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New York Times, Tuesday, August 30, 1966

36-Across : "Easy as falling off ___."

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 338 (avg 1.79)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 26.9
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,226
Across
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Poetic pronoun. : THOU
5
Inaugurate (with "in"). : USHER
10
Farmer's need. : PLOW
14
Chair round. : RUNG
15
Snap. : PHOTO
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Unmannerly. : RUDE
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Honest: Slang. : ONTHELEVEL
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Look ___ ( visit). : INON
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German pronoun. : ICH
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Ryun's specialty. : MILE
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Reptile. : LIZARD
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County official. : SHERIFF
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Fatigue. : TIRE
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Electrical unit. : WATT
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Surreptitious. : BACKDOOR
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___ Hopkins. : JOHNS
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B.P.O.E. : ELKS
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French article. : UNE
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"Easy as falling off ___." : ALOG
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Knolls. : HILLS
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___ impasse. : ATAN
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Army man: Abbr. : CPL
41
Girl's name. : ROSA
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Fair. : BLOND
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Stay at a distance. : KEEPAWAY
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Homeless one. : WAIF
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Hero of Lover novel. : ANDY
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Release. : SETFREE
50
Ill-tempered. : CRANKY
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Secular. : LAIC
54
Tree. : ELM
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___ citato. : LOCO
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Verbum sap. : ENOUGHSAID
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Famous last words. : ETTU
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Treat of a sort. : DUTCH
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Entr'___. : ACTE
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Be at hand. : WAIT
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Commencement. : ONSET
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As soon as. : WHEN
Down
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French numeral. : TROIS
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Intuitive feeling: Colloq. : HUNCH
3
Largely. : ONTHEWHOLE
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Exclamation of disgust. : UGH
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Elevate. : UPLIFT
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Flat ledge. : SHELF
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Raised: Naut. : HOVE
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Summer, abroad. : ETE
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Behaves joyously. : ROLLICKS
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Esteemed. : PRIZED
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The moon. : LUNA
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Fragrance. : ODOR
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Go: Poet. : WEND
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Gives off. : EMITS
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Annoys. : IRKS
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Called (up). : RANG
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Lofty. : TALL
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Hold fast: Naut. : BELAY
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Unattainable. : OUTOFREACH
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___ even keel. : ONAN
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Wrest (from). : REND
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Sailor. : JACK
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Greek wine vessel. : OLPE
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Awkward situation: Colloq. : HOWDYEDO
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"Do as ___ ... " : ISAY
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Arabic letter. : ALIF
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High degree. : RANK
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Lot. : BATCH
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Succeed: Colloq. : PANOUT
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Importance. : WEIGHT
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Give zest to. : SAUCE
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Type size. : ELITE
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North Sea port. : EMDEN
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Ball of yarn. : CLEW
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Roster. : ROTA
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Part of a play. : ACTI
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Heaps. : LOTS
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Hebrew letter. : NUN
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Tool. : SAW

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later.

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