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New York Times, Friday, February 25, 1966

12-Down : Cautious.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 317 (avg 1.69)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,040
Across
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Pounds down. : TAMPS
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Relatives of Corps. : SGTS
10
Certain footwear, for short. : MOCS
14
Word of parting. : ADIEU
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Garden. : MARY
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U.S. satellite. : ECHO
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Arrested: Slang. : RANIN
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Heating device. : OVEN
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Disrupt. : TEAR
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Initials important in Manhattan. : NYU
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Be deeply concerned. : TAKETOHEART
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Accurately. : TOATEE
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Showy flower. : PEONY
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Reddish brown. : SIENNA
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Ara, the ___. : ALTAR
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Man's name. : ELMO
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Outcome. : FRUIT
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Bearskin. : CAP
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Usually. : ASARULE
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Musical composition. : SCHERZO
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One of the British Isles. : MAN
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Dixie. : SOUTH
44
National park in Utah. : ZION
45
Indo-Aryan tongue. : HINDI
46
Sorrow. : GRIEVE
48
Nobody. : NOONE
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Way. : METHOD
52
Phenomenon of today's youth. : GOINGSTEADY
54
Bankroll: Colloq. : WAD
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Vex: Dial. : RILE
58
Norse god. : THOR
59
Big game, in Canada. : MOOSE
61
Famous U.S. physicist. : UREY
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French month. : AOUT
63
Abbreviation on a borrowed book. : EXLIB
64
Gardener's concern. : BEDS
65
Book of the Bible. : RUTH
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Removes. : DOFFS
Down
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Body of water. : TARN
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For ever and ___. : ADAY
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Patriot of 1776. : MINUTEMAN
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Where Charlottetown is: Abbr. : PEI
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Heliophile's goal. : SUNTAN
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Urban problem. : SMOKE
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Heeded. : GAVEEAR
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Old weight allowance. : TRET
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Abridged. : SYNOPTIC
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Shooting star. : METEOR
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The deep. : OCEAN
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Cautious. : CHARY
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Quality. : SORT
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___ loss. : ATA
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Wasteland. : HEATH
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___ about. : ONOR
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Thin layer of ore. : SEAM
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Fraulein's name. : ILSA
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Profuse. : LUSH
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Inveterate strife. : FEUD
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False-alarmed. : CRIEDWOLF
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European sea. : AZOV
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Bread. : PONE
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Making serve. : USING
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Symbol of a state. : LONESTAR
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Name of Broadway fame. : EZIO
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Respite. : TIMEOUT
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Flatters. : HONEYS
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Warranted: Abbr. : GTD
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Waxed poetic. : RHYMED
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Bête ___. : NOIRE
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Like some silk or paper. : OILED
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Planet. : EARTH
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Beetle larva. : GRUB
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One grand. : THOU
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Quasi. : ASIF
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Society girls. : DEBS
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Chemical prefix. : OXO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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