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New York Times, Thursday, October 20, 1966

22-Down : Breathless.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 58, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 37.9
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,277
Across
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Shakespearean character. : PAGE
5
Privileges: Abbr. : RTS
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Mexico, Cuba, et al.: Abbr. : SPAM
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Poet's product. : ODES
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Surprised exclamation. : OHOH
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Primitive: Prefix. : PALEO
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Overrules. : SETSASIDE
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Make an effort. : EXERT
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Asian river. : ILI
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Receptacle. : BIN
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Sharp tool. : AWL
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Affirmative. : AYE
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Norkay of Everest fame. : TENSING
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Rotating disks. : DIALS
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Eye protector. : LID
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Closer. : STINGIER
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Highly seasoned. : SPICED
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Bought back. : REDEEMED
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Chinese dynasty. : HAN
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Informed. : AWARE
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Pronoun. : ONE
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Stimulating. : ELECTRIC
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Club of a kind. : DRIVER
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Lively. : SPIRITED
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Make do (with "out"). : EKE
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Property claims. : LIENS
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Certain TV fare. : REPEATS
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Queen ___. : BEE
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Generation. : AGE
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Beverage. : ALE
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Garland. : LEI
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Finnish island group. : ALAND
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Part of a staircase. : NEWELPOST
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Boxes. : CASES
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Man's nickname. : DOUG
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Preposition. : ONTO
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Was sure. : KNEW
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Perennial TV hero. : SPY
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Alaska's Governor. : EGAN
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Postulate. : POSIT
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Girl's name. : ADELE
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Direction to a box-office crowd. : GETINLINEPLEASE
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Type of curve. : ESS
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Violinist's need. : ROSIN
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Personal belongings. : THINGS
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Turf. : SOD
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Musical instrument, for short. : SAX
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Direction to a queue. : PLEASEMOVEALONG
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Delicate: Poet. : AERY
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Speck. : MOTE
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More intoxicating. : HEADIER
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Hair, fur, etc. : PELAGE
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Dwell. : ABIDE
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Breathless. : WINDED
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Thus: Lat. : SIC
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Extend. : LIE
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A very little. : TRACE
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Gallic name. : RENE
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Novel title. : SHE
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Buddies. : PALS
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Intrepid. : DARING
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German article. : DER
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At one's ___. : WITSEND
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Year in Trajan's reign. : CII
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Stair parts. : TREADS
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Force back. : REPEL
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Presidential nickname. : IKE
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Draft. : DRAWUP
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Type of poem. : ELEGY
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Seed covering. : TESTA
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Repress: Colloq. : SITON
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Football player. : BACK
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Verve. : ELAN
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Recent. : NEW
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Aurora. : EOS
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Literary light. : POE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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