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New York Times, Friday, October 26, 1962

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 28, Avg Word Len: 5.63, Missing: { F J Q V }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 35.6 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,851
Across
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Shock absorbers. : SPRINGS
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Famous Clinton. : DEWITT
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Bound by a truce. : TRUCIAL
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Copy experts. : EDITORS
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Exciting laughter. : RISIBLE
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Inorganic matter. : MINERAL
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Pays (with "up"). : ANTES
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Mexican cornmeal mush. : ATOLE
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Black ___. : TIE
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Mix batter. : STIR
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The freshest air. : OZONE
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Clavicle, for one. : BONE
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Meet a poker bet. : SEE
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No mere window shopper. : BUYER
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Poetic family name, U. S. : BENET
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Faulty premises. : ERRORS
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Deceptions. : DUPERIES
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New Yorker. : GOTHAMITE
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Clap in jail. : IMPRISON
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Impeccably virtuous. : CHASTE
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Edible mushroom. : MOREL
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Leaves in a hurry. : SCATS
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Fowl. : HEN
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Certain golfers. : PROS
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Flight units. : STEPS
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Mill's adjunct. : POND
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Military aide: Abbr. : ADC
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Expensive headdress. : TIARA
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Doctrine. : CREDO
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Shaping by machine. : LATHING
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Asserter. : CLAIMER
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Utter. : ENOUNCE
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Drives (home). : HAMMERS
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Velocipedes: Colloq. : TRIKES
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Disbursement. : EXPENSE
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Street: Ger. : STRASSE
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Pressman. : PRINTER
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More out of practice. : RUSTIER
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Less friendly. : ICIER
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Penpoints. : NIBS
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Unit of capacity: Abbr. : GAL
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Of shoddy quality. : SLEAZY
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Dry definition of drink. : DEMONRUM
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Roman magistrate. : EDILE
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Omar's weakness. : WINE
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Dweller: Suffix. : ITE
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Nutty, fruity ice cream. : TORTONI
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Soldier in basic. : TRAINEE
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Wintry showers. : SLEETS
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Terpsichorean. : TOEDANCER
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Ejects from office. : OUSTS
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Kentucky college town. : BEREA
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Swelter. : BROIL
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Relatives of Eliza. : BETHS
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Giants of a sort. : OGRES
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Old Scots allies. : PICTS
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Ones held for ransom. : HOSTAGES
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Skewer. : IMPALE
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Bitterly sarcastic. : MORDANT
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College monitor. : PROCTOR
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Bootery dealers. : SHOEMEN
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Offers for acceptance. : TENDERS
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Sign approval. : ENDORSE
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Parisian gangster. : APACHE
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From that time. : SINCE
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Of first quality. : PRIME
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Little clinking noise. : TINK
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Temporary settlement. : CAMP
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Hawaiian club or society. : HUI
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Too easygoing. : LAX

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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