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New York Times, Wednesday, April 6, 1966

28-Down : Siberian river.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 24.5
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,080
Across
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Agreements: Lat. : PACTA
6
Type of paper. : RAG
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I.e. : IDEST
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Bird. : EGRET
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Cultivate. : HOE
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Thousand: Prefix. : MILLI
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Moscow group. : PRESIDIUM
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Jeune fille's parent. : MAMAN
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Certain votes. : YEAS
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Leaf cutter. : ANT
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Kern. : JEROME
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School: Abbr. : SEM
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Letter. : WYE
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Unearthly. : EERY
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Western resort city. : LASVEGAS
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Golfer's term. : LIE
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Lace frill. : JABOT
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Solitary state. : ALONENESS
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Mountain: Prefix. : OREO
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Skirt features. : SLITS
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Step ___. : ONIT
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The masses. : HOIPOLLOI
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Striking success. : SMASH
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Snood. : NET
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More than ___ eye. : MEETSTHE
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Presidential nickname. : ANDY
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Largest river in Scotland. : TAY
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In a merry mood. : GAY
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N. Z. aborigines. : MAORIS
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Relatives. : KIN
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Balkan VIP. : TITO
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Improvise. : ADLIB
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Ranch wagon. : BUCKBOARD
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Rice dish. : PILAU
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Anger: Lat. : IRA
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Girl of song. : ANNIE
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Stretches over. : SPANS
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___ masque. : BAL
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Type of recall. : TOTAL
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Restoration writer. : PEPYS
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Correspond. : AGREE
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Best part. : CREAM
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1891 heroine. : TESS
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Panay native. : ATI
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Region of Germany. : RHINEVALLEY
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Month: Fr. : AOUT
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Rare stone. : GEM
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Baptize a certain way. : IMMERSE
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See 1 Down. : DIARY
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Man's name. : ELMO
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Bridge term. : SLAM
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Harrow tooth. : TINE
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Life. : DAYS
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Work clothes. : JEANS
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Temple in Thailand. : WAT
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Conceited. : EGOTISTICAL
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Chicago's business section. : LOOP
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Creator of Prufrock. : ELIOT
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Siberian river. : LENA
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Name from 1700 B.C. : ISIS
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Baltic native. : ESTH
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Lindsay. : JOHN
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Indonesian island group. : AROE
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So ___. : BEIT
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Alaskan cape. : NOME
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Toboggans. : SLEDS
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Vehicle. : OMNIBUS
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Diffident. : SHY
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Aquarium. : TANK
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Noun suffix. : ARIAN
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Strong man. : GIANT
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Halls of ancient Rome. : ATRIA
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Alpine call. : YODEL
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Newspaper features. : MAPS
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Fat: Prefix. : ADIP
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Mexican stew. : OLLA
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River into the Caspian. : KURA
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___ avail. : TONO
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Neckwear of a kind. : BIB
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TV type of man. : BAT

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

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