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New York Times, Friday, March 18, 1966

20-Across : Letters.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 50.0 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,061
Across
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Something to listen to. : HIFI
5
Glaswegian. : SCOT
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Convinced: Colloq. : SOLD
13
Valhalla's host. : ODIN
14
Earned. : MADE
15
An archangel. : URIEL
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Certain permits for youths. : WORKCARDS
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Particular occasion. : NONCE
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Letters. : ELS
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Vet. : OLDSTER
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Won. : GOT
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Gambler's choice. : TAILS
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Savile Row men. : TAILORS
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Confirm. : RATIFY
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Bag with strings. : PURSE
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Clientele of a sort. : USERS
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Old-time religion area. : BIBLEBELT
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Asian. : THAI
37
One kind of incentive. : MONEY
38
___ patriae. : AMOR
39
Church property. : HYMNBOOKS
41
Game birds. : SNIPE
42
Burlap. : GUNNY
43
Apertures in viols and guitars. : CHOLES
44
Fortunate. : BLESSED
47
New-looking. : SHINY
48
French menu word. : AUX
49
Bolster. : STOUTEN
51
Favorable. : PRO
54
Characteristic. : TRAIT
56
Where the War on Poverty is working. : CLASSROOM
58
Dry: It. : SECCO
59
Type of fabric. : KNIT
60
To be: Lat. : ESSE
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Short distance. : STEP
62
Without. : SANS
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Leading. : STAR
Down
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Elias ___, inventor. : HOWE
2
Household god. : IDOL
3
Regulars. : FIRSTTEAM
4
Newspaper expense. : INK
5
Delicately. : SMALLY
6
Ball team. : CARDS
7
Ratio of possibility. : ODDS
8
Lab equipment. : TESTTUBES
9
Daily occurrence. : SUNRISE
10
Kind of riches: Sp. : ORO
11
Trade vocabulary. : LINGO
12
Atmosphere. : DECOR
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Allows. : LETS
18
Small hats. : COIFS
22
Primitive. : EARLY
25
Broadcasts. : AIRINGS
27
Where Beirut is. : LEBANON
28
Compassion, old style. : RUTH
29
Light-gray. : ASHY
30
Finger: Var. : PINKY
32
"Sticks." : BOONDOCKS
33
Social arbiter of the 1920's et seq. : EMILYPOST
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Gait. : LOPE
35
Spanish number. : TRES
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French impressionist painter. : MONET
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Street sign. : BUSSTOP
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Climbs (with "up"). : SHINS
43
Pieces of furniture. : CHESTS
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The "woodpile." : BATS
45
Bait. : LURES
46
Errorless. : EXACT
47
Spot. : STAIN
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Elbow: Lat. : ULNA
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Sub ___. : ROSA
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Ancient Hebrew measure. : OMER
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Highway problem. : ICE
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___ adjudicata. : RES

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

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