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New York Times, Tuesday, January 25, 1966

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 317 (avg 1.70)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 22.0
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,009
Across
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Where Bengasi is. : LIBYA
6
Adriatic wind. : BORA
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That ___ say. : ISTO
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One of the Flynns. : ERROL
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Saroyan hero. : ARAM
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Stimulus. : SPUR
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Working. : GOING
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Doing calisthenics (with "up"). : LIMBERING
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Party in office. : INS
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Tall Asiatic tree. : ACLE
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Galsworthy character. : IRENE
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Child: Colloq. : TYKE
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Biddy. : HEN
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Days, in Madrid. : DIAS
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Race with time: Slang. : BEATTHECLOCK
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Feast of Lots. : PURIM
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Kind of shooter. : SIX
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Veneto or Flaminia. : VIA
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Muse of music. : EUTERPE
39
Fleet and others. : STREETS
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Numerical prefix. : TRI
43
Suffix with idol or lion. : IZE
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Zoo sounds. : ROARS
46
Servings of a kind. : HALFPORTIONS
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Where Meshed is. : IRAN
51
Big bird. : EMU
52
Scarlett O'Hara's home. : TARA
56
Rulers. : CZARS
57
Temerarious. : RASH
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Year Claudius I died. : LIV
60
Recoiling. : FLINCHING
62
Shade of green. : OLIVE
64
Carnation. : PINK
65
Dies ___. : IRAE
66
Declarer, in bridge. : MAKER
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Wheels with teeth. : COGS
68
Buddies. : PALS
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Linen closet, old style. : EWERY
Down
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Genuine: Slang. : LEGIT
2
Feature of some writing. : IRONY
3
Keen. : BRISK
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Poetic contraction. : YON
5
Water plant. : ALGA
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Form of entertainment. : BALLET
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Adjusts to a situation. : ORIENTS
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Bellwether. : RAM
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Versatile. : AMBIDEXTROUS
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"Life ___ ... " : ISREAL
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Revolves. : SPINSOVER
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Popular air. : TUNE
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An order: Abbr. : ORG
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Greenland's colonizer. : ERIC
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Supremacy. : CHAMPIONSHIP
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French name for Spanish river. : EBRE
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Norse goddess. : EIR
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Pronoun. : HIS
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Inhabitants: Abbr. : CITS
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State: Abbr. : KAS
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Aqua ___. : PURA
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Turning to profitable account. : UTILIZING
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Old verb ending. : ETH
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Book of the Bible: Abbr. : EZR
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King Arthur's lance. : RON
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Direction. : EAST
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Perpetual. : ETERNAL
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Sends (mail) free of postage. : FRANKS
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Relative of a "bois." : PARC
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Reflections. : IMAGES
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Equally. : ALIKE
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The Red or the Green. : RIVER
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Louisiana island. : AVERY
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Sister of 37 Across. : CLIO
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Recent P.M. : HOME
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Govt. agency since 1920. : FPC
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David's chief officer. : IRA
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Branch of knowledge. : LAW

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

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