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New York Times, Wednesday, April 27, 1966

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 314 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 46.6 Grid has double diagonal symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,101
Across
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Ozone's replacement. : SMOG
5
Now: Lat. : NUNC
9
Men in blue. : UMPS
13
___ Flow. : SCAPA
14
Consumer. : USER
15
Brief look. : PEEP
16
Relax. : TAKEITEASY
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Rent. : TORE
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Live. : ARE
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State: Abbr. : NEV
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Loud complaints: Colloq. : SQUAWKS
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Withstood. : RESISTED
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Not identified: Abbr, : UNK
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Western U.S. lake. : UTAH
28
Indication. : EVIDENCE
33
Fresh. : SASSY
35
What ___? : OFIT
36
Quickly. : SOON
37
Chemical suffix. : ASE
38
Covertly. : SUBROSA
41
Drowse. : NOD
42
Life, for short. : BIOG
44
Table game. : POOL
45
Chips. : NICKS
47
Representations. : EFFIGIES
49
Great composer. : BACH
50
From, in Dutch names. : VAN
51
Not in ___. : THELEAST
55
Divined. : FORESAW
59
At all. : ANY
60
Ballad. : LAY
61
Personal: Prefix. : IDIO
62
Makes trouble: Slang. : RAISESCAIN
65
Prefix with made or composed. : SELF
66
Mineral silicate. : MICA
67
Suffuse slightly. : TINGE
68
Leather. : CALF
69
Slash. : SLIT
70
___ precedent. : SETA
Down
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Panic. : SCARE
2
Does with. : MAKESUSEOF
3
Cockney's "trust." : OPE
4
Disputes. : GAINSAYS
5
Spanish numeral. : NUEVE
6
All fifty. : USA
7
Noun ending. : NESS
8
Surrender. : CRYQUITS
9
Ventilating shafts. : UPTAKES
10
Kittenish sound. : MEOW
11
Freshen (up). : PERK
12
Goddess of hope. : SPES
13
Be featured. : STAR
17
Hebrew letter. : TETH
22
German connective. : UND
24
Possessive. : ITS
25
Thaw. : DEFROST
29
Stringed instrument. : VIOL
30
Cool. : NONCHALANT
31
Concoct. : COOK
32
Finishes. : ENDS
33
Quién ___? : SABE
34
Quasi. : ASIF
35
Wood wind. : OBOE
39
Belligerent. : UPINARMS
40
Researchers. : ANALYSTS
43
Emit. : GIVEOFF
46
Cool. : ICE
48
Krypton. : GAS
49
Nota ___. : BENE
52
Tackles. : HASAT
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Siberian antelope. : SAIGA
54
Hexham's river. : TYNE
55
Exchequer. : FISC
56
Anc. music halls. : ODEA
57
Brooklet. : RILL
58
Complaint. : WAIL
63
Here: Fr. : ICI
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Co., in France. : CIE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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