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New York Times, Friday, June 24, 1966

20-Across : Baltic country.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 324 (avg 1.73)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,159
Across
1
Demolish. : RAZE
5
Major or Minor constellation. : CANIS
10
Streamlet. : RILL
14
___ plaisir. : AVEC
15
Province of Italy. : UDINE
16
Slangy suffix. : EROO
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Point of interest in San Francisco. : FISHERMENSWHARF
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Baltic country. : ESTONIA
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Collection of chinaware. : TEASET
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Over there: Poet. : YON
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Quills. : PENS
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Waco's river. : BRAZOS
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Babushka. : KERCHIEF
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Girl's name. : LILA
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Potherb. : ORACH
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___-de-sac. : CUL
35
In ___. : AFIX
36
Papal cape. : ORALE
37
___ la! : OHLA
38
2nd cen. date. : CLV
39
Name of two French scientists. : CURIE
40
Triolet. : POEM
41
Persevere. : KEEPATIT
43
One of 39 Across. : PIERRE
45
Police bulletins: Abbr. : APBS
46
One of the British Isles. : MAN
47
Voice on the telephone. : CALLER
50
People of Tel Aviv. : ISRAELI
55
Cuba, Jamaica, etc. : GREATERANTILLES
58
A date in the future. : MMVI
59
Gimlet's cousin. : AUGER
60
Down with: Fr. : ABAS
61
Pronounces. : SAYS
62
Irish county. : KERRY
63
Resist boldly. : DEFY
Down
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Man's nickname. : RAFE
2
Bird: Lat. : AVIS
3
Gusto. : ZEST
4
Yodel effect. : ECHO
5
Bric-a-brac. : CURIOS
6
Madison Avenue worker. : ADMAN
7
Never: Ger. : NIE
8
Auberge. : INN
9
Coin of ancient Rome. : SESTERCE
10
Discuss over and over. : REHASH
11
"Antony and Cleopatra" character. : IRAS
12
Scholar's asset. : LORE
13
Part of a barn. : LOFT
18
Greek goddess of war. : ENYO
19
Country girl, old style. : WENCH
23
Well-known minister-author. : PEALE
24
Justice of the Supreme Court. : BLACK
25
Carbine. : RIFLE
26
Marked by alertness. : ALIVE
27
In existence. : ZAX
28
Venomous snake. : KRAIT
29
Ethereal fluid in the gods' veins. : ICHOR
30
Swiss scientist. : EULER
31
Strong reddish color. : FLAME
33
Iris plant. : ORRIS
36
Insurrection. : OUTBREAK
37
Unclose: Poet. : OPE
39
Early French king. : CAPET
42
The Elysée, for example. : PALAIS
43
Bakery goods. : PASTRY
44
Religious inscription. : INRI
46
Forty-niner. : MINER
47
Metric units: Abbr. : CGMS
48
First word of the "Aeneid." : ARMA
49
Tax. : LEVY
51
"When I was ___ ... " : ALAD
52
Hamburg's waterfront. : ELBE
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Two pages. : LEAF
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Suburb of Paris. : ISSY
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Bitter herb. : RUE
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Dept. of ___. : AGR

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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