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New York Times, Monday, September 10, 1962

38-Down : Kept the peace.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { B J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 6, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,805
Across
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Chinese gambling game. : FANTAN
7
Mountain tops. : PEAKS
12
Native of 28 Down. : ALGERIAN
14
Woolly. : LANATE
16
"Emperor" or "Warsaw." : CONCERTO
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Incarnation. : AVATAR
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Short-billed bird. : CRAKE
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Incensed. : IRATE
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U. S. Dept. : AGR
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"Brother ___." : RAT
23
Tshombe's land. : CONGO
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Sicilian commune. : ENNA
25
Hebrew letter. : ALEF
27
Handle: Fr. : ANSE
28
Harmonium. : ORGAN
29
Gremlins. : IMPS
31
Asleep. : DORMANT
33
___ house. : MANOR
35
Emulate Picasso. : PAINT
36
"Finger" of ivy. : TENDRIL
38
Founder of a state. : PENN
39
Consumed. : EATEN
40
"___ effort." : AFOR
42
China, Japan, etc. : EAST
46
Maple genus. : ACER
47
Novelist Cather. : WILLA
48
Cpl. or Sgt. : NCO
49
Over: Prefix. : SUR
50
Hawaiian veranda. : LANAI
51
Talk of a sort. : ARGOT
53
Evoke. : ELICIT
55
"Elsinore. A Platform before the Castle." : SCENEONE
57
Marred. : SPOILT
58
Son of Zeus. : HERCULES
59
Accented part of a poetic foot. : ARSIS
60
"Not so ___ a well." : DEEPAS
Down
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Made of roses, violets, etc. : FLORAL
2
Male relative. : AGNATE
3
Head supporter. : NECK
4
Baobab or deodar. : TREE
5
Manner. : AIR
6
United ___. : NATIONS
7
Socrates' pupil. : PLATO
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Part of a roof. : EAVE
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Santa ___. : ANA
10
See 23 Across. : KATANGAN
11
Inactive. : STAGNANT
12
Gold Coast port. : ACCRA
13
Scandinavian goddesses. : NORNS
15
Wandering. : ERRANT
20
Full of years. : AGED
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Bay of Naples island. : CAPRI
24
Emblem of purity and honor. : ERMINE
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Camera device. : FINDER
28
N. African port. : ORAN
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Poetic time. : MORN
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Wagner's forte. : OPERA
33
Formal acknowledgment of error. : MEACULPA
34
Toward the front. : ANTERIOR
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Irritates. : TEASES
37
Reclined. : LAIN
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Kept the peace. : POLICED
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Burst of light. : FLASH
43
Region south of 23 Across. : ANGOLA
44
Teacakes. : SCONES
45
Hauls: Colloq. : TOTES
47
Notable hymn writer. : WATTS
50
Variant of a girl's name. : LILI
51
Noun suffix. : ANCE
52
Re-enlist: Slang. : REUP
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On this side of: Prefix. : CIS
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Before. : ERE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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