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New York Times, Saturday, May 7, 1966

46-Down : Military term.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 21.0
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,111
Across
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Sit a trotting horse. : POST
5
Comprehensive. : BROAD
10
Splendor. : POMP
14
Paris airfield. : ORLY
15
Starfish arms. : RADII
16
Exotic feast. : LUAU
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Company of a kind. : UNINVITEDGUESTS
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Parrots. : REPEATERS
21
Shore concession. : BATHS
22
Turf. : SOD
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Gets. : HAS
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Pilfered. : STOLEN
28
Orrery objects. : PLANETS
32
Thereabouts. : ORSO
33
Fetch. : BRING
34
Likely. : APT
36
Popular social event. : ROASTBEEFDINNER
40
Hunter's limit. : BAG
41
Beautician's specialty. : RINSE
42
Molding. : OGEE
43
Testifies: Law. : DEPOSES
45
Caricature. : PARODY
47
Item in a setup. : ICE
48
Haystack. : MOW
49
Diagram. : GRAPH
52
Certain literary works. : TRILOGIES
58
Sometime sponsors of 36 Across. : LADIESAUXILIARY
60
Dutch ___. : OVEN
61
___ salt (wit). : ATTIC
62
Arab's head cord. : AGAL
63
Big name in opera. : BING
64
Spirited: Slang. : BEANY
65
Cromwell's nickname. : NOLL
Down
1
Teem. : POUR
2
Department of France. : ORNE
3
Plant cutting. : SLIP
4
Newcastle's river. : TYNE
5
Native of Newcastle. : BRITON
6
Judged. : RATED
7
Or: Ger. : ODER
8
Facilitates. : AIDS
9
Study hard: Colloq. : DIG
10
Gratify. : PLEASE
11
Eject. : OUST
12
School subject. : MATH
13
Mother Goose character. : PUSS
18
Ceramic piece. : VASE
19
African river. : UBANGI
23
Applause. : HAND
24
Variety of apple. : SORB
25
Region of ancient Troy. : TROAD
26
Siouan Indian. : OSAGE
27
___ Gatos. : LOS
28
Urge. : PRESS
29
Vivacity. : LIFE
30
Dance. : TANGO
31
Celerity. : SPEED
33
Good: It. : BENE
35
Spot card. : TREY
37
Lozenge. : TROCHE
38
Cold wind. : BISE
39
Part of Europe: Abbr. : NOR
44
Dress trimming. : PIPING
45
Honesty, for one. : POLICY
46
Military term. : AWOL
48
Blend. : MIXIN
49
Smear, as of paint. : GLOB
50
Enraptured: Fr. : RAVI
51
Arabian gulf. : ADEN
52
American poet. : TATE
53
Large genus of herbs. : RUTA
54
Italian man's name. : GIAN
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Classic villain. : IAGO
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Of an age. : ERAL
57
Part of a word: Abbr. : SYLL
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Day of rest: Abbr. : SAB

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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