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New York Times, Saturday, August 25, 1962

17-Across : Curved mark over a vowel.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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A
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W
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R
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V
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,789
Across
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In ___ (briefly). : AWORD
6
Hit hard. : SWAT
10
Arabic letter. : ALIF
14
Swain. : LOVER
15
Part of TV. : TELE
16
The pineapple. : PINA
17
Curved mark over a vowel. : BREVE
18
Enthusiasm. : ELAN
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And more: Colloq. : PLUS
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Queen ___. : ANNESLACE
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Center. : HEART
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Queen of Carthage. : DIDO
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Weights. : OUNCES
25
Firmament. : HEAVEN
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Raised bank. : MOUND
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Structures along a river. : EMBANKMENTS
33
Monk's title. : FRA
36
So be it. : AMEN
37
Bone of the nasal septum. : VOMER
38
Immortal entity. : SOUL
39
Gentle touch. : PAT
40
Payments of a sort. : REPARATIONS
42
One of the bases. : FIRST
43
"Cleanliness is ___ godliness." : NEXTTO
44
Self-assurance. : APLOMB
47
Printer's need. : INKS
49
American poet. : MOORE
50
Under equal pressure from every side. : ISOSTATIC
55
Moon color. : BLUE
56
Scent. : ODOR
57
Ireland, personified.. : IRENA
58
Circuits. : LAPS
59
Astringent. : ALUM
60
Simpleton. : NINNY
61
Whilom. : ERST
62
Exposes to moisture. : RETS
63
Cats: Sp. : GATOS
Down
1
White: Lat. : ALBA
2
Secondhand. : WORN
3
Dutch ___. : OVEN
4
Dream: Fr. : REVE
5
Kind of China. : DRESDEN
6
Suffix with bed, home, etc. : STEAD
7
Hospitable phrase (with "The"). : WELCOMEMATISOUT
8
Wings: Anat. : ALAE
9
How many little Indians? : TEN
10
Add. : APPEND
11
Spring flower. : LILAC
12
Habituate. : INURE
13
Eats very little. : FASTS
21
Auxiliary word, as "be," "seem," etc. : LINKVERB
22
Vandals. : HUNS
24
Is of a higher class. : OUTRANKS
25
Mound. : HEAP
26
Austen heroine. : EMMA
27
"It's ___." : ABET
28
Front of an army. : VAN
30
Expert: Slang. : ONER
32
Cleaning tools. : MOPS
33
Lowest part. : FOOT
34
Dwarf. : RUNT
35
In addition. : ALSO
38
School age. : SIX
40
White frost. : RIME
41
Phone repairman's word. : TESTING
42
Natural resource. : FOREST
44
Easy gait. : AMBLE
45
Kind of bear. : POLAR
46
Half masks: Fr. : LOUPS
48
Models. : NORMS
50
Without basis. : IDLE
51
Melody. : ARIA
52
Pavilion. : TENT
53
___ time (very quickly). : INNO
54
Coral reefs. : CAYS
56
Paddle. : OAR

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

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