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New York Times, Monday, August 13, 1962

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 9.7
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,777
Across
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Supposing that. : INCASE
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Estimate too highly. : OVERRATE
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Type of levy. : SURTAX
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Demanded. : REQUIRED
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Miss Liberty. : STATUE
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Parade sound. : DRUMMING
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Speak. : UTTER
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The Abominable Snowman. : YETI
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Swirling water. : EDDY
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Hooks' partners. : EYES
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Forming spikes, as corn. : EARING
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Ruler. : TSAR
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Anthropoid. : GORILLA
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Bleat. : BAA
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Laughing matter. : PUN
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Student at Balliol. : OXONIAN
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Participant. : ACTOR
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Irish, Scots, etc. : CELTS
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Passenger ship VIP. : STEWARD
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Shame! : FIE
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Indeed; truly. : YEA
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Sanctuary. : SHELTER
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Forsaken: Poet. : LORN
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Fence overpasses. : STILES
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Down ___. : EAST
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Limp as ___. : ARAG
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Holly. : ILEX
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Campus phenomenon. : HAZER
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Highest point. : PINNACLE
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Line of union. : SUTURE
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Necessitated. : ENTAILED
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Inherent power. : ENERGY
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Glides lightly. : SKITTERS
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Harmonizes. : AGREES
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Edition. : ISSUE
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Having a certain flavor. : NUTTY
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Container. : CRATE
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Stand as proof of. : ATTEST
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Lizard: Prefix. : SAUR
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English river. : EXE
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Arrangement. : ORDER
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Giddiness. : VERTIGO
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March 21 or September 23. : EQUINOX
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Beverage. : RUM
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White frost. : RIME
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Barren. : ARID
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Watch over. : TEND
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Tense. : EDGY
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Sailor's tale. : YARN
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___ de Cologne. : EAU
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Housewife's friend. : GROCER
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Clean-platter family. : SPRATS
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Feminine suffix. : INE
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Turk's-cap or Mariposa. : LILY
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Recently. : LATE
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Handle: Lat. : ANSA
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Deep tone. : BASS
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New drug. : ACTH
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To ___ (exactly). : ATEE
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Pussycat's shipmate. : OWL
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Network of lines in the focus of an eyepiece. : RETICLE
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Oil field worker. : DRILLER
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Bend. : FLEX
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Cyclades isle. : IOS
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More orderly. : NEATER
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City on the Aire. : LEEDS
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Sky blue. : AZURE
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Suit material. : SERGE
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Cards. : TREYS
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Mandrills. : APES
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Where curling is played. : RINK
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Opposite: Prefix. : ANTI
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Midge. : GNAT
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Suspended. : HUNG
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River island. : AIT
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Bering or Barents. : SEA

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1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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