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New York Times, Thursday, June 2, 1966

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 95, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 21.2
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,137
Across
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Melon. : CASABA
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Make ready. : PREPARE
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Temperamental display. : TANTRUM
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Expose. : LAYOPEN
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Straddling. : ASTRIDE
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Quite ordinary. : AVERAGE
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Stand (one) in good ___. : STEAD
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Angles in a nonagon. : NINE
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In good order. : TRIM
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French girl's nickname. : TONI
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French river. : AIRE
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One of the Rosses. : BETSY
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"To ___ and a bone ... " : ARAG
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___-Aztecan. : UTO
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Needlefish. : GAR
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The two. : BOTH
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Tawdry. : TINSEL
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Hardtop. : CAR
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Girl in "South Pacific." : LIAT
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Glessite or amber. : RESIN
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Vaulter's gear. : POLE
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Draper's measure of yore. : ELL
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Compared with. : BESIDE
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Lively frolic. : ROMP
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On this side: Prefix. : CIS
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German article. : DER
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Hyalite or girasol. : OPAL
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With ___ breath. : BATED
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Mother of Ares. : HERA
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Sanctuary of early Christian church. : BEMA
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Source of a blue dye. : ANIL
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Tolerable. : SOSO
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"___/De Sade." : MARAT
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Sometime band members. : SIDEMEN
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Stir up. : AGITATE
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Repeat. : ITERATE
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Crossed out. : DELETED
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March 25th. : LADYDAY
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Alloy of lead and tin. : SOLDER
Down
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Old-fashioned remedy. : CASTOROIL
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Before birth. : ANTENATAL
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Poker hand. : STRAIGHT
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Droughty. : ARID
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Gemma. : BUD
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Courteous behavior. : AMENITIES
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Soar on wings. : PLANE
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Storm. : RAVE
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Watch. : EYE
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Railroad employe. : PORTER
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Separately. : APART
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St. ___, river into the St. Lawrence. : REGIS
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Hostile host. : ENEMY
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Full of flavor. : TASTABLE
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Type of warship. : IRONSIDES
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Others: Fr. : AUTRES
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Soirée of a kind. : BAL
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Classifications, in biology. : GENERA
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Highway offshoots. : SIDEROADS
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Work together. : COOPERATE
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College anthem. : ALMAMATER
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Laminated anew. : REPLATED
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Proved a will genuine. : PROBATED
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Invite. : BID
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Vegetable. : CELERY
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Turtle soup flavoring. : BASIL
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"West Side Story" role. : ANITA
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Surged. : TIDED
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Dear. : HONEY
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Silk: It. : SETA
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Plant. : MILL
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Wildly gay. : MAD
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Earth: Prefix. : GEO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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