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New York Times, Friday, November 11, 1966

6-Down : Book of the Bible: Abbr.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 305 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,299
Across
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Golf shot. : CHIP
5
Places. : SPOTS
10
Weather word. : DAMP
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City on the Mohawk. : ROME
15
Famous race course. : ASCOT
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Continuously. : EVER
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Sanction. : IMPRIMATUR
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Enclosure. : COTE
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Entrance examinations. : BOARDS
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Easily won. : RUNAWAY
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Caustic stuff. : LYE
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Early American. : REDMAN
26
Trail bait. : DAP
28
Rocky place. : ARETE
30
Salesman's list. : ITEMS
34
Cheese. : EDAM
36
Hebrew letter. : ALEF
37
Mercenary. : VENAL
38
Commerce restriction. : EMBARGO
40
Rest upon. : OVERLIE
42
Mississippi phenomenon. : DELTA
43
Dear: It. : CARO
45
Large or small. : SIZE
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Move stealthily. : SNEAK
47
Alaskan highway. : ALCAN
49
Bridge term. : SET
50
Pesky weed. : NETTLE
52
Bankers' abbreviation. : INT
54
Ancient Japanese warrior. : SAMURAI
57
Airships: Colloq. : BLIMPS
60
With no changes. : ASIS
61
Merging into a single group. : COALESCENT
64
Unite. : LINK
65
Fitting piece. : INLAY
66
Bent piece of wood. : KNEE
67
New Zealand parrot. : KAKA
68
Peter and others. : TSARS
69
Astound. : STUN
Down
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Piece of furniture. : CRIB
2
Well-known genus. : HOMO
3
Intangible. : IMPALPABLE
4
American naval hero. : PERRY
5
Namesakes of a certain uncle. : SAMS
6
Book of the Bible: Abbr. : PSA
7
Diary abbreviation. : OCT
8
Unusual feat. : TOURDEFORCE
9
Play the uke. : STRUM
10
Certain containers. : DECANTERS
11
Swear to. : AVOW
12
Prefix with physics or tarsus. : META
13
Take booty. : PREY
18
Product of thinking. : IDEA
22
Unsophisticated. : NAIVE
24
Changes of place. : RELOCATIONS
25
Summer, in Paris. : ETE
26
Courageous acts. : DEEDS
27
Writers of a kind. : ADMEN
29
Piece of music. : RAG
31
Act of joining up. : ENLISTMENT
32
Colonial crop. : MAIZE
33
Weather word. : SLEET
35
Alaskan vally, site of many farms. : MATANUSKA
39
Garden worker. : RAKER
41
Important part of USIA. : VOA
44
Every bit. : ALL
48
Norse name. : NILS
51
Understood. : TACIT
53
Small flaws in china. : NICKS
54
Type of vaccine. : SALK
55
Where LBJ went. : ASIA
56
Status symbol. : MINK
57
Turkish officials. : BEYS
58
Type of tire: Abbr. : PNEU
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Narrow: Prefix. : STEN
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Where Selma is: Abbr. : ALA
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Anc. household deity. : LAR

Answer summary:
1 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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