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New York Times, Saturday, January 27, 1962

50-Down : A single.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,579
Across
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Make a ___ at. : STAB
5
Traveler Marco. : POLO
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Alter ___. : EGOS
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Pigment. : OCHER
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City on the Oka. : OREL
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Wander. : ROVE
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Jacques, for one. : FRERE
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Honeysuckles. : WOODBINES
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Beverage. : LIMEADE
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Mojave, for one. : DESERT
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Fabric of camel's hair. : ABA
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Spoiler of plans. : MARPLOT
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Diminutive. : WEE
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Duration. : TERM
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Biblical patriarch. : PELEG
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Decree. : FIAT
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Verb suffixes. : ESCES
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Eosin. : DYE
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Volt-amperes. : WATTS
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Exclamation. : HAH
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Old verb ending. : ETH
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Unfeeling. : STONY
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Book of the Bible: Abbr. : PSA
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Four: Prefix. : TETRA
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Changelings. : OAFS
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Received news. : HEARD
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Son of Noah. : SHEM
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Failure: Slang. : DUD
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Geologist's term. : OUTCROP
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Finial. : EPI
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Compound suffixes. : ARIANS
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Permitted. : ALLOWED
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At random. : AIMLESSLY
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Adjust: Var. : ALINE
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Snick and ___. : SNEE
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"___ in one's bonnet." : ABEE
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Colors slightly. : TINTS
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Dame Myra. : HESS
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Make tidy (with "up"). : REDD
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Turfs. : SODS
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Writers. : SCRIBES
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January headline. : THEMARCHOFDIMES
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___ perennius (more lasting than bronze). : AERE
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Fish. : BREAM
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Equipped with engines. : POWERED
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Spanish gold. : ORO
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Tolstoy. : LEO
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Tray, for one. : OLDDOG
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Greek goddess. : ERIS
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Familiar quote from Ernest Dowson. : GONEWITHTHEWIND
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Dine too well. : OVEREAT
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Sonnet parts. : SESTETS
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Recently. : OFLATE
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Wager. : BET
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Skip, as a stone over water. : DAP
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Carry on, as a trade. : PLY
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Famous general. : LEE
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Ways' partner. : MEANS
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Mythical trio. : FATES
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Bashful. : SHY
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Rainy. : WET
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Anhydrous sodium carbonate. : SODAASH
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Bovine. : TAURINE
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Favorite. : PET
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Indian. : SAC
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Adorned. : ARRAYED
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Feels sorry for. : REPENTS
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Chemical compounds. : AMIDES
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Busby wearer. : HUSSAR
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U. S. coin: Abbr. : DOL
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A single. : ONE
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Land maps. : PLATS
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Beverages. : ALES
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Medley. : OLIO
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Compass point. : SBE
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Conducted. : LED

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

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