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New York Times, Friday, April 22, 1966

1-Down : Art of expressive discourse.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J K Q W X }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11, Grid flow: 28.3 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,096
Across
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Empire builder. : RHODES
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Parallelogram. : RHOMBOID
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Child's word to emphasize sincerity. : HONEST
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Country place. : HACIENDA
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Country place. : ESTATE
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Athenian ballot, used in banishing Aristides. : OSTRACON
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Party. : TEA
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German article. : EIN
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Letter. : TEE
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Nurses' group. : ANC
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Vegetable: Var. : OCRA
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Vest: Fr. : GILET
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Ice formation. : FLOE
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Monsoon weather. : RAINS
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Writers' group. : PEN
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Yearlings. : COLTS
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Persian. : IRANIC
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NASA target. : VENUS
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Trigonometry term: Abbr. : CTN
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Uno, dos, tres. : NUMEROS
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Common suffixes. : ERS
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Exterior: Anat. : ECTAL
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Beat. : RHYTHM
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Avignon's river. : RHONE
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Carnation. : RED
51
Brute encountered by Gulliver. : YAHOO
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Number: Abbr. : HUND
53
Flanks. : SIDES
55
Foot: Prefix. : PEDO
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Uncle: Scot. : EME
57
Bit of wit. : PUN
58
Jaguar. : CAT
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Inactive: Abbr. : RET
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Unhappily. : SADTOSAY
64
Appetite. : RELISH
66
Having hooves. : UNGULATE
67
Thanks, in Roma. : GRAZIE
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___ way (clear). : SEESONES
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Make esteemed. : ENDEAR
Down
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Art of expressive discourse. : RHETORIC
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Fire company's wagon. : HOSECART
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Man of Toronto. : ONTARIAN
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Goddess: Lat. : DEA
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East, in Italy. : ESTE
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Current cartoonist. : STEIG
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Greek letter, feature of this puzzle. : RHO
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Runner. : HASTENER
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Sonnet part. : OCTET
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Mud. : MIRE
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Girl's nickname. : BEA
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Available for use. : ONCALL
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"___ love you, Dr. Fell." : IDONOT
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Reels. : DANCES
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Tang in cheese. : NIP
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___ Arbor. : ANN
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Equalized. : LEVELED
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Large books: Abbr. : FOS
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After. : SINCE
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Easy: Slang. : CUSHY
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Engraving. : CUT
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Hide ___ hair. : NOR
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Pickle. : MARINATE
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Torpify. : ETHERIZE
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African country. : RHODESIA
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With fewer wrinkles. : SMOOTHER
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Upshot. : END
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Canine sound. : YAP
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Monkey. : RHESUS
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Merciful. : HUMANE
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Nervous. : ONEDGE
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Month: Abbr. : DEC
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Name meaning "a lily." : SUSAN
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Army man. : SARGE
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Game. : POLO
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Gull. : TERN
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French personal pronouns. : TUS
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It is so. : YES
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Youngster. : LAD

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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