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New York Times, Tuesday, January 4, 1966

58-Across : Piltdown man, for example.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 48.0
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 5,988
Across
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Song of a kind. : LIED
5
Western campus. : UCLA
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Knotted. : TIED
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Indian coin. : ANNA
14
Retreat. : NOOK
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Peaks. : ACMES
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Heavenly phenomenon of October, 1965. : IKEYASEKI
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Business letter. : REPLY
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Red (very). : CERISE
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Pertaining to certain necks. : ISTHMIAN
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Type of engine. : DONKEY
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Clip. : SHEAR
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___ thieves. : DENOF
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Epic hero. : AENEAS
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Chef's specialty. : SALAD
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Object of long search. : GRAIL
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Pair of performers. : DUO
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"What ___!" : ADAY
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Gallic exclamation. : TIENS
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Prohibition. : TABU
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Range of knowledge. : KEN
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German name for Polish city. : POSEN
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Less forward. : SHYER
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Joker of a kind. : ENDMAN
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Russian coin. : RUBLE
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Mañana, perhaps. : LATER
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Pad event. : LAUNCH
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Supports. : SHORESUP
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Features of toothpaste ads. : SMILES
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Invitation to a ride. : HOPIN
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Piltdown man, for example. : MARESNEST
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Outcome. : EVENT
61
Medley. : OLIO
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Gaelic. : ERSE
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Times. : ERAS
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Repeated phrase, in jazz. : RIFF
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Swerve. : SKEW
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Not of the clergy. : LAIC
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Did a printer's job. : INKED
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January, in Leon. : ENERO
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___ out. : DAYINDAY
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Invisible. : UNSEEN
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Iowa college. : COE
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God of strife. : LOKI
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"In the dark" item. : AKISS
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Durham dweller. : TARHEEL
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Entrepreneur of the past. : ICEMAN
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May 24. : EMPIREDAY
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Place ___ Concorde. : DELA
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Prefix with cope or tax. : SYN
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Requested. : ASKED
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French heroine. : THAIS
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Certain mystics. : YOGIS
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Washington gallery. : FREER
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River into the Seine. : AUBE
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Crabbed. : SOUR
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Benefit. : SAKE
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Part of Arabia. : ADEN
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Vagabond. : LANDLOPER
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Cancel. : ANNUL
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Hues. : TONES
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Highest degree (with "to"). : THENINES
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Legal rights. : PATENTS
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Target of today. : SLUMS
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Yacht basin. : MARINA
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___ supplies. : BASEOF
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Grapevine product. : RUMOR
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Saleslady. : CLERK
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Part of West Germany. : HESSE
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Female: Prefix. : SHE
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___ to, as a ship. : HOVE
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Ancient language. : PALI
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Fret. : STEW
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Hilly region of Morocco. : RIF

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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