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New York Times, Thursday, December 1, 1966

15-Across : Novelist Remarque.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 36.8
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,319
Across
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Predicate. : VERB
5
Surface of a gem. : FACET
10
Says more. : ADDS
14
Willow shrub. : ITEA
15
Novelist Remarque. : ERICH
16
Literary man. : POET
17
Slow motion. : SNAILSPACE
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Biblical hunter. : ESAU
20
Noted soprano. : CALLAS
21
Precious stone. : EMERALD
23
Music hall. : ODEON
26
Business letter abbreviation. : ENC
27
Ready to bloom. : INBUD
30
Historic cavalry commander. : JEBSTUART
35
Musical term. : BEAT
36
Wall decor. : MIRROR
37
Weeder. : HOE
38
Meteorologist's abbreviation. : ATM
39
Cry. : SOB
40
One or another. : ANY
41
Mire. : MUD
42
Steal. : ROB
43
Salvage. : TOWING
45
Recuperate. : MEND
46
Aromatic East Indian plant. : SPIKENARD
48
House built of turf. : SODDY
49
Texas product. : OIL
50
Japanese cultural center. : KYOTO
52
Willa Cather heroine. : ANTONIA
56
Kind of wheel. : FERRIS
60
Be enraged. : BOIL
61
Former parlor piece. : GRAMOPHONE
64
Spanish jar. : OLLA
65
Name in golf lore. : HAGEN
66
Schooling: Abbr. : EDUC
67
Asiatic border river. : YALU
68
Cut of steak. : TBONE
69
Brooding place. : NEST
Down
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Montgomery's title: Abbr. : VISC
2
Site of Vulcan's workshop. : ETNA
3
Authentic. : REAL
4
Pilot's order. : BAILOUT
5
Escutcheon band. : FESSE
6
Britain's warden service: Abbr. : ARP
7
Washington initials. : CIA
8
Behold!: Lat. : ECCE
9
Musical signature. : THEMESONG
10
An insight: Fr. : APERCU
11
___-dos. : DOSA
12
Business coup. : DEAL
13
Upright beam. : STUD
18
Airport at Fairbanks, Alaska. : LADD
22
Contestant. : ENTRY
24
Indian of Great Lakes region. : OJIBWA
25
Abner's father. : NER
27
Pieces of steel. : IBARS
28
Friend, as used by Indian to colonist. : NETOP
29
Fictional animal. : BAMBI
31
Cognac. : BRANDY
32
Ottoman sultan. : AHMED
33
Type of song. : ROUND
34
Presidential nickname. : TEDDY
36
Famous sonata. : MOONLIGHT
39
Tankard. : STEIN
44
Provoke. : IRK
45
Australian rail. : MOORHEN
47
Mountain range in Oahu. : KOOLAU
48
Short distance. : STEP
51
Be ___ mind. : OFONE
52
"It's ___!" : ABOY
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Melody familiar as 9 Down. : NOLA
54
Cash drawer. : TILL
55
Semite. : ARAB
57
Lay at anchor. : RODE
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"And there is no truth ___." : INUS
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Dukhobors. : SECT
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Have ___ at. : AGO
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Brothers. : MEN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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