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New York Times, Wednesday, October 10, 1962

16-Down : Item for munching.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,835
Across
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Young salmon. : SMOLT
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Lockup. : JAIL
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Pronounced. : SAID
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Frisk. : CAPER
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Island at mouth of St. Lawrence River. : ANTICOSTI
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End. : OMEGA
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Tower of London guard. : BEEFEATER
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___ horse. : WAR
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Jerome Kern song. : WHO
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Boston suburb. : MELROSE
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Assigns. : ALLOTS
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Shelter. : LEE
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City on the Hudson. : COHOES
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Let one's ___ (be very informal). : HAIRDOWN
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Tumultuous. : AROAR
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"___'s First Play," by G. B. S. : FANNY
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Letter on a key. : PHI
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Housing of a sort. : SLUM
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Beauty shop item. : RINSE
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Toiler. : PEON
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Lettuce. : COS
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People: It. : GENTE
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Meaning. : SENSE
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Disregard. : OVERRIDE
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Municipal official. : SEALER
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Long time. : EON
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Take turns. : ROTATE
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Meadow grasses. : FESCUES
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Mouser. : CAT
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Chinese pagoda. : TAA
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Completely. : OUTANDOUT
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The whole: Lat. : TOTUM
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Imposing. : GRANDIOSE
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Nautical phrase. : LIETO
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Peer ___. : GYNT
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Cml. abbr. : NTWT
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Name meaning regal. : ELROY
Down
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Tug's burden. : SCOW
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P. T. A. member. : MAMA
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Salzberg structure. : OPERAHOUSE
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Part of a race. : LEG
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Fishing boat. : TRAWLER
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Pleated frill. : JABOT
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Chemical suffix. : ANE
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Particular. : ITEM
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Palmistry feature. : LIFELINE
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Flew high. : SOARED
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Concerning. : ASTO
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Citizens of: Suffix. : ITES
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Terrible. : DIRE
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Item for munching. : CELERY
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Exclamations. : HOS
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Good earth. : LOAM
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"Tam o' ___." : SHANTER
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Bay in Maine. : CASCO
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Favorite of Catherine the Great. : ORLOV
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Handle: Fr. : ANSE
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Occasional newspaper feature. : OPENLETTER
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See 20 Across. : WHOSE
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Forty-___. : NINER
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Come upon. : FIND
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Slowed down. : REINEDIN
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Fuel. : PEAT
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Dry land. : GROUND
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Monorail site. : SEATTLE
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Formally withdraw a statement. : RECANT
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Dep. : STA
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Musical group. : OCTET
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Verne character. : FOGG
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Wide: Prefix. : EURY
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"Streetcar" hero. : STAN
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Housecleaning problem. : SOOT
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Self: Prefix. : AUTO
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Island city of Fukien. : AMOY
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Etc., in Berlin. : USW
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Fuel. : OIL

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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