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New York Times, Saturday, September 1, 1962

60-Across : Mortarboard features.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 93, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has supersymmetry.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,796
Across
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Founding. : BASING
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Where Strasbourg is. : ALSACE
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Sunrooms. : SOLARIA
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Clientele. : PATRONS
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19th Century violinist. : OLEBULL
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European port. : TRIESTE
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Not at all. : NOWISE
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Town opposite New London. : GROTON
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"Come ___, the water's fine!" : ONIN
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Startle. : SCARE
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Put. : LAID
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Allude (to). : REFER
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American humorist. : ADE
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TV personality. : BERLE
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Ever: Archaic. : AYE
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Of summer. : ESTIVAL
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Compass point. : SSE
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Sigh: Poet. : SUSPIRE
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Interjections. : EHS
39
Customs duties. : IMPOSTS
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M. D.'s. : GPS
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Bring to perfection. : RIPEN
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Ibsen role. : ASE
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Propeller. : SCREW
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"Streetcar" hero. : STAN
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Uppsala native. : SWEDE
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Queue. : LINE
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Film director's command. : ACTION
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Thibault's pen name. : FRANCE
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"___ shall pass away." : THISTOO
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Acclamation. : PLAUDIT
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Ardent. : ZEALOUS
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Mortarboard features. : TASSELS
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Precipitates. : SLEETS
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Cattle. : STEERS
Down
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Cold cuts: Var. : BOLONEY
2
Mistress Quickly, for one. : ALEWIFE
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Of a people conquered by Rome. : SABINE
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Beggar in the "Odyssey." : IRUS
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Ohio city, McKinley's birthplace. : NILES
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N. T. book: Abbr. : GAL
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Quick. : APT
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Capacious. : LARGE
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Flurry. : STIR
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Space between leaf veins. : AREOLE
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Shares top billing. : COSTARS
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Snares. : ENTOILS
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Mexican state. : SONORA
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Recipient. : SENDEE
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Dupe. : CATSPAW
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Fatty. : ADIPOSE
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Corrected. : REVISED
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Pitch. : RESIN
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Make happy. : BLESS
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Whole. : SUM
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Cunning. : ART
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Substitute. : ERSATZ
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Obstacles. : HITCHES
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Of the outer regions. : SPATIAL
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Molar tooth. : GRINDER
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Stationer's wares. : PENCILS
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Candy. : SWEETS
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Isolate. : ENISLE
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Proviso. : CLAUSE
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Muzzle. : SNOUT
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Key of the "Eroica." : EFLAT
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Nebraska county named for Indians. : OTOE
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Tear down: Var. : RASE
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Wartime group. : OSS
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Milkman's abbreviation. : PTS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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