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New York Times, Wednesday, November 14, 1962

3-Down : Man of the hour.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,870
Across
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Brazilian port. : BAHIA
6
Biblical prophet. : AMOS
10
Large container. : CASK
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Astronaut. : GLENN
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Taste: Fr. : GOUT
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Melville novel. : OMOO
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Helots. : SERFS
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Voice. : ALTO
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Fur animal. : COON
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Progressive. : FORWARDLOOKING
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Gas: Prefix. : AER
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Pacific coast shrub. : SALAL
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Dull. : HUMDRUM
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Saltpeters. : NITERS
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Turkish troops. : ALAIS
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Chile's eastern border. : ANDES
35
Paddle. : OAR
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Tight. : SNUG
38
The end. : FINIS
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Queen of heaven. : JUNO
40
Launching site. : PAD
41
Takes on cargo. : LADES
42
Contests. : MEETS
43
Take a back seat. : RETIRE
45
Gossip. : HEARSAY
47
Horses. : ROANS
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Jeanne d'Arc: Abbr. : STE
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Passé. : BEHINDTHETIMES
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Patron saint of Norway. : OLAF
57
Sea of Asia. : ARAL
58
Asinine. : SILLY
60
Strong purpose. : WILL
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Barks. : YIPS
62
Menu item. : SALAD
63
Recent. : LATE
64
Graf ___. : SPEE
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Cheeses. : EDAMS
Down
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Certain containers: Abbr. : BGS
2
Hebrew letter. : ALEF
3
Man of the hour. : HERO
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Beneath one's dignity. : INFRADIG
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Solutions. : ANSWERS
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Seaweed substance. : AGAR
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Shapes. : MOLDS
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Bizarre. : OUTLANDISH
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Informers: Slang. : STOOLIES
10
Edible shellfish. : COCKLE
11
To me: Fr. : AMOI
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Quickly. : SOON
13
Hong ___. : KONG
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Indonesian island group. : ARU
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Feed. : OATS
25
Door fastening. : HASP
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Of an arm bone. : ULNAR
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Actress Adams. : MAUDE
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First time out. : MAIDENTRIP
30
Don Juans. : ROUES
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December figure. : SANTA
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Compass point. : NNE
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Cheerful. : ROSY
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Electrical units. : FARADAYS
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Tale of woe. : JEREMIAD
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Simba. : LION
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Henri of France. : MATISSE
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Toy. : TRIFLE
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Superlative ending. : EST
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Guise. : SHAPE
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Stadium. : BOWL
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Lamb. : ELIA
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Cease. : HALT
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In addition. : ELSE
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She, in Italy. : ELLA
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Bridge term. : SLAM
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Gridiron measures: Abbr. : YDS

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

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