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New York Times, Wednesday, October 31, 1962

56-Down : Waxy: Prefix.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { V }, Scrabble score: 324 (avg 1.69)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,856
Across
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Connelly. : MARC
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Flower. : FLAG
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Spanish port. : CADIZ
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___ et rege (from God and the king). : ADEO
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Early vice president. : BURR
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Horation work. : EPODE
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60 drops. : DRAM
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O. T. folk. : ISRAELITES
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Odin, Thor, etc. : AESIR
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Past or present. : TENSE
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Panama. : HAT
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Space men, witches, clowns, etc. : MASQUERADERS
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Smokes, British style. : SMOULDERS
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Ascetics. : YOGIS
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Harmonica part. : REED
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Sad sound. : SOB
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Interior photo. : XRAY
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Halloween symbol. : BAT
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Kind of roast. : RIB
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Original. : NEW
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Cape ___. : ANN
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Attention-getting sound. : AHEM
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Feast. : EAT
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Sprightly. : AIRY
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Aramaean deity. : HADAD
51
Restoration figure. : CHARLESII
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October light. : JACKOLANTERN
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Work. : ACT
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Contradict. : REBUT
61
___ wintergreen. : OILOF
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Noah, by necessity. : SHIPWRIGHT
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Mrs. Scott Carpenter. : RENE
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Gloria ___. : PATRI
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Poetic pronoun. : THEE
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The "Hungarian Rome." : EGER
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Golf club. : SPOON
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Etc. : ETAL
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Sugar solutions in a prescription. : SYRS
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Milady's. : MADAMS
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Having visions. : ADREAM
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Distributed differently. : REASSORTED
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Opéra ___. : COMIQUE
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Hoover organization. : FBI
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Gloss: Var. : LUSTRE
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Amount due. : ARREARS
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Descendant. : GRANDSON
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Relish. : CELERY
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Himalayan peak. : API
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Biblical verb. : DOTH
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Impression. : IDEA
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Gusto. : ZEST
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Native of: Suffix. : ESE
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Sovereign. : RULER
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Ted. : EDDIE
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Red ___. : SOX
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1751 poem. : GRAYSELEGY
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Gaelic name. : IAN
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Together with: Prefix. : SYN
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___ hand (extend help). : BEARA
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Pooh! : BAH
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Eureka! : AHA
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Slander. : BACKBITE
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Poland's name for Lithuania's capital. : WILNO
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Army man: Abbr. : MAJ
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Reflection. : THOUGHT
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Hangs up one's spurs. : RETIRES
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English naturalist. : DARWIN
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Famous name in tennis. : ALTHEA
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Home appliance. : IRONER
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Gathers. : INFERS
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Waxy: Prefix. : CER
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Adders' kin. : ASPS
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Man. : CHAP
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Belgrade resident. : TITO
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Major leaguer. : PRO
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___ Aviv. : TEL

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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