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New York Times, Friday, September 21, 1962

26-Down : "___ broom ... "

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,816
Across
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Et cetera. : ANDSOON
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Hapless one: Slang. : SADSACK
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Sturdy. : DURABLE
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Church structure. : STEEPLE
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Shaded walk. : ALAMEDA
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Prize winner's feeling. : ELATION
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Do work with. : PLY
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Story of a sort. : YARN
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Antelopes. : ELANDS
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Fling. : TOSS
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Collects bit by bit. : GLEANS
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Weighing heavily (on). : PREYING
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History. : PAST
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Fine netting. : TULLE
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CPA's term for value. : NETWORTH
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By oneself. : UNAIDED
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Cut wood. : WHITTLE
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Realize. : DISCOVER
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"___, Macduff!" : LAYON
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Suffix akin to "ess." : ETTE
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Becomes known. : EMERGES
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Dartmoor, for one. : PRISON
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Greet. : HAIL
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Deceive. : BETRAY
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Ungulate's foot. : HOOF
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Hindu title. : SRI
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A First Lady. : ELEANOR
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Spruce up. : SMARTEN
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Ingredient. : ELEMENT
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Type of annuity. : TONTINE
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Shrines. : TEMPLES
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Showed scorn. : SNEERED
Down
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Conform. : ADAPT
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Card game bid to win no tricks. : NULLO
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Vehicles. : DRAYS
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Dodsworth. : SAM
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Comply. : OBEY
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Time of one's life. : OLDAGE
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All but. : NEARLY
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Compass point. : SSE
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Finally. : ATLENGTH
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Business matters. : DEALS
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Plant bristle. : SETA
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Neat as ___. : APIN
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Lump of clay. : CLOD
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Recognizes: Dial. : KENS
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German negative. : NEIN
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Join by weaving. : SPLICE
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"___ broom ... " : ANEW
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Renovate. : REDO
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An oxide. : POTASH
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Bohemian. : ARTY
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Town near Bayeux. : STLO
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At that time. : THEN
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Suffix akin to "ness." : TUDE
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One. : UNIT
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In conclusion. : LAST
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Sly trick. : WILE
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All the world and his wife. : EVERYONE
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Half: Prefix. : DEMI
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Hebrew letter. : RESH
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Perches. : ROOSTS
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Part of a sundial. : GNOMON
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Jury. : PANEL
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Up and about. : ASTIR
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One of the Castles. : IRENE
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Seamed. : LINED
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Vegetable. : BEET
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French pronoun. : ELLE
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Swarm. : TEEM
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Type of passage. : RAMP
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Temple: Poet. : FANE
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Privileges: Abbr. : RTS
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Map abbreviation. : RTE

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

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