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New York Times, Monday, August 15, 1966

53-Down : As a friend: Fr.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 311 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 38.4
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,211
Across
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Humid. : DAMP
5
Slightly open. : AJAR
9
Get by cadging. : MOOCH
14
Refrigerator. : ICER
15
Deceive. : DUPE
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Above. : SUPRA
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On the other side of the earth. : ANTIPODAL
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Drinking vessel. : STEIN
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Rent. : LEASE
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Insect. : GNAT
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One of the Allens. : FRED
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Of the lower jaw. : SUBMAXILLARY
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Term of endearment. : BABY
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Usual: Abbr. : REG
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___ mater. : PIA
32
Cruise port. : RIO
33
More reasonable. : SANER
35
Card. : KNAVE
39
One kind of coffee. : INSTANT
41
Old Testament book. : EZEKIEL
43
Artist Claude. : MONET
44
Palatable. : SAPID
46
Spanish article. : LAS
47
Carry. : LUG
49
One of the Jonsons. : BEN
50
Man, for one. : ISLE
51
Workers in high places. : STEEPLEJACKS
56
Chinese society. : TONG
57
High-strung. : TAUT
58
Greek letters. : IOTAS
62
Cognizant (of). : AWARE
64
Place for grinding grain. : GRISTMILL
66
Furnish workers again. : REMAN
67
Longest river of Siberia. : LENA
68
Historic island. : ELBA
69
Cuts. : TRIMS
70
Irritable. : EDGY
71
Enlarge (a hole). : REAM
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Dashboard item. : DIAL
2
Skin ailment. : ACNE
3
Among: Prefix. : META
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Like an old maid. : PRISSY
5
Fuss and feathers. : ADO
6
Official decisions. : JUDGMENTS
7
Natural accompaniment: Var. : APANAGE
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Take one's ease. : RELAX
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Library exhibits: Abbr. : MSS
10
Perform a military action. : OUTFLANK
11
Type of entertainment. : OPERA
12
Hawker. : CRIER
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Easily accessible. : HANDY
18
Little: Fr. : PEU
22
Tilt. : TIP
25
Milling by-product. : BRAN
26
Took pleasure in. : LIKED
27
Hat feature. : BRIM
28
Japanese aborigine. : AINO
29
Petty officer, for short. : BOSN
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Kept late hours. : SATUP
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Parroting. : REPEATING
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"Good for what ___ you." : AILS
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Type of cutlet. : VEAL
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Otherwise. : ELSE
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Wire. : TELEGRAM
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Metallic element. : ZINC
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Renounced. : ABJURED
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Having gold edges: Abbr. : GLT
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Chemistry term. : ISOMER
51
Put in operation. : START
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Campanile. : TOWER
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As a friend: Fr. : ENAMI
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Symbolic bird. : EAGLE
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Young animal. : KIT
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Ceramic product. : TILE
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White: Lat. : ALBA
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Bridge term. : SLAM
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Printer's units. : ENS
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Surprised exclamation. : SAY

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

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