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New York Times, Thursday, September 6, 1962

23-Across : Containers: Abbr.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,801
Across
1
Beards of grain. : AWNS
5
Uncle Tom's wife. : CHLOE
10
Supermarket vehicle. : CART
14
Exclamation of contempt. : PHOO
15
Thousands of years. : AEONS
16
Take ___ view of. : ADIM
17
Item from Aesop. : SOURGRAPES
19
Central hall of a church. : NAVE
20
Where Hell Gate is. : EASTRIVER
21
Copy writers. : ADMEN
22
Reasonable. : SANE
23
Containers: Abbr. : BBLS
24
Compass point. : SSE
27
Depend (on). : BANK
29
"There was an Old Man with ___ ... " : ABEARD
32
Pile. : HEAP
34
Upper rigging of a ship. : TOPHAMPER
36
Thereabouts. : ORSO
37
Flies high. : SOARS
38
Guam harbor. : APRA
39
Pool game. : WATERPOLO
41
Small mollusk. : SLUG
42
Arctic sea duck. : SCOTER
43
Down with: Fr. : ABAS
46
German river. : EMS
47
Depend (on). : RELY
48
King of Oslo. : OLAV
50
The makings of tacks. : BRASS
52
Derisive sound: Slang. : RASPBERRY
57
Part of R.B.I. : RUNS
58
Gorgeous girl: Slang. : PEACHERINO
59
Rim. : EDGE
60
Former President of Peru. : ODRIA
61
Name in lights. : STAR
62
Colors. : DYES
63
Good earth. : LOESS
64
Stint. : TASK
Down
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Neighbor of 19 Across. : APSE
2
Stop! : WHOA
3
Us: Fr. : NOUS
4
Out of ___. : SORTS
5
Southern constellation. : CARINA
6
"All this and ___." : HEAVENTOO
7
Horse's gait. : LOPE
8
Something unique: Slang. : ONER
9
Feminine suffix. : ESS
10
Church feast. : CANDLEMAS
11
Neck section. : ADAMSAPPLE
12
Split. : RIVE
13
Govt. operatives. : TMEN
18
Snatch. : GRAB
21
Eban of Israel. : ABBA
23
Pooh-___. : BAHS
24
Displays. : SHOWS
25
Ice pinnacle. : SERAC
26
Where Upsala College is. : EASTORANGE
28
Small marsupial. : KOALA
30
___ primordia (first beginnings of things). : RERUM
31
Continues tediously. : DRAGS
33
Certain literati. : POETESSES
35
Elephant's trunk. : PROBOSCIS
37
Lively. : SPRY
40
Kinfolks: Abbr. : RELS
44
Greek letters. : ALPHAS
45
Quien ___? : SABE
49
Russian measure of length. : VERST
50
Engendered. : BRED
51
Well-known stage name. : RUDY
52
Fix over. : REDO
53
Swiss river. : AARE
54
Well-known screen name. : RITA
55
British sea-air group: Abbr. : RNAS
56
English county. : YORK
58
Baltic land: Abbr. : POL

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

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