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New York Times, Monday, November 5, 1962

26-Down : Thighbone.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J P Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,861
Across
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Mixed: Abbr. : MISC
5
Epictetus, for one. : STOIC
10
He, in Italy. : EGLI
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Nevada city. : ELKO
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Heath plant. : ERICA
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Run. : TROT
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Lake or pool in Wales. : LLYN
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Upright part of a stair. : RISER
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Weight: Colloq. : HEFT
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Picture in words. : DESCRIBE
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___ death (used excessively). : DONETO
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Poem: Poet. : RUNE
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In return. : AGAIN
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Confronts. : FACES
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Not in the running. : SCRATCHED
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Makes proud. : ELATES
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Pistons. : RAMS
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Wave: Sp. : OLA
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Small insect. : MITE
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Possessive pronoun. : WHOSE
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Fortitude. : GRIT
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Hawaiian guitar. : UKE
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Relative of Ian. : SEAN
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___ Anne de Beaupré. : SAINTE
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Invests with fresh vigor. : RECREATES
48
Argon, arsine, etc. : GASES
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Track meet preliminaries. : HEATS
50
Welsh hero. : OWEN
52
Trinket. : BAUBLE
54
Gun turret shields on planes. : BLISTERS
58
Highest point. : ACME
59
Bucolic. : RURAL
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Native of a Devonshire city. : EXON
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Ship: Poet. : KEEL
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Choose. : ELECT
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Farm structure. : SILO
65
Ornamental vases. : URNS
66
Coolidge's V.P. : DAWES
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Oyster dish. : STEW
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Pinochle play. : MELD
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That: Lat. : ILLE
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"The ___ the limit." : SKYS
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Building material. : CONCRETE
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Finch. : SERIN
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Social units. : TRIBES
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French river. : OISE
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Dessert. : ICE
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Hearts and others. : CARDGAMES
10
Of a group of mankind. : ETHNIC
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Beginners. : GREENHORNS
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Attic. : LOFT
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Give ___ (scold). : ITTO
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Trick. : RUSE
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Feed. : OATS
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Armenian river. : ARAS
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Thighbone. : FEMUR
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Equally. : ALIKE
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One preparing for confirmation. : CATECHUMEN
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Witch. : CRONE
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The cream. : ELITE
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Teen-agers' preoccupation. : DATES
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Wearing a certain garment. : SWEATERED
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Bowlers. : HATS
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Blunderbore's spouse. : GIANTESS
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Close tightly. : SEAL
44
Mellows. : AGES
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Insurgents. : REBELS
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Comfort. : SOLACE
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Shrivels. : WILTS
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Caspian port. : BAKU
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Genus of maple. : ACER
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Make tea. : BREW
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Highway sign. : EXIT
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Function. : ROLE
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One kind of bank. : SNOW
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Diminutive suffix. : ULA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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