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New York Times, Thursday, July 12, 1962

4-Down : Confusion and pandemonium.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,745
Across
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Small craft. : ROWBOAT
8
One of the 47 Across. : BOUNOUM
15
Short melody. : ARIETTA
16
Ear. : AURICLE
17
Chic hair ribbon. : BANDEAU
18
Speak with difficulty. : STUTTER
19
Pastorale. : IDYLL
20
Quiet! : SSH
22
Branches: Biol. : RAMI
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Than: Ger. : ALS
25
Common contraction. : TIS
27
Biology course: Abbr. : ANAT
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Combination not in restraint of trade. : COMMONMARKET
33
Potables. : ALES
34
Self: Prefix. : AUT
35
Zoroastrian scriptures. : AVESTA
39
___ culpa. : MEA
40
Silvery: Fr. : ARGENTE
42
French spa. : AIX
43
Blenheim, for one. : PALACE
45
Cease. : DIE
46
Lateral. : SIDE
47
Laotian trio. : THREEPRINCES
50
"How ___ the busy bee ... " : DOTH
53
Vital fluid. : SAP
54
Depot: Abbr. : STA
55
Of a time. : ERAL
56
Vessel: Abbr. : STR
58
Plowed land, in the southwest. : ARADO
62
Popular musical. : CAMELOT
65
Cushion behind a saddle. : PILLION
67
Stir up trouble. : AGITATE
68
Cuban province. : ORIENTE
69
Crossed out. : DELETED
70
Elevator man. : STARTER
Down
1
Nobel prize physicist. : RABI
2
Toward the mouth. : ORAD
3
Vinous. : WINY
4
Confusion and pandemonium. : BEDLAMS
5
Verdi role. : OTELLO
6
One ___ time. : ATA
7
Greek letters. : TAUS
8
The camel driver from Pakistan. : BASHIR
9
In circulation. : OUT
10
South American country: Abbr. : URU
11
Fertilizer ingredient. : NITRATE
12
Recurring every eighth day. : OCTAN
13
Group of Moslem scholars. : ULEMA
14
Reason for an award. : MERIT
21
Important section of gov't. : STATEDEPT
24
Trappers. : SNARERS
26
Water striders. : SKATERS
28
Temporary abode. : CAMP
29
Genus of olives. : OLEA
30
Lunch. : MEAL
31
Stein. : MUG
32
Poetic time. : EVE
36
Mediterranean ketch. : SAIC
37
Surge. : TIDE
38
Tools. : AXES
40
German "alas!" : ACH
41
Tang. : NIP
44
Olympic contender. : ATHLETE
46
Dog to beware of. : SNARLER
48
Veered toward the rising sun. : EASTED
49
Where Padova is. : ITALIA
50
Number ten. : DECAD
51
Storm: Fr. : ORAGE
52
Dravidian language. : TAMIL
57
Certain post offices: Abbr. : RPOS
59
That word in the new dict. : AINT
60
Be foolish. : DOTE
61
Odd man: Slang. : ONER
63
School subject: Abbr. : LAT
64
Inhabitant: Suffix. : OTE
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N. Y. C. subway. : IRT

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 9 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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