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New York Times, Thursday, November 29, 1962

29-Down : Historic friend.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,885
Across
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Uppish one. : SNOB
5
Directly: Colloq. : SLAP
9
Red Sea vessels. : DHOWS
14
Heroine of "The Last of the Mohicans." : CORA
15
Far: Prefix. : TELE
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Uncanny. : EERIE
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Landed. : ALIT
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Weather forecast. : RAIN
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Safe: Lat. : SALVA
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Directly: Colloq. : RIGHTOFFTHEREEL
23
Clears (of). : RIDS
24
Stag. : HART
25
American novelist. : CAPOTE
28
Something sweet. : HONEYDEW
32
Et ___ (and elsewhere). : ALIBI
33
Famous tenor role. : FAUST
34
State: Abbr. : ALA
35
Cause of harm. : BANE
36
Mendacious : FALSE
37
Cousin of smaze. : SMOG
38
Total: abbr. : AMT
39
Clear up. : SOLVE
40
Extent. : SCOPE
41
Small opening. : LOOPHOLE
43
Bewailed. : MOANED
44
Grooves. : RUTS
45
Warren. : EARL
46
Intermittently : BYFITSANDSTARTS
53
Make ___ of money. : AMINT
54
Be ready. : WAIT
55
Tough. : WIRY
56
Ago. : SINCE
57
Competent. : ABLE
58
"___ For All Seasons." : AMAN
59
German city. : TRIER
60
Franco-Belgian river. : YSER
61
Fetter. : GYVE
Down
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Isolated rock. : SCAR
2
___ me tangere (touch me not): Lat. : NOLI
3
Not a copy: Abbr. : ORIG
4
Garment. : BATHROBE
5
Stepped. : STRODE
6
Turns pages. : LEAFS
7
Arabic letter. : ALIF
8
High home. : PENTHOUSE
9
Utah's nickname. : DESERET
10
Cordial. : HEARTY
11
Heraldic bearing. : ORLE
12
Get married. : WIVE
13
Ratify. : SEAL
21
Small monkeys. : TITI
22
Merchant guild. : HANSE
25
Intrigue. : CABAL
26
Cottonwood. : ALAMO
27
Pony. : PINTO
28
Bisect. : HALVE
29
Historic friend. : DAMON
30
Abscond. : ELOPE
31
Carried on. : WAGED
33
Declines gradually. : FALLSAWAY
36
___ the bill (pays). : FOOTS
37
Rogue: Colloq. : SCALAWAG
39
Blind. : SHUTTER
40
Quality. : SORT
42
A jolly good fellow: Colloq. : PRINCE
43
Vanquish. : MASTER
45
Roman official. : EDILE
46
Woody fiber. : BAST
47
Norse giant. : YMIR
48
Concluded: Fr. : FINI
49
Seizes: Colloq. : NABS
50
Frosty. : RIMY
51
Tourist: Abbr. : TRAV
52
See 56 Across. : SYNE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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