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New York Times, Thursday, September 1, 1966

3-Down : Pentateuch.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,228
Across
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Agave fiber. : PITA
5
Copy, as notes. : TAKE
9
Cascade. : FALLS
14
Oriental name. : ABOU
15
Cheers of a kind. : OLES
16
Nymph. : OREAD
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Gambler of the Old West. : CARDSHARP
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Horses. : ROANS
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Turncoat. : TRAITOR
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Preposterous. : ABSURD
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Wine. : SHERRY
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Tibetan gazelles. : GOAS
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Serbian city. : NIS
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Medicine man's cure-all. : SNAKEOIL
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The Fates of Roman myth. : PARCAE
33
Seep slowly. : OOZE
34
British decoration. : DSO
35
American humorist Read. : OPIE
36
European country: Abbr. : POL
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Rise high. : REAR
38
Stage of a journey. : LEG
39
Asian title. : KHAN
41
Bedaubed. : SMEARY
43
City on the Hudson. : OSSINING
45
Zenith. : TOP
46
Industrial fuel. : COKE
47
Bring to mind. : RECALL
50
Embroidery yarn. : CREWEL
52
Blocks through which awning ropes pass. : UPHROES
54
Member of major Moslem sect. : SHIAH
55
Branch of the Coast Guard. : ICEPATROL
57
Dance. : TANGO
58
One surface of a record. : SIDE
59
Sicilian resort. : ENNA
60
Out of kilter. : ASKEW
61
Stepped-on items. : TOES
62
Orient. : EAST
Down
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Concordat. : PACT
2
Construction beams. : IBARS
3
Pentateuch. : TORAH
4
Formal interview. : AUDIENCE
5
Cavalry command. : TOHORSE
6
Wing-shaped. : ALARY
7
Prefix with flop or plunk. : KER
8
Spanish: Fr. : ESPAGNOL
9
Renounce. : FORSAKE
10
Stimulate. : AROUSE
11
Limerick man. : LEAR
12
Country. : LAND
13
Science degrees. : SDS
18
Fillet or ridge. : STRIA
22
Ruth's husband. : BOAZ
26
Prominent Chinese family. : SOONG
27
Old Athenian music halls. : ODEA
28
Munich's river. : ISAR
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Small parrot. : LORY
30
Field game. : POLO
31
Tarzan's foster brothers. : APES
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Fits out. : RIGS
36
TV personality. : PANELIST
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Badinage. : REPARTEE
39
Practical skill: Colloq. : KNOWHOW
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Campers' activity. : HIKE
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Siberian plains. : STEPPES
42
Coffee: Colloq. : MOCHA
44
Epoch in time. : ICEAGE
47
___ Rivoli. : RUEDE
48
Novel heroine. : LORNA
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Namesakes of author Edel. : LEONS
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Man's name: Abbr. : CHAS
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Curling area. : RINK
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Louver board. : SLAT
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Depot: Abbr. : STA
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Labor group. : CIO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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