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New York Times, Saturday, July 16, 1966

52-Down : Alone: Prefix.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.57, Missing: { K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 87, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,181
Across
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___ d'art. : OBJET
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Stock market expression. : ATPAR
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Noun suffix. : ENT
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Percolate. : LEACH
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Flock. : DROVE
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___ Canals. : SOO
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Stage scenery and furnishings. : DECOR
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Novelist Verne. : JULES
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Initials from 1861. : CSA
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Jewish greeting meaning "peace." : SHALOM
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Stately coaches of old. : CAROCHES
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Tiny ___. : TIM
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More sagacious. : WISER
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Abounding in: Suffix. : ULENT
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Disappear: Poet. : EVANISH
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Lubricant. : GREASE
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Showed again. : RERAN
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Set apart for a specific purpose. : ALLOCATED
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Try again. : STARTOVER
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Disloyal. : FAITHLESS
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Nervous excitement. : FEVER
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Related. : ALLIED
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Learned. : ERUDITE
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Flat base of a brilliant. : CULET
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Very hard mineral. : BERYL
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Certain sums of money: Abbr. : SAV
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Food of the gods. : AMBROSIA
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Enter into conflict with. : ENGAGE
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Member of the board: Abbr. : DIR
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Defeat. : WORST
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Enthusiastic. : EAGER
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Compass reading. : ENE
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Churchman. : ELDER
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Metric unit. : STERE
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Depressed. : SAD
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Thread. : LISLE
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Passover highlight. : SEDER
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Grandpop, for one. : OLDSTER
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Busy place. : BEEHIVE
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Long-billed tropical bird. : JACAMAR
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Biology abbreviation. : ECOL
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Give up: Colloq. : THROWINTHETOWEL
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Assistant to the C. O. : ADJ
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Prelude to peace. : TRUCE
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Central. : POLAR
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Affirm. : AVER
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Skill in rising to an occasion. : RESOURCEFULNESS
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Forfeit through failure of heirs. : ESCHEAT
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Make ___ (not add up). : NOSENSE
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Warmed. : TOASTED
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Negating prefix. : MIS
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Proven to be innocent. : CLEARED
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Part of capital stock. : SHARE
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Meaner. : NASTIER
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Political official: Abbr. : GOV
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Army men: Abbr. : LTS
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Underdog. : LOSER
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Political official: Abbr. : ALD
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Fronts. : FACADES
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Corundum. : ALUMINA
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Rude. : ILLBRED
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Grim-___ (long-faced). : VISAGED
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Whatnot, French style. : ETAGERE
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Worshiper. : REVERER
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Cereal grass. : RYE
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Bitterns. : BIRDS
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Tripod. : EASEL
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Alone: Prefix. : SOLI
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Number admitted, in sports parlance. : GATE
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Italian number. : TRE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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