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New York Times, Monday, August 29, 1966

20-Down : Wire: Abbr.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,225
Across
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Trade school course. : SHOP
5
Joey, for one. : PAL
8
Sound. : VALID
13
Equal: Prefix. : PARI
14
Biblical weed. : TARE
15
Sidestep. : EVADE
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Bedouin's head cord. : AGAL
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Airplane squadron. : ESCADRILLE
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Diva Tebaldi. : RENATA
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Disencumber. : RID
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County in Scotland. : AYR
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Promoter. : ENTREPRENEUR
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Creator of Lorelei Lee. : LOOS
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Certain double-parkers. : TRUCKS
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Batman's first name. : ADAM
36
Moppets. : TOTS
38
Town near Salerno. : EBOLI
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Italian river, near Cassino. : LIRI
40
Packs. : STOWS
42
"Yes, ___," by Sammy Davis. : ICAN
43
George Eliot's real name. : EVANS
45
Cut. : SNIP
46
Aquarium item. : TANK
47
Jai alai. : PELOTA
49
Concerning: Lat. : INRE
51
"White elephant" affairs. : RUMMAGESALES
57
Boise's county. : ADA
60
Composition for two. : DUO
61
Concurrence. : ASSENT
62
Top project planner. : MASTERMIND
66
Noun suffix. : IANA
67
Liquid fat. : OLEIN
68
City: Lat. : URBS
69
Eager. : AVID
70
Leaven. : YEAST
71
Notice. : SEE
72
Swarm, as of bees. : NEST
Down
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Autoist's extra. : SPARE
2
Famous golfer. : HAGEN
3
Praying figure in art. : ORANT
4
Hemingway character. : PILAR
5
___ de deux. : PAS
6
Curve. : ARC
7
Ascertain. : LEARN
8
Green growth. : VERDURE
9
Prefix in bird words. : AVI
10
Singing syllables. : LALA
11
Vainly. : IDLY
12
Whitetail. : DEER
14
Tableware items. : TEAPOTS
18
Health regimen. : DIET
20
Wire: Abbr. : TEL
24
Cheers (for). : ROOTS
25
Baltic land. : ESTONIA
26
___ in. : RUBIT
29
Tropical shrub. : COCA
30
Grand Wizard's group. : KLAN
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Kitchen item. : SINK
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Historic Syrian city. : ALEP
33
Gainer. : DIVE
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Asian sea. : ARAL
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Child. : MINOR
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Playground item. : SWING
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Butters. : SPREADS
44
Freshman. : STUDENT
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River on Manchurian border. : AMUR
50
Letter. : ESS
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Greek god of ridicule. : MOMUS
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Of a continent. : ASIAN
54
Depart. : LEAVE
55
City near Dallas. : ENNIS
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Town: Ger. : STADT
57
Formosa Strait port. : AMOY
58
Dingle. : DALE
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On the briny. : ASEA
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Poetic contraction. : TIS
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Wrath. : IRE
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Helmsman's direction. : NBE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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