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New York Times, Monday, October 24, 1966

40-Down : Vegetable.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 26.3
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,281
Across
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Goddess of the hunt. : DIANA
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Disgusted exclamation. : PAH
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Desert. : GOBI
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Fearsome ones. : OGRES
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Famous pet. : FALA
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Aural. : OTIC
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Fall apart. : GOTOPIECES
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River in NW France. : ORNE
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Time. : ERA
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Remark akin to "Well, well!" : ISEE
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Namesakes of a famous teacher. : ANNAS
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Courage. : GRIT
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Type of molding. : OGEE
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Repeats. : ECHOES
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Bother. : TROUBLE
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Money man: Abbr. : TREAS
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Imogene. : COCA
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Weird. : EERY
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Battery part. : CELL
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Exit. : GOOUT
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Fictional plantation. : TARA
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Nimbus. : HALO
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Chooses. : OPTS
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Scatter. : STREW
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Households. : MENAGES
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Exhausts. : SPENDS
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Vale. : GLEN
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Hand: Prefix. : CHIR
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Phoebe. : PEWIT
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Grant. : LOAN
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Concha. : EAR
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Hack. : TAXI
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Precarious. : TOUCHANDGO
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Got down. : ALIT
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Man's name. : ERIK
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Made with rattan. : CANED
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Barbarian. : GOTH
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In medias ___. : RES
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Chiefs. : HEADS
Down
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Title in old Venice. : DOGE
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Stravinsky. : IGOR
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Gulf of Greece. : ARTA
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New: Prefix. : NEO
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Reaches for. : ASPIRES
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Walk. : PACE
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Drink. : ALE
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Tries: Colloq. : HASAGOAT
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Surpass: Slang. : GOONEBETTER
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Others: Sp. : OTRA
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Containers. : BINS
12
Weather word. : ICE
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Measures. : FEET
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Egyptian goddess. : ISIS
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New: Ger. : NEU
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Accompany. : GOALONGWITH
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Pluto. : ORCUS
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Engrave. : ETCH
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Light color. : CREAM
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Maiden of Greek myth. : HELLE
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Street sounds. : TOOTS
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Companion of live. : LEARN
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Blundered. : ERRED
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Shade of blue. : COPEN
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Goes off course. : YAWS
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Hustler. : GOGETTER
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Vegetable. : SPINACH
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Eastern name. : ALI
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Ruler. : SHAH
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Bird. : COCK
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___ Alto. : PALO
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Theater sign. : EXIT
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Spanish name. : LUIS
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Millay. : EDNA
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Venerable. : AGED
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Staffs. : RODS
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Game. : TAG
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Scandinavian coin. : ORE
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Negative: Scot. : NAE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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