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New York Times, Saturday, October 13, 1962

50-Down : Diminutive suffix.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,838
Across
1
Cancel. : REMIT
6
Piece of wood. : SLAT
10
Scottish port. : OBAN
14
Resembling the Cotswold. : OVINE
15
Name meaning maiden. : CORA
16
Baby girl: Sp. : NENA
17
Wills. : TESTAMENTS
19
Observer. : EYER
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Joining. : ENTERING
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Profit from sacred things. : SIMONY
23
Shaped unevenly. : EROSE
24
Region from Greece to Egypt. : LEVANT
25
Immobile. : ATREST
27
Polska. : POLAND
28
Sink down. : LAPSE
29
Interlaced. : WOVEN
30
Norse deity. : TYR
33
Road surface. : DIRT
34
Did carpentry. : SAWED
35
Scare away. : SHOO
36
Pub specialty. : ALE
37
Abundant flow. : RIVER
38
Gods: Fr. : DIEUX
39
Arachnid. : SPIDER
41
Cook a certain way. : PANFRY
42
German songs. : LIEDER
43
One whose fate is sealed. : GONER
44
Bridge player. : BIDDER
45
Grammar violator. : SOLECIST
48
Jacta est ___ (the die is cast). : ALEA
49
Receiving no visitors or calls. : OUTTOLUNCH
51
Diet, old style. : BANT
52
Inter ___. : ALIA
53
Debate. : ARGUE
54
Entr'___. : ACTE
55
Small missile. : DART
56
Verging on tears. : WEEPY
Down
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Mechanical repetition. : ROTE
2
Uniform. : EVEN
3
Capital entertainment. : MISTERPRESIDENT
4
Share. : INTEREST
5
Flower. : TEAROSE
6
Part of an act. : SCENE
7
Extended. : LONG
8
Stratagem. : ART
9
Ornamented in a certain way. : TASSELED
10
___ show. : ONEMAN
11
Export revue from London. : BEYONDTHEFRINGE
12
Concerning. : ANENT
13
Not one: Dial. : NARY
18
Fine spray. : MIST
22
A Karamazov. : IVAN
24
Term of endearment. : LOVER
25
Famous name in opera. : ALDA
26
Kinkajou's special feature. : TAIL
27
Might. : POWER
29
Hesitate. : WAVER
31
___ Honor. : YOUR
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Famous name in theaters. : ROXY
34
Highway offshoot. : SIDEROAD
35
Soft job. : SINECURE
37
Tyrannize over. : RIDE
38
Norse code. : DANELAW
40
Having feet. : PEDATE
41
Famous Venetian. : POLO
42
Delicate color. : LILAC
43
Ascertained. : GOTAT
44
Eastern title. : BABA
45
Activity. : STIR
46
Sea fish. : SCUP
47
Pronoun. : THEY
50
Diminutive suffix. : ULA

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

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