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New York Times, Saturday, October 15, 1966

9-Down : Oil field activities.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10 Grid is asymmetric.
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L
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B
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,272
Across
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One dubbed "Leapin'." : LENA
5
Press one's suit. : WOO
8
Speech part: Abbr. : ADV
11
J. Strauss was so dubbed. : WALTZKING
13
Some "of society" is so dubbed. : DREGS
16
Snobbish soprano might be so dubbed. : HIGHTONED
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Girl of song. : DINAH
18
Opposite of "amo." : ODI
19
Adjectival suffix. : EST
20
Harmful item, in ancient superstition. : EVILEYE
22
Ladder of a kind. : RUN
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Historical record. : CHRONICLE
25
Records, so dubbed. : LPS
26
One: Ger. : EIN
27
Create a todo. : STIRUP
30
"The Turn of the ___." : SCREW
32
Some are dubbed stars of this. : CINEMA
33
Word of mouth. : PAROL
36
Live fluid. : SAP
38
Scary beings. : OGRES
39
Girl's name. : ADELA
40
Toys with adult appeal. : TRAINS
42
Inflorescence. : RACEME
44
Types of elec. current. : DCS
45
Teacher's degree. : PDB
48
Chant, so dubbed. : AMBROSIAN
51
Australian animal: Colloq. : ROO
52
French Post-impressionist. : BONNARD
54
Old exclamation. : FIE
55
Item often inflated or deflated. : EGO
56
Dye work. : BATIK
57
Beekeepers. : APIARISTS
60
Where Cnossus is. : CRETE
61
Show anger toward. : LASHOUTAT
62
Bad: Prefix. : DYS
63
N.Y.C. or Bost. : SPT
64
Urban problem. : SMOG
Down
1
Stored away. : LAIDUP
2
Certain marbles, so dubbed. : ELGINS
3
Degree, so dubbed. : NTH
4
Old Western Hemisphere people. : AZTEC
5
Coldest. : WINTRIEST
6
Part of a million. : ONE
7
Nash. : OGDEN
8
Strong inclination. : ADDICTION
9
Oil field activities. : DRILLINGS
10
Specialized wood worker. : VENEERER
11
Convolution. : WHORL
12
Certain foods, so dubbed. : KOSHER
14
So Paree is dubbed. : GAY
15
Novel title. : SHE
21
Title: Abbr. : VISC
24
Ahead. : ONWARDS
28
Asian apricot. : UME
29
Sires, so dubbed: Colloq. : PAS
30
Impressiveness. : SOLEMNITY
31
Political rallies, so dubbed. : CLAMBAKES
33
Value, sometimes dubbed. : PAR
34
Oklahoma city. : ADA
35
Took back what one said. : RECANTED
37
Nonviolent one, so dubbed. : PACIFIST
41
Prophet. : ISAIAH
43
Be wrong. : ERR
45
Tempo. : PRESTO
46
Certain neckware. : DOGTAG
47
Push up: Colloq. : BOOST
49
East Indian vines. : ODALS
50
Wolfe and others. : NEROS
52
Telly's initials. : BBC
53
Boat aid. : OAR
58
Infant food. : PAP
59
Chemical suffix. : IUM

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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