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New York Times, Saturday, June 29, 1963

42-Down : Put into verse.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.65, Missing: { F J K Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,081
Across
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Turn out to be. : PROVE
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Cheer. : YELL
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Golfer's place. : TEE
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Cooked. : BOILED
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Upolu port. : APIA
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Letters. : ELS
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Quarreling. : ATODDS
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Drumfish and weakfish. : WHITINGS
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Torrid. : HOT
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A thousand ages. : AEON
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Fluid for "la plume." : ENCRE
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Poetic shepherdess. : AMARYLLIS
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Dutch painter. : STEEN
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Spice. : MACE
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Onset of old age. : SENESCENCE
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Simulated. : ACTED
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___ disagree. : AGREESTO
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Members of the social set. : DEBS
35
Thomas Wolfe's hero. : GANT
36
Formal wear. : WHITETIE
39
Mongol. : TATAR
43
Tree. : WHITECEDAR
45
Engineering school. : TECH
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Odin, Thor, et al. : AESIR
47
Stubbornness. : RENITENCY
49
Purport. : TENOR
50
Steam: Prefix. : ATMO
51
School: Abbr. : SEM
52
Purely scientific. : CLINICAL
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___ out (reversed). : INSIDE
57
Ancient language: Abbr. : HEB
58
Nickname for Oliver. : NOLL
59
Fastened. : NAILED
60
Classified items. : ADS
61
Pass. : GOBY
62
River into the Danube. : ILLER
Down
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View from the Pentagon. : POTOMAC
2
Old English law. : RIOTACT
3
Venerable. : OLD
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May 8th, in history. : VEDAY
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Fords. : EDSELS
6
Indication of fatigue or boredom. : YAWNING
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New Testament book: Abbr. : EPH
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Year in Claudius I's reign. : LII
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Becoming hidden. : LATESCENT
10
Type of store. : TENCENT
11
Famous painter. : ELGRECO
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Ascetic of old. : ESSENE
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___ Islands. : BAHAMA
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Not disposed of by a will. : INTESTATE
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Fragrant shrub of Europe. : OLEASTER
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Second printing, old style. : REEDITION
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Inspector's aide. : SERGEANT
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Mermaid's milieu. : SEA
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Discouraging. : DETERRING
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Nib: Fr. : BEC
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Pivoted. : WHEELED
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Self-important person: Colloq. : HISNIBS
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In theory. : IDEALLY
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Ductile. : TENSILE
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Compliant one. : ACCEDER
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Put into verse. : RHYMED
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"As a cat would ___ mouse." : WATCHA
44
Adriatic port. : RIMINI
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Of sound. : TONAL
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Bird sound. : COO
54
Vestment. : ALB
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Part of RSVP. : SIL

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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