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New York Times, Tuesday, November 22, 1966

31-Down : Small case.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 9, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 23.3
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,310
Across
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Dictionary illustrations. : MAPS
5
"I never ___ purple cow ... " : SAWA
9
Quietly: Mus. : PIANO
14
Lily plant. : ALOE
15
O'Flaherty. : LIAM
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Where Allahabad is. : INDIA
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Feature of some skirts. : SLIT
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Stoutness. : EMBONPOINT
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Heliophile's goal. : SUNTAN
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Noun ending. : ENCE
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O. T. book: Abbr. : NEH
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Phony. : PSEUDO
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Mars and others. : GODS
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Miscalculated. : ERRED
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Pleased. : SUITED
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Teller's abbreviation. : AMT
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Negative verb form. : ARENT
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First: Prefix. : PROTO
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Of ___ (recently). : LATE
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Very. : TOO
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Vingt-___. : ETUN
43
Acts inquisitively. : PRIES
45
Social climbers. : SNOBS
48
Success. : HIT
49
Glorifies. : EXALTS
51
Meat dish. : TRIPE
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___ and yin. : YANG
55
Organizations. : SETUPS
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TV frequency. : UHF
60
Bridge term. : RUFF
62
___ as. : ASSOON
64
Directly. : POINTBLANK
67
The best, in audio. : HIFI
68
Region of France. : ANJOU
69
Mine: Fr. : AMOI
70
Etats-___. : UNIS
71
Allow too little. : SKIMP
72
Body of water. : TARN
73
See 26 Across. : PTAH
Down
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Principal part. : MASS
2
Very near an end. : ALLUP
3
Floral symbol of Christmas. : POINSETTIA
4
Bird dog. : SETTER
5
Lacking 18 Across. : SLENDER
6
Purpose. : AIM
7
Jabberwocky word. : WABE
8
Surrounded by. : AMONG
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Spoke, in a way. : PIPEDUP
10
Cadmus's daughter. : INO
11
Tennis term. : ADIN
12
The Mets, for one. : NINE
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___ of office. : OATH
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Sgts. : NCOS
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Nimbus. : AURA
25
American playwright. : ODETS
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"Your majesty." : SIRE
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Relevant. : TOTHEPOINT
31
Small case. : ETUI
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Familiar admonition. : DONT
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Mont Blanc, for one. : ALPE
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Famous show biz name. : MARX
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Persona ___ grata. : NON
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Street sounds. : TOOTS
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Hard to hold. : EELY
44
Set in motion. : STARTUP
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Interrupt. : BREAKIN
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Convenes. : SITS
50
Rebuff. : SNUB
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Gym exercise. : PUSHUP
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Musical key. : GFLAT
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European capital. : SOFIA
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Poisonous tree. : UPAS
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Street sound. : HONK
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Where Suva is. : FIJI
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Rumor personified. : FAMA
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Serbian city. : NISH
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Case in grammar: Abbr. : NOM
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Hide ___ hair. : NOR

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

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