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New York Times, Friday, October 19, 1962

57-Down : Put one's ___ (interfere).

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F Q Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,844
Across
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Essence. : GIST
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Mid-Victorian. : STAID
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Choir member. : ALTO
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Status quo ___. : ANTE
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Dance band. : COMBO
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Action word. : VERB
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"Sweet Bird of Youth" star. : PAULNEWMAN
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French friend. : AMIE
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Football player. : END
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Pavlova. : ANNA
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Car of sorts. : JALOPY
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Be vested (in). : RESIDE
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Unit of the nervous system. : NEURON
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Fish. : CARP
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Paul Potter, for example. : PAINTER
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Britain's Foreign Minister. : HOME
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Chinese magnolias. : YULANS
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Baseball item. : RBI
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Parts of seeds. : ARILS
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Poetic contraction. : EER
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Professor's sabbatical, in Britain. : EXEAT
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Tabard ___. : INN
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Troopers. : POLICE
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M. Coty. : RENE
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Famous guitarist. : LESPAUL
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Dance. : HULA
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Cream of ___. : TARTAR
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Memento of Little Boy Blue. : TOYDOG
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Percherons. : HORSES
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Candid. : OPEN
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Nasser's concern. : UAR
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Increases: Scot. : EKES
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Hero of 1861 poem. : PAULREVERE
68
Make angry. : RILE
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Make mischief. : ACTUP
70
Adjective suffix. : ATIC
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Catfish Row resident. : BESS
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Scandinavian brownie. : NISSE
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___ purpose. : TONO
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Curious bystander. : GAPER
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Foolish. : INANE
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Buttonlike devices. : STUDS
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___ Aviv. : TEL
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Wings, flats, etc. : SCENERY
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Whistle-stop. : TOWN
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Jordan city. : AMMAN
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Luzon peak. : IBA
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Dashing gallant. : DONJUAN
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King Arthur's isle. : AVALON
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Subtropical evergreen. : LEMONTREE
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Junket. : TRIP
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Submit. : OBEY
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Nothing: Sp. : NADA
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Start the day. : ARISE
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Island republic: Abbr. : ICEL
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Greek governor. : EPARCH
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Girl: Lat. : PUELLA
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Israeli statesman. : EBAN
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Liturgy. : RITE
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Salutation. : HAIL
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French department. : ORNE
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Old-time entertainers. : MINSTRELS
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Memento of Hawaii. : LEI
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Extra. : SPARE
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Shadow picture. : XRAY
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Unyoke, as oxen. : OUTSPAN
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Calliope's sister. : EUTERPE
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Free tickets. : PASSES
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Unfrequented. : LONE
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Defeats. : ROUTS
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Caused by. : DUETO
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Put one's ___ (interfere). : OARIN
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El ___. : GRECO
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Sweet basil. : HERB
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Steinbeck's Joad. : OKIE
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Extra. : PLUS
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Prefix in chemistry. : ACI
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Caldron. : VAT

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

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