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New York Times, Wednesday, October 10, 1962

35-Down : Come upon.

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
6
Lockup. : JAIL
10
Pronounced. : SAID
14
Frisk. : CAPER
15
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
40
Lettuce. : COS
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People: It. : GENTE
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Meaning. : SENSE
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Disregard. : OVERRIDE
45
Municipal official. : SEALER
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Long time. : EON
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Take turns. : ROTATE
49
Meadow grasses. : FESCUES
53
Mouser. : CAT
54
Chinese pagoda. : TAA
57
Completely. : OUTANDOUT
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The whole: Lat. : TOTUM
61
Imposing. : GRANDIOSE
62
Nautical phrase. : LIETO
63
Peer ___. : GYNT
64
Cml. abbr. : NTWT
65
Name meaning regal. : ELROY
Down
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Tug's burden. : SCOW
2
P. T. A. member. : MAMA
3
Salzberg structure. : OPERAHOUSE
4
Part of a race. : LEG
5
Fishing boat. : TRAWLER
6
Pleated frill. : JABOT
7
Chemical suffix. : ANE
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Particular. : ITEM
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Palmistry feature. : LIFELINE
10
Flew high. : SOARED
11
Concerning. : ASTO
12
Citizens of: Suffix. : ITES
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Terrible. : DIRE
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Item for munching. : CELERY
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Exclamations. : HOS
24
Good earth. : LOAM
25
"Tam o' ___." : SHANTER
27
Bay in Maine. : CASCO
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Favorite of Catherine the Great. : ORLOV
30
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
44
Formally withdraw a statement. : RECANT
45
Dep. : STA
48
Musical group. : OCTET
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Verne character. : FOGG
50
Wide: Prefix. : EURY
51
"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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