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New York Times, Thursday, December 29, 1966

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 28.5
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,347
Across
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African republic. : CHAD
5
Ruler. : SHAH
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Ecclesiastics. : ABBES
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City of Lombardy. : LODI
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Distinctive style. : TONE
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Fun. : MIRTH
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Norse name. : OLAF
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Very small quantity. : IOTA
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Vexed. : IRATE
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Accomplished. : PERFECTED
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Sharp. : EDGED
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Members of an Order. : ELKS
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Reads. : CONS
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Weather word. : STORMY
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Spouses. : CONSORTS
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Takes it easy. : LAZES
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Canvass. : POLL
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Extremities. : FEET
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Thames town. : ETON
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Like some eyes. : BEADY
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Novel heroine. : ANNA
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Breathe, in a way. : PANT
40
Performing ___. : ARTS
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Following. : AFTER
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Bridge supports. : TRESTLES
44
Tops. : CRESTS
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Math course. : TRIG
46
Alms box. : ARCA
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Constellation. : LIBRA
50
Rolls. : REGISTERS
55
Shun. : AVOID
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Currier's partner. : IVES
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Trucker's distance. : HAUL
58
Color. : TAUPE
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State bird of Hawaii. : NENE
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Sum, ___, fui, futurus. : ESSE
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Start upon. : ENTER
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Historian's concern. : ERAS
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Grass. : REED
Down
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Street sound. : CLOP
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Cove, in place names. : HOLE
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Jewish month. : ADAR
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Of a ___ (of unusual character). : DIFFERENTSTRIPE
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Difficult: Colloq. : STICKY
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Boos. : HOOTS
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Bet. : ANTE
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Perennial ailments. : HEADCOLDS
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Picardy city. : AMIENS
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People having similar characteristics. : BIRDSOFAFEATHER
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Toot one's own horn. : BRAG
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Diminutive suffix. : ETTE
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Take off. : SHED
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Trees. : ELMS
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One and ___. : ONLY
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Was dormant. : SLEPT
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Asian. : TATAR
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Fresh air. : OZONE
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Chesterfields. : COATS
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Leases. : RENTS
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Creed. : TENET
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Luminaries. : STARS
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Large, swift falcon. : PEREGRINE
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Island of song. : BALI
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Eyebrow shapes. : ARCS
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Merchant. : TRADER
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Moments of truth. : CRISES
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Atlas-___. : AGENA
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Recent. : LATE
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Slavic name. : IVAN
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Fight. : BOUT
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Word with how or what : EVER
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Luxury. : EASE
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Bit of trickery. : RUSE
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Double-runner. : SLED

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

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