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New York Times, Saturday, September 29, 1962

16-Across : African peak.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { C Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,824
Across
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Berlin lady. : FRAU
5
Radiate. : GLOW
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Turn out of the way. : SHUNT
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Merit. : EARN
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Bean. : LIMA
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African peak. : KENYA
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Observed. : EYED
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Superseded. : OVERRIDDEN
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Railroad accommodation. : LOWERBERTH
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Comes by. : GETS
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Certain holidays on church calendars. : FERIAS
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German river. : ODER
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Norse goddess. : HEL
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Helen of Troy's mother. : LEDA
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Merry: Fr. : GAI
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Italian. : PISAN
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Overcame, as one's youthful follies. : LIVEDDOWN
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Vingt-___. : ETUN
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Nudges. : POKES
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Something unique: Slang. : ONER
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Transmits. : SENDSOVER
42
European. : SWEDE
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Child. : TAD
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Foretoken. : OMEN
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Knowledge. : KEN
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Mountain in Thessaly. : OSSA
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Mocking one. : JEERER
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"Sing it ___ used to sing it ... " : ASWE
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Calculates. : DETERMINES
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Rummage sale purchase. : HANDMEDOWN
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Stick. : GLUE
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"___ in the dark." : ALEAP
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Notion: Fr. : IDEE
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Poetic verb form. : HAST
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Rustic sights. : BARNS
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Tax. : TOLL
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Sleepers. : TIES
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Be sensitive to. : FEEL
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___ light. : RAYOF
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"___ down hearted?" : AREWE
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Sly. : UNDERHAND
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Hemispheric. : GLOBAL
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Biographies. : LIVES
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Hebrew measure. : OMER
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Skin blemish. : WART
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Runner. : SKI
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Row of privet. : HEDGE
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Experienced. : UNDERGONE
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Negative of a sort. : NYET
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Colors. : TANS
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Dodecanese island. : RHODES
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Nothing: Fr. : RIEN
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Family member. : DAD
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Compare. : LIKEN
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In any case. : EVER
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Frightened. : AWED
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Concerning. : INRE
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Nuisance. : PEST
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Willow genus. : ITEA
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Hobo, in Australia. : SUNDOWNER
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Adore. : LOVE
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Plain. : DOWNRIGHT
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Hair dressing. : POMADE
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Ship signal. : SOS
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Appear. : SEEM
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Core. : KERNEL
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Car. : SEDAN
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Valuable ornament. : JEWEL
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Chou ___. : ENLAI
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Make do again. : REUSE
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Wicked King of Israel. : AHAB
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Room in a casa. : SALA
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Revise. : EDIT
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Agitation. : TODO
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Appoints. : SETS
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Certain Army men. : MPS

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

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