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New York Times, Friday, July 8, 1966

12-Down : "___ in one's bonnet."

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.77, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 17.6
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,173
Across
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Mild expletive. : DRAT
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Harmonium. : ORGAN
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Ancient Syria. : ARAM
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Nimbus. : AURA
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Boat. : FERRY
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Mount Pisgah. : NEBO
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Oil reserve in Wyoming. : TEAPOTDOME
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"Martin ___." : EDEN
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Comedian's forte. : ADLIB
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Degrees. : MAS
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Long journey. : TREK
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Hold firmly. : RIVET
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Arctic sight. : FLOE
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Article. : THE
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Store. : ENSILE
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Bench-warmer. : SUB
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Lively one. : ROMPER
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___ life. : COMESTO
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One kind of man. : AVERAGE
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Learned. : ERUDITE
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Marked. : DENOTED
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Household worker. : IRONER
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Old times, old style. : ELD
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Rears. : ERECTS
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Classes: Abbr. : GRS
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Plant appendages. : AWNS
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Rolls. : ROTAS
55
Monkey. : TITI
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Obsolete car. : REO
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Sic transit gloria ___. : MUNDI
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French kings. : ROIS
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Famous race horse. : SEABISCUIT
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At the apex. : ATOP
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Member of a corolla. : PETAL
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___ herd on. : RIDE
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Large number. : MANY
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Winter sights. : SLEDS
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Branch of linguistics: Abbr. : ETYM
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Information. : DATA
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Repented of. : RUED
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Asian sea. : ARAL
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Snouted animal. : TAPIR
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Many a time. : OFT
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Indians. : REDMEN
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Hulled grains. : GROATS
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Branches. : ARMS
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Humorist Bill. : NYE
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Highest peak in the Pyrenees. : ANETO
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Rectifying. : REDRESSING
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"___ in one's bonnet." : ABEE
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Benedictine. : MONK
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Japanese sash. : OBI
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Church custodians. : VERGERS
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Nursery man. : FLORIST
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Arboreal animal. : LEMUR
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Business. : TRADE
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Part of a slum. : HOVEL
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Editor's job. : EMENDATION
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See 25 Across. : ICE
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Complete. : UTTER
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Dutch settlers. : BOERS
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Old-timer. : PRO
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Dined. : EATEN
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Former name of Tokyo. : EDO
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Dutch commune. : EDE
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Bring about. : CREATE
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Sympathetic utterance. : TOOBAD
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Slender. : WISPY
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Mornings. : AMS
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Coin in Quito. : SUCRE
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Miner's car. : TRAM
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Greek letter. : IOTA
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Dance. : REEL
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Night: Fr. : NUIT
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Nursery colloquialism. : DIDY
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Detail. : ITEM
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Navy patrol officers. : SPS
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French pronoun. : ILS

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

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