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New York Times, Tuesday, October 9, 1962

34-Down : Hat material.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q V W Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,834
Across
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Part of a sword. : HAFT
5
Trails behind: Colloq. : TAGS
9
Group of eight. : OCTAD
14
On the main. : ASEA
15
Using speech. : ORAL
16
Arles' river. : RHONE
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Figure in philosophy. : KANT
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Vegetable. : OKRA
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Plate, for example. : METAL
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Ultimate goal. : ENDALL
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Past events. : BYGONES
24
Nobel prize physicist, 1944. : RABI
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800-mile river, Central Asia. : ILI
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Spruce. : FIR
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Unmask. : EXPOSE
36
Coin of Turkey. : LIRA
37
Decree. : ENACT
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Black bird. : ANI
40
Yellow fever mosquito. : AEDES
41
Maiden ___. : LANE
42
Island in the Bay of Biscay. : OLERON
44
Sum, es, ___. : EST
45
Tricksters of a sort. : THIMBLERIGGERS
48
Before. : ERE
49
___ dog. : SLED
50
Neighbor of Mauritania. : SENEGAL
54
Rich fur. : ERMINE
58
Silver: Sp. : PLATA
59
Feathers' companion. : FUSS
61
Consumer. : USER
62
Ruminated. : MUSED
63
Omani. : ARAB
64
Tooth's companion. : NAIL
65
Topping on buns, cake, etc. : SEEDS
66
Count (on). : RELY
67
C. G. S. unit. : DYNE
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Sea fish. : HAKE
2
Bald ___ egg. : ASAN
3
Ward off. : FEND
4
Members of the Golden Horde. : TATARS
5
Handy man's need. : TOOLBOX
6
Clumsy vessel. : ARK
7
Raiment. : GARB
8
Put an end to. : SLAY
9
Imitation gold leaf. : ORMOLU
10
Tufted, velvety cord. : CHENILLE
11
___ bag. : TOTE
12
Collections of literary table talk. : ANAS
13
Of the: Sp. : DEL
21
Shoestring. : LACET
23
Taunt. : GIBE
25
Fix on a stake. : IMPALE
27
Adam Bede's wife. : DINAH
28
Native of Tabriz. : IRANI
29
Cause of a red face. : BONER
30
Egyptian god. : OSIRIS
31
To help: Fr. : AIDER
32
Ringlet. : TRESS
33
South by ___. : EAST
34
Hat material. : FELT
38
United firmly. : CEMENTED
40
Fury. : ANGER
42
Designer Cassini. : OLEG
43
City in Illinois. : OGLESBY
46
Rye and others. : BREADS
47
Senator Muskie. : EDMUND
50
Twist round. : SLUE
51
Repose. : EASE
52
Not close at hand. : AFAR
53
Decoy. : LURE
55
Phrase preceding "old chap." : ISAY
56
Relative of "non." : NEIN
57
Man's name. : ERLE
58
Times of day, for short. : PMS
60
Term in pharmacy. : SAL

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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