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New York Times, Friday, February 11, 1966

49-Across : One of the Nine.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 46.2
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,026
Across
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Greek island, near Athens. : SALAMIS
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Medicine men. : SHAMANS
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Creamy white. : IVORINE
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Nation lacking resources: Colloq. : HAVENOT
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Most optimistic. : ROSIEST
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Laziness. : INERTIA
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Sheep. : EWES
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Employing. : USING
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Poppins. : MARY
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___ fork (fishing spear). : EEL
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Seed covering. : TESTA
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Weatherman of a sort. : RAINMAKER
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Flinch. : WINCE
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Make a fluff. : ERR
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Via Appia, for one. : ITER
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Bladed tool. : SIDEAX
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Government agency. : CIA
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Occupies. : TENANTS
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Bacheller hero. : DRI
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Doctrines. : TENETS
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Whistle sound. : TOOT
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Speck. : DOT
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Pimola. : OLIVE
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D.F.C.'s. : AIRMEDALS
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One of the Nine. : ERATO
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Auxiliary verb. : ARE
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Houseworker, British style. : CHAR
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Term in geometry. : CONIC
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Actress Daniels. : BEBE
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Airplane part. : AILERON
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Cried out. : SHOUTED
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Musical bar. : MEASURE
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Historic London prison. : NEWGATE
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Simulate. : PRETEND
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Opera role. : TRISTAN
Down
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"Your majesty." : SIRE
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Confess. : AVOW
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Outdistance in a race. : LOSE
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Ascended. : ARISEN
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Italian possessive. : MIE
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Does an electrician's job. : INSULATES
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Beauty parlor items. : SETS
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Little fish. : SHINER
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Suspends. : HANGS
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Prayer. : AVE
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Shakespearean tavern. : MERMAID
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Broadway initials. : ANTA
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Black: Fr. : NOIR
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Mast support. : STAY
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Repetition. : ITERATION
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Discharger. : EMITTER
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Type of dancer. : TWISTER
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Right-hand page. : RECTO
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Prospero's servant. : ARIEL
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Man from Abadan. : IRANI
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State: Abbr. : KEN
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Canio's wife. : NEDDA
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"Main Street" heroine. : CAROL
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Doors. : EXITS
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Former article of dress. : STOMACHER
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Kind of easter, nautically speaking. : NOR
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Tenzing's conquest. : EVEREST
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Compensated (for). : ATONED
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What a computer-programmer does. : DEBUGS
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Squirrel food. : ACORN
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David, for one. : CAMP
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Yesterday: Fr. : HIER
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Ear lobes: Anat. : ALAE
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Common verbal contraction. : ISNT
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State: Fr. : ETAT
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Second of a series. : BETA
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Well-known garden. : EDEN
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Strong-scented herb. : RUE
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W. W. II agency. : OWI

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

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