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New York Times, Friday, August 24, 1962

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 35.1
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,788
Across
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Shopper's concern. : PRICES
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Minnesota iron range. : MESABI
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Take umbrage. : RESENT
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Wading bird. : AVOCET
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House adjunct. : VERANDA
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Misled. : DELUDED
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Vigilant. : ALERT
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Housing agency. : NHA
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Cubic unit. : STERE
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Youth. : LAD
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Early patriot. : ADAMS
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Welshman's name. : EVAN
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Ike's old command. : ETO
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Dominant. : SUPREME
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Dweller: Suffix. : ITE
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Mosaic pieces. : TESSERAE
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Pie fruit. : APPLES
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Opening. : SLOT
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Fuse, as glass. : FRIT
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Be published. : APPEAR
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Derisive sounds. : CATCALLS
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Chevron shape. : VEE
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Badgers. : HARRIES
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Financial item. : IOU
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Inland sea. : ARAL
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Find out. : LEARN
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Tourist aid. : MAP
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Groove. : STRIA
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Food staple. : EGG
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Member of the wedding. : BRIDE
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Middle East city. : TELAVIV
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Expectant one. : AWAITER
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Decrepit. : SENILE
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Well-known playwright. : MILLER
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Means of livelihoods. : TRADES
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Records. : ENTERS
Down
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Bishop. : PRELATE
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Altar screen. : REREDOS
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Munich's river. : ISAR
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Time span: Abbr. : CENT
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Finis. : END
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Resisting all change. : STANDPAT
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French title of address. : MADAME
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Fall of night. : EVE
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Money in Callao. : SOLS
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Severe. : ACUTE
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Harass. : BEDEVIL
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Say again. : ITERATE
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A man's man. : VALET
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Sand tracks: Var. : DENES
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Fleet rodent. : HARE
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Dawn-bright. : AURORAL
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Spruce up. : SMARTEN
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Psalmist's word. : SELAH
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Large-scale movies. : EPICS
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Ship's course. : SSE
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School-home combine. : PTA
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Target of a sort. : FAIRGAME
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Stop!: Naut. : AVAST
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Most forward. : PERTEST
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One kind of oysterman. : PEARLER
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Bleak peak. : CRAG
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Confiner. : LIMITER
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Stevedores. : LOADERS
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Excellent: Slang. : SUPER
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Passes rope through rings. : REEVES
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Climbing vine. : LIANA
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Very eager. : AVID
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Latvian, for one. : BALT
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Vex: Dial. : RILE
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Adjective suffix. : ILE
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Take the prize. : WIN

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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