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New York Times, Thursday, August 9, 1962

16-Across : Comfortable.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J K Q V }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,773
Across
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The elected. : INS
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Very able one: Slang. : WHIZ
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Out of shape. : WARPED
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Pile. : NAP
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Sheet. : PAGE
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Comfortable. : ATEASE
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Abridges. : CURTAILS
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___ Bethlehem. : STAROF
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Askew. : AGEE
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Home site. : LOT
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Corona. : HALO
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Bundle. : SHEAF
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Extend. : OFFER
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Hoover, for one. : DAM
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Diminutive suffixes. : ETS
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Illogical. : ABSURD
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Rent. : HIRE
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Twisted. : WRY
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Calendar term. : LEAPYEAR
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African river. : SENEGAL
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Idle chatter. : TWADDLE
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German. : TEUTONIC
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Common verb. : ARE
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Ivy Leaguers. : ELIS
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Impedes. : DELAYS
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Power agency, estab. in 1920. : FPC
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Postscripts. : PSS
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Mobile. : FLUID
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Zola. : EMILE
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To the: It. : ALLA
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Time periods: Abbr. : MOS
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Pupil's ordeal. : EXAM
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French painter. : RENOIR
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Renounce. : ABNEGATE
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Curving. : ARCING
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Fresh-water duck. : TEAL
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Four bells. : TEN
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Thirty: Fr. : TRENTE
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Catch sight of. : ESPY
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Id ___. : EST
Down
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If. : INCASE
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Zero. : NAUGHT
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Revels. : SPREES
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Gov't agency, 1935-43. : WPA
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Salute. : HAIL
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Certain homes. : IGLOOS
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Highly enjoyable. : ZESTFUL
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Gone with the tide. : WASHEDAWAY
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Perfume. : ATTAR
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Authentic. : REAL
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Burlesqued. : PARODIED
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Within: Prefix. : ESO
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Dictionary entry: Abbr. : DEF
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Collation. : TEA
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City in North Dakota. : FARGO
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Worry. : FRET
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Asian lake. : ARAL
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Simple. : MERE
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On the whole. : BYANDLARGE
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___ Park. : HYDE
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Douses. : WETS
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Term in grammar. : PARSE
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Chassé, for one. : STEP
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Smorgasbord item. : EELS
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Bother. : NUISANCE
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Stead. : LIEU
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Pride of Florida and/or California. : CLIMATE
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Certain homes. : ADOBES
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Focus one's eyes upon. : FIXATE
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China. : PLATES
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Building material. : CEMENT
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Kind of quartz. : FLINT
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A princess. : MEG
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Cut of meat. : LOIN
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Photo. : SNAP
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Rodent. : RAT
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Miscalculate. : ERR
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English isle. : ELY

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

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