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New York Times, Friday, May 20, 1966

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F Q V Y }, Scrabble score: 321 (avg 1.70)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 39.3
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,124
Across
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Situation. : CASE
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Irish writing of old. : OGHAM
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Russian name. : OLEG
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Foreshow. : OMEN
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Honshu city, suburb of Tokyo. : URAWA
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Part of N.B. : NOTA
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Castle feature. : MOAT
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Principle. : TENET
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Part of a play. : ACTI
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Tiny openings. : PINHOLES
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Elapsed. : RANOUT
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Determinate amount. : UNIT
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City on the Arno. : PISA
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Influences. : ACTSON
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Members of a certain fleet. : TAXICABS
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Gave hope to. : CHEEREDUP
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Sharpen. : STROP
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Nissen ___. : HUT
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Numerals. : SIXES
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Outer: Prefix. : EXO
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Kind of verb: Abbr. : IRREG
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Small-town. : JERKWATER
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Soothing remarks. : PLACEBOS
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Wilde hero. : ERNEST
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Klaxon. : HORN
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Neat as ___. : APIN
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Badger of Java, Sumatra, etc. : TELEDU
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Flatter: Colloq. : BUTTERUP
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Feat in figure skating. : AXEL
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Tuesday, in France. : MARDI
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Strange: Prefix. : XENO
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City on the Truckee. : RENO
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Without life. : AZOIC
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Teacher: Abbr. : EDUC
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Look over. : SCAN
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Mislays. : LOSES
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Major ___. : DOMO
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Opus: Abbr. : COMP
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Mine: Fr. : AMOI
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O'Casey. : SEAN
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Show fervor: Colloq. : ENTHUSE
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Summarizes. : OUTLINES
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Welcome. : GREET
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Man's name. : HANS
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Solemn wonder. : AWE
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Copper plate. : MATRIX
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Put ___ (pretend). : ONANACT
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In ___ parentis. : LOCO
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Famous last words. : ETTU
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Trot or pace. : GAIT
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___ about. : ONOR
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Unchanged. : ASIS
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Journal. : PAPER
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___ on one's shoulder. : ACHIP
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Boorish one. : CHURL
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Numerical prefix. : TETRA
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Evening wear: Colloq. : TUXES
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Ridge: Fr. : ARETE
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Packages. : BOXES
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Fun. : SPORT
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City in France. : DIJON
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Doubters. : SKEPTICS
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Military arrangement. : ECHELON
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Branch of math for earth's surface, gravity, etc.: Abbr. : GEOD
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Legal instrument. : WRIT
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Took over. : ANNEXED
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Wintry. : BRUMAL
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One of the Murphys. : AUDIE
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Seafaring ones. : TARS
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Officer, for short. : EXEC
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Helen's cousin. : LENA
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Family members: Abbr. : BROS
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Have at, again. : REDO
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Part of the U.S. motto. : UNUM
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Little: Sp. : POCO
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Chem. prefix. : AZO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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