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New York Times, Saturday, September 15, 1956

62-Across : ___ for one's money.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,636
Across
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Pharmacist's grape syrup. : SAPA
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Admiralty ___, in Puget Sound. : INLET
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Walk wearily. : PLOD
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___ alcohol. : AMYL
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Under: Poet. : NEATH
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Nautical verb. : HOVE
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She wrote "Glamour Book." : LILLYDACHE
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Part of the range. : OVEN
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Governmental department. : TREASURY
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Ralph and Nancy. : KINERS
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Sleuth: Slang. : TEC
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Homesick one. : PINER
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Important school routine. : REPORTCARDS
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Hem. : SEW
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College in N. C. : ELON
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City in Nevada. : ELKO
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Mark over "n" in Spanish. : TILDE
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Mixed: Abbr. : MISC
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Restores old socks. : DARNS
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Actor Hamilton. : NEIL
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Complete. : UTTER
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Roster. : ROTA
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Suffrage heroine. : CATT
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Norwegian or Irish. : SEA
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Tool for the working girl. : STENOGRAPHY
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Theatrical dance. : GAVOT
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Part of S. A. C. : AIR
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Pal of Doc, Bashful, etc. : SLEEPY
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Cambridge college. : EMMANUEL
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Resort near Venice. : LIDO
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Alfredo Cocozza. : MARIOLANZA
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___ for one's money. : ARUN
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Lumberman's machine. : EDGER
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Six years in the Senate. : TERM
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Queen and drones. : BEES
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What "nemo" means. : NOONE
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Jacob's brother. : ESAU
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River of Roosevelt Dam. : SALT
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Prince, in Kabul. : AMIR
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Well-known newsman. : PYLE
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Suddenly. : ALLATONCE
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Enrolled by Uncle Sam. : INDUCTED
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Just around the corner. : NEAR
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Like net. : LACY
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Suffix of ordinal numbers. : ETH
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Coogan role. : THEKID
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Ring up. : PHONE
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Cape Ducato, scene of Sappho's tragic end. : LOVERSLEAP
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Again. : OVER
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Hide-outs. : DENS
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River of the Low Countries. : YSER
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Abbreviation in a business letter. : INST
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In two shakes. : PRONTO
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Fictional Uncle. : REMUS
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The cream. : ELITE
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Notice from the mailman. : POSTAGEDUE
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Shade of red. : CLARET
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City SE of Cleveland. : AKRON
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One of the Sitwells. : EDITH
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Eudora, the novelist. : WELTY
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Personified. : INCARNATE
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___ Hill, T. R. shrine at Oyster Bay. : SAGAMORE
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Hostess' request. : RSVP
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Kiddies' favorite dealers. : TOYMEN
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Iran's unit of currency. : RIAL
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Billions of years. : AEONS
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It's on the mound. : SLAB
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Money in Milan. : LIRE
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Therefore. : ERGO
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Disposition. : MIEN
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Ones: Fr. : UNES
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Secy. Benson. : EZRA
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Seaport in Kenya. : LAMU
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Fuss. : ADO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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