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New York Times, Tuesday, September 25, 1962

30-Across : Important.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,820
Across
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Romantic isle. : CAPRI
6
Furniture workers. : CANERS
12
Man from Burma. : UTHANT
14
Menu items. : OMELETS
16
Public performer. : ARTISTE
17
"Baghdad on the Subway." : NEWYORK
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Pasture sound. : BAA
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Jewelry item. : PENDANT
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Oahu fare. : POI
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Patriot of '76. : OTIS
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Karnak attractions. : RUINS
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Small dog, for short. : PEKE
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Has a meal. : DINES
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Grain. : OAT
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Less flighty. : SANER
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Important. : EVENTFUL
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Enclosure. : STY
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But: Lat. : SED
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Historic town in Egypt. : ROSETTA
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Where Prague is: Abbr. : BOH
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Cherish. : HUG
40
Compelling. : COERCIVE
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Cotton fabric. : SCRIM
45
City ways: Abbr. : STS
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Big cat. : TIGER
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Afflictions. : WOES
48
Herb. : ANISE
50
Concerning. : INRE
51
Trio for beginners. : ABC
52
Bakery machines. : SLICERS
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I hate: Lat. : ODI
55
Fought. : BATTLED
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Rhubarb, old style. : RUCTION
59
Tito constituent. : SLOVENE
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Meager. : SPARSE
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Merchant. : TRADER
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Subjects to annoyance. : TRIES
Down
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Remedy. : CURATIVE
2
Arrived at. : ATTAINED
3
Alpha Delta ___. : PHI
4
File. : RASP
5
___ alia. : INTER
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American educator. : CONANT
7
Approving words. : AMENS
8
Salamander. : NEWT
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English cathedral town. : ELY
10
Begin again. : REOPEN
11
Oarsman. : STROKE
13
Slender. : TENUOUS
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Schussboomer. : SKIER
16
Habitations. : ABODES
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Method of logic. : DIALECTIC
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Japanese coin. : SEN
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Earnings. : PAY
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Play a musical instrument. : STRUM
29
Jump. : START
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Blur. : FOG
32
___ Anne de Beaupré. : STE
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Restless resters. : TOSSERS
36
Person of consequence: Slang. : BIGNOISE
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Exaggerates. : OVERDOES
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In this place. : HEREIN
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Pronoun. : HIS
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2nd cen. date. : CII
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Mops. : SWABS
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Shade of blue. : COBALT
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Clergyman. : RECTOR
45
Duke of baseball. : SNIDER
48
Coeur d'___. : ALENE
49
Break out. : ERUPT
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Coaster. : SLED
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Bare spot on a mountain side. : SCAR
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Tennessee's pride. : TVA
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Numerical prefix. : TRI

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

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