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New York Times, Tuesday, November 6, 1962

38-Down : Do a cartographer's job.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,862
Across
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Italian isle. : ELBA
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Yearns strongly. : ACHES
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Trade. : SWAP
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Grant. : LOAN
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Lady of sonnets. : LAURA
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Knoll. : HILL
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Yorktown loser, 1781. : CORNWALLIS
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Where the Ob flows. : ASIA
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Kind of pattern. : INLAY
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Sunny day activity. : MAKINGHAY
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Madder, for one. : DYE
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Protection. : LEE
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Oats eater. : NAG
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Produced, as grain. : YIELDED
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Alpine region. : TYROL
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Name in racing. : ARCARO
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Tyrant. : NERO
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Gorky's river. : OKA
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Celebrity. : LION
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Beat. : PULSE
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Bulldogs. : ELIS
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Top: Prefix. : ACR
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Bartok. : BELA
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French landscapist. : MILLET
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Awareness. : SENSE
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Wonderwork. : MIRACLE
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Beverage. : TEA
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Finial. : EPI
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Army decoration. : DSM
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Wyoming rodeo town. : WHEATLAND
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Woman of Judah. : NAOMI
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Military program. : ROTC
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Feature of wood. : CROSSGRAIN
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In a frenzy. : AMOK
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Coincide. : AGREE
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Another: Sp. : OTRO
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Folds. : PENS
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Itinerant one. : NOMAD
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Requests. : ASKS
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Spanish hero. : ELCID
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Daffy. : LOONY
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Whisky. : BARLEYCORN
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R and H heroine. : ANNA
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State: Abbr. : ALA
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Pacified. : CALMED
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Oahu dance. : HULA
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Swedish man's name. : ERIK
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Black buck. : SASIN
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Adjective for a "dog story." : SHAGGY
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Desire. : WISH
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Inter ___. : ALIA
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Haymarket attraction. : PLAY
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"Ben Hur" director. : WYLER
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Western alliance. : NATO
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Run off. : ELOPE
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Native of: Suffix. : IAN
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Chou ___. : ENLAI
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___ Moines. : DES
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Breakfast food. : ROLLEDOATS
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"Grapes of Wrath" subject. : OKIE
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Remain. : LAST
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Too bad! : ALAS
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American playwright. : RICE
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Do a cartographer's job. : REMAP
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Einstein's birthplace. : ULM
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Old cloth measure. : ELL
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Chard's cousin. : BEET
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Sweet topping. : ICING
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Hayricks. : STACKS
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Sinus Arabicus today. : REDSEA
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Famous highway. : ALCAN
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Conceited smile. : SMIRK
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Mythical king. : MINOS
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Cloak. : WRAP
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Harvest ___. : HOME
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Rival of Harrow. : ETON
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Ship of myth. : ARGO
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Standard. : NORM
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Copper town near Caracas. : AROA
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But: Lat. : SED

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

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