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New York Times, Saturday, August 13, 1966

34-Across : Toilet case.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 81.9
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,209
Across
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Literary initials. : GBS
4
Meat jelly. : ASPIC
9
Tin foil for mirrors. : TAIN
13
Part of a bowknot. : LOOP
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The same. : DITTO
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Knob on a shield. : UMBO
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Boy: Lat. : PUER
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Take away: Law. : ADEEM
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Function. : ROLE
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Negative votes. : NOES
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Residue. : ASH
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Ethiopian ruler. : NEGUS
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Contents of a shopping bag. : PACKAGES
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Plays a game. : GOLFS
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Fortitude. : GRIT
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Lopez's theme tune. : NOLA
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Toilet case. : ETUI
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Walks wearily. : PLODS
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Guy's companion. : DOLL
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Noun suffix. : TUDE
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Descartes. : RENE
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Central Caucasian. : OSSET
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School subject. : SPELLING
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Western culture center. : ASPEN
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Aswan, for one. : DAM
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On ___ with. : APAR
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Military center near Pikes Peak. : COLORADOSPRINGS
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Colorful fish. : OPAH
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Discriminative faculty. : TASTE
55
Dickens character. : NELL
56
"Gift of the ___." : MAGI
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Ruhr city. : ESSEN
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Hoary. : GRAY
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Moreover. : ALSO
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Fragment. : SHARD
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Earth. : SOD
Down
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Ascend. : GOUP
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Transvaal resident. : BOER
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Place on the Mad River. : SPRINGFIELDOHIO
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Saws. : ADAGES
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Factions. : SIDES
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Wing: Prefix. : PTER
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Citizens of: Suffix. : ITES
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Cosmetic cases. : COMPACTS
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Perform certain athletic stunts. : TURNHANDSPRINGS
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To me: Fr. : AMOI
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Adjective suffix. : IBLE
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Coward. : NOEL
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Records, for short. : LPS
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We: Fr. : NOUS
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Question. : ASK
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___ to (incapable of). : NOTUP
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Baffle. : ELUDE
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Antler tip. : PRONG
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Staff officer. : AIDE
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Tailor's iron. : GOOSE
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Lochinvar's lady. : ELLEN
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Pungent wit. : SALT
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Arrives at. : GETS
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Valley. : GLEN
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Apes. : PRIMATES
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Glacial ridges. : OSAR
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Gibbon. : LAR
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Add. : APPEND
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Michaelmas daisy. : ASTER
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Part of a comet. : COMA
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Gem. : OPAL
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Moves slowly. : LAGS
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Vigor. : DASH
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Greek mountain. : OSSA
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Tyrant. : NERO
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Pleased. : GLAD
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Foxy. : SLY

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

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