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New York Times, Wednesday, February 28, 1962

38-Down : Historic island of SW Pacific.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.24, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,611
Across
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Small weights. : DRAMS
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Mary Roberts Rinehart heroine. : TISH
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Swiss game, probable source of pinochle. : JASS
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Hair-raising. : EERIE
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Preposition. : ONTO
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Military body. : UNIT
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Name on the best-seller list. : JDSALINGER
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Charles ___ Gibson. : DANA
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Cote dweller. : EWE
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Trifle. : FLIRT
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Contemporary of Renoir. : DEGAS
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Preserve. : CAN
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Black haw. : SLOE
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Companion of flowers. : HEARTS
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Marks of individuality. : TRAITS
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Gyrate. : SPIN
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Common verb. : ARE
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Nobel winner Lagerlöf. : SELMA
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Douglas is its capital. : ISLEOFMAN
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Old hands. : PROS
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___ virumque cano. : ARMA
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Faith. : CONSTANCY
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Among: Prefix. : INTER
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Half of a Heyerdahl title. : AKU
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Girl's nickname. : ETTA
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Store, as grain. : ENSILE
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Versifiers. : RIMERS
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Children's nurse. : NANA
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Rule: Abbr. : REG
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Unique people: Slang. : ONERS
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Narrow-minded one. : BIGOT
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Doctors' group. : AMA
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Village north of Dublin. : TARA
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Navy air-to-air missile. : SIDEWINDER
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"When ___ one and twenty ... " : IWAS
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Frigg's spouse. : ODIN
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Upright. : ONEND
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Dingle. : DALE
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In order. : NEAT
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Abodes. : NESTS
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Disheartens. : DEJECTS
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Kind of pottery. : REDWARE
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Storehouse of a sort. : ARSENAL
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My: It. : MIA
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Car parts. : SELFSTARTERS
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Character in "I Pagliacci." : TONIO
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Entrance. : INGRESS
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Let it stand. : STET
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Opposite of vert. : HOR
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Pontius Pilate's realm. : JUDEA
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What "a ragman" is. : ANAGRAM
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Star of "Sergeants 3." : SINATRA
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Former Minnesota governor. : STASSEN
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Troubles. : ILLS
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Name. : DENOMINATION
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Yesterday: Fr. : HIER
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Troublemakers. : IMPS
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"Gideon," for example. : PLAY
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"There ___ any more." : ISNT
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Zealots. : FANS
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Farmer's crop. : OATS
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Neck artery. : CAROTID
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Historic island of SW Pacific. : OKINAWA
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Roman ___. : NUMERAL
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Courtesan called a witch by Horace. : CANIDIA
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Drawn-out speeches. : TIRADES
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Gold or silver. : ELEMENT
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Letter sign-off. : REGARDS
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Plenty, in Chaucer's day. : ENOW
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Cancel. : ERASE
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Realtor. : AGENT
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Wait, old style. : BIDE
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Heir. : SON
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Direction. : NNE

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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