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New York Times, Monday, October 24, 1966

53-Across : Precarious.

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
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,281
Across
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Goddess of the hunt. : DIANA
6
Disgusted exclamation. : PAH
9
Desert. : GOBI
13
Fearsome ones. : OGRES
14
Famous pet. : FALA
15
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
23
Courage. : GRIT
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Type of molding. : OGEE
25
Repeats. : ECHOES
28
Bother. : TROUBLE
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Money man: Abbr. : TREAS
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Imogene. : COCA
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Weird. : EERY
35
Battery part. : CELL
36
Exit. : GOOUT
37
Fictional plantation. : TARA
38
Nimbus. : HALO
39
Chooses. : OPTS
40
Scatter. : STREW
41
Households. : MENAGES
43
Exhausts. : SPENDS
44
Vale. : GLEN
45
Hand: Prefix. : CHIR
46
Phoebe. : PEWIT
48
Grant. : LOAN
49
Concha. : EAR
52
Hack. : TAXI
53
Precarious. : TOUCHANDGO
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Got down. : ALIT
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Man's name. : ERIK
58
Made with rattan. : CANED
59
Barbarian. : GOTH
60
In medias ___. : RES
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Chiefs. : HEADS
Down
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Title in old Venice. : DOGE
2
Stravinsky. : IGOR
3
Gulf of Greece. : ARTA
4
New: Prefix. : NEO
5
Reaches for. : ASPIRES
6
Walk. : PACE
7
Drink. : ALE
8
Tries: Colloq. : HASAGOAT
9
Surpass: Slang. : GOONEBETTER
10
Others: Sp. : OTRA
11
Containers. : BINS
12
Weather word. : ICE
14
Measures. : FEET
17
Egyptian goddess. : ISIS
22
New: Ger. : NEU
23
Accompany. : GOALONGWITH
24
Pluto. : ORCUS
25
Engrave. : ETCH
26
Light color. : CREAM
27
Maiden of Greek myth. : HELLE
28
Street sounds. : TOOTS
29
Companion of live. : LEARN
30
Blundered. : ERRED
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Shade of blue. : COPEN
34
Goes off course. : YAWS
36
Hustler. : GOGETTER
40
Vegetable. : SPINACH
42
Eastern name. : ALI
43
Ruler. : SHAH
45
Bird. : COCK
46
___ Alto. : PALO
47
Theater sign. : EXIT
48
Spanish name. : LUIS
49
Millay. : EDNA
50
Venerable. : AGED
51
Staffs. : RODS
52
Game. : TAG
54
Scandinavian coin. : ORE
55
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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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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