear. : BOSC
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Quibble. : CAVIL
10
Castile. : SOAP
14
Girl friend: Fr. : AMIE
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Spring up. : ARISE
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Boss of a shield. : UMBO
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Sluggish: Colloq. : LOGY
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Man. : VALET
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Period of time. : WEEK
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Variety of cabbage. : KOHLRABI
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Not enough. : SCANTY
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Slick. : OILY
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Darby's mate. : JOAN
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Title in Turin. : SIGNOR
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Daybooks. : JOURNALS
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Jutting rock. : TOR
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Slayer of Mercutio. : TYBALT
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Way out. : EXIT
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Standard amounts. : UNITS
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Part of Canada: Abbr. : ONT
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Ax handle. : HELVE
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___ en scène. : MISE
42
Bad-tempered. : CRUSTY
44
The Marshall Plan: Abbr. : ERP
45
Lords of the manor. : PATROONS
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Diverts. : AMUSES
49
Piece of land. : ACRE
50
___ Fein. : SINN
51
One of the Magi. : GASPAR
54
Wits, maybe. : PUNSTERS
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Grandson of Methuselah. : NOAH
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At some distance. : APART
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Caliph's title. : IMAM
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Contra. : ANTI
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Generous. : LARGE
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Land of the Dail. : EIRE
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Abound. : TEEM
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Rosinante. : STEED
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Irish ___. : STEW
Down
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Pitcher's misdeed. : BALK
2
Sequel to "Typee." : OMOO
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Mournful sound. : SIGH
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Where Colombo is. : CEYLON
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Rough Riders. : CAVALRY
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Sheikdom. : ARABY
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Brother of Odin. : VILI
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Common suffix. : ISE
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Releases. : LETSOUT
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River of song. : SUWANNEE
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Auspice. : OMEN
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Help in evildoing. : ABET
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Small and uncomfortable. : POKY
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Relatives of rumbles. : RIOTS
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Compact. : CAR
25
Shocks. : JOLTS
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Puzzle: Colloq. : STUMP
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City in Michigan. : IONIA
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Miller's concern. : GRIST
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Roman god. : JANUS
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Parts of running gear. : AXLES
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Book: Fr. : LIVRE
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Ladder. : STEPS
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Carried. : BORNE
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Household gods of ancient Hebrews. : TERAPHIM
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Canticles. : HYMNS
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Livestock enclosures. : CORRALS
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Smirched. : TAINTED
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Tuber plant. : OCA
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Loosens. : UNTIES
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Wave. : SURGE
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Insect. : GNAT
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Unexcelled: Colloq. : AONE
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Glut. : SATE
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Cut. : PARE
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Give out. : EMIT
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Unusually good. : RARE
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Duck. : SMEW
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Opportune. : PAT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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