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New York Times, Tuesday, September 4, 1962

25-Down : Loosen.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,799
Across
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Currency unit: Abbr. : DOL
4
___ skies (extravagantly). : TOTHE
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Modish. : SMART
14
Certain stocks. : UTILITIES
16
Dance band: Slang. : COMBO
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Apportioned profits. : DIVIDENDS
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Space Age word. : ORBIT
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Vista. : SCENE
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Coloring. : DYEING
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Small land mass. : ISLE
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Wild duck. : SCAUP
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Hymnal word. : AMEN
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Pyrites. : ORE
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Game. : TENNIS
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Far-reaching. : LONG
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Competently. : ABLY
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Large number: Colloq. : SLEW
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Part of Canada: Abbr. : ONT
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Knotty. : NODAL
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Mohammed ___. : ALI
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Lyrics. : ODES
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Foreign: Prefix. : XENO
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Cards. : ACES
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Electrical units. : FARADS
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Theatre initials. : RKO
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Brings. : GETS
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Dutch river. : YSSEL
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Inner: Prefix. : ENTO
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Farm tool. : SCYTHE
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Part of ancient Greece. : AULIS
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"Sound of Music" heroine. : MARIA
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Settled. : SEDENTARY
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Surpass. : EXCEL
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Puts money in a sinking fund. : AMORTIZES
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Approaches. : NEARS
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Montague man. : ROMEO
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Superlative suffix. : EST
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Clothes: Slang. : DUDS
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Of the ear. : OTIC
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Not on tape. : LIVE
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Mariner's concern. : TIDES
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Native of: Suffix. : OTE
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Flint holder. : TINDERBOX
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Hollywood name. : HEDY
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To be: Lat. : ESSE
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Lighting fixture. : SCONCE
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Financier's family. : MORGANS
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Envoy: Abbr. : AMB
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Baseball abbreviation. : RBI
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Little one. : TOT
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Silver ___. : LINING
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Adherent: Suffix. : IST
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Borrowed sum. : LOAN
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Loosen. : UNLACE
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Piece of pastry. : PIELET
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Reserved. : ALOOF
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Blue ___. : MONDAY
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Starts. : ENTERS
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Senior. : ELDER
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Spenders of francs. : SWISS
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Land of shrewd traders. : YANKEEDOM
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Diving bird. : LOON
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Bolder: Dial. : SASSIER
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S. American rodent. : AGOUTI
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Transferrable designs. : DECALS
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Roguish. : SLY
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Too much: Mus. : TANTO
55
Ruler. : TSAR
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Blood: Prefix. : HEMO
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Take it easy. : LAZE
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Angers. : IRES
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Method: Abbr. : SYST
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Tom, Dick and Harry. : MEN
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Edged tool. : AXE
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N. Y. C. building. : RCA
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Before. : ERE

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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