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New York Times, Monday, March 28, 1966

3-Down : Natural adjunct: Var.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 35.7 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,071
Across
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Marked by frugality. : SPARTAN
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Procession participant. : PARADER
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Kind of pudding. : TAPIOCA
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Vivify. : ANIMATE
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Semitic tongue. : ARAMAIC
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Brings to recollection. : REVIVES
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Hosiery shades. : TANS
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Memorable orator and railroad man. : DEPEW
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Housewife's bane. : DIRT
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World War II agency. : OPA
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Malay gibbon. : LAR
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Compass point. : NNE
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Record keeper, on campus: Abbr. : REGR
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Felicity. : BLISS
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Rocky eminence. : SCAR
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More vaporous. : STEAMIER
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Certain bus riders. : PUPILS
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___ libre. : VERS
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Biologic factor. : GENE
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Natural resource. : FOREST
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Chinese dialect. : MANDARIN
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Colleen's home. : ERIN
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Courage. : HEART
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Gambling game. : KENO
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Year in middle of Middle Ages. : MIV
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Ginger. : VIM
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Big business: Abbr. : MFG
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Certain bills. : ONES
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Wears out. : JADES
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Gaucho's weapon. : BOLA
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Turned. : ROTATED
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Figure of a kind. : NUMERAL
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Needle-shaped. : ACEROSE
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Adriatic seaport. : TRIESTE
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Golden orioles. : LORIOTS
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Seats. : SETTEES
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Machine parts. : STATORS
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Rampart. : PARAPET
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Natural adjunct: Var. : APANAGE
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Encloses. : RIMS
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"___ Water Lily." : TOA
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Sourish. : ACID
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Airplane sections. : NACELLES
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Kitchen gadgets. : PARERS
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Once more. : ANEW
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Waterway: Abbr. : RIV
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In the thick of. : AMID
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Illustrious Italian. : DAVINCI
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Interminable. : ETERNAL
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Sleepers. : RESTERS
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Poker holding. : PAIR
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Barnaby Rudge's pet. : RAVEN
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Origin. : BIRTH
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Worn out. : SPENT
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Command to a dog. : SPEAK
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French possessive. : MES
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"Sturm ___ Drang" : UND
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Rompers, jumpers, et al. : GARMENTS
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Of a bone. : FEMORAL
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Ciudad Bolivar's river. : ORINOCO
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Construction worker. : RIVETER
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Yum-Yum or Peep-Bo. : MAID
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Compunction. : REMORSE
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Puff up. : INFLATE
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Mexican city. : NOGALES
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Gets around. : EVADES
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See 36 Down. : SARI
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Banter. : JEST
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Steady. : SURE
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Garden product. : BEET
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Superfluously. : TOO
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Cambridge school. : MIT

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

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