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New York Times, Tuesday, September 13, 1966

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 327 (avg 1.75)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 46.3
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,240
Across
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Intricate. : MAZY
5
The latest. : NEWS
9
Cartoonist Kelly. : WALT
13
Chills and fever. : AGUE
14
Where Newport is. : WIGHT
15
Asian range. : ALAI
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Florida islands. : KEYS
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Expeditiously. : INGOODTIME
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Leftovers. : ODDMENTS
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NFL player. : PACKER
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Subject of long-distance photograph. : EARTH
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U.S. clergyman and author. : MATHER
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Player Palmer : ARNIE
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Adduced. : CITED
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Namely: Abbr. : VIZ
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African village. : KRAAL
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Serve: Colloq. : DOFOR
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War god. : ARES
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Tendon. : SINEW
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Left. : GONE
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Prepare to drive. : TEEUP
40
Virtue. : MERIT
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Literary initials. : RLS
43
Rounded projections. : LOBES
45
Piquant. : ZESTY
47
Blanched state. : PALLOR
49
Law court. : BENCH
50
Course. : CAREER
51
Flees. : RUNSAWAY
54
Majority. : LIONSSHARE
56
Money in Rome. : LIRE
57
Single. : UNAL
58
Was able. : COULD
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View from Taormina. : ETNA
60
Unit of field artillery: Abbr. : BTRY
61
Borders. : HEMS
62
Females. : SHES
Down
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Bonito shark. : MAKO
2
Ripened. : AGED
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Body of water, in Holland. : ZUYDERZEE
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Overly agreeable one. : YESMAN
5
Last inning. : NINTH
6
Breakfast fare. : EGGS
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Which person. : WHO
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Reside temporarily in. : STOPAT
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Cerberus. : WATCHDOG
10
Analogous. : ALIKE
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Debussy composition. : LAMER
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Row. : TIER
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Hibernates. : WINTERS
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Passé. : DATED
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Norse man's name. : ERIK
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Ryun, for one. : MILER
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Yorkshire river. : AIRE
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Walking sticks. : CANES
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Large vessel. : VAT
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To love: Fr. : AIMER
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Without delay. : FORTHWITH
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Except that: Colloq. : ONLY
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In medias ___. : RES
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Gloomily : SULLENLY
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Shriveled. : WIZENED
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Europeans. : POLES
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Playing cards. : TENS
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Popular soup. : BORSCH
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Surmounts. : SCALES
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Beautify. : PAINT
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Bellowing : AROAR
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Knots in cloth. : BURLS
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Putter. : CLUB
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Room: Ger. : RAUM
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English composer. : ARNE
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Votes for. : YEAS
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Weeder's tool. : HOE

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

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