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New York Times, Wednesday, September 14, 1966

56-Down : Woeful word.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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N
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,241
Across
1
Neck piece. : NAPE
5
Side of bacon. : SLAB
9
Ethereal fluid. : ICHOR
14
Ammonia derivative. : AMIN
15
City near Rangoon. : PEGU
16
Former device for moving stage scenery. : SLOTE
17
Guard, in London. : BEEFEATER
19
"___ a Hot Tin Roof." : CATON
20
Ready for action: Colloq. : ONTAP
21
Bivouacked. : ENCAMPED
23
Greasy spoon. : BEANERY
26
Subject for a sculptor. : TORSO
27
Twit. : TEASE
29
Indian tribe. : PIUTES
32
Querying sounds. : HEHS
35
Lost in thought. : RAPT
37
Colorful gems. : OPALS
38
Old French coin. : ECU
39
Expends. : PAYSOUT
41
Annoyed exclamation. : TUT
42
Protection. : ARMOR
44
Times. : EONS
45
Units of currency: Abbr. : DOLS
46
Import from South America. : RUBBER
48
Bungle. : MISDO
50
Monkey's cousin. : LEMUR
52
City on the Po. : CREMONA
56
Namesakes of a famous coloratura. : AMELITAS
59
Napery. : LINEN
60
Stone: Lat. : LAPIS
61
Fails, à la Broadway. : LAYSANEGG
64
Appear. : ARISE
65
Legal move. : PLEA
66
Giant. : OGRE
67
Resorts to. : SEEKS
68
Large amount: Colloq. : HEAP
69
Get under way. : SAIL
Down
1
Very rich man. : NABOB
2
Agreeble. : AMENE
3
Michelangelo group. : PIETA
4
Les petits. : ENFANTS
5
Dax or Evian. : SPA
6
Hire out. : LET
7
Askew. : AGEE
8
Altered by heat. : BURNT
9
Betrayer. : ISCARIOT
10
Stops talking: Slang. : CLAMSUP
11
Hard-to-handle issue. : HOTPOTATO
12
Indian. : OTOE
13
Tear. : REND
18
Foil's cousin. : EPEE
22
Law man: Slang. : COP
24
Unusual: Lat. : RARA
25
Belgian composer. : YSAYE
28
Derby town. : EPSOM
30
Jewish month. : ELUL
31
Sibilant sounds. : SSTS
32
Get news. : HEAR
33
Color. : ECRU
34
Something to eat, at times. : HUMBLEPIE
36
Bracer. : TONIC
39
House and lot. : PREMISES
40
Large land mass. : USSR
43
Cleopatra's Needle. : OBELISK
45
Game. : DOMINOS
47
Something to get out of. : RUT
49
With 57 Down, a poet. : DELA
51
Bunche. : RALPH
53
Europe's second largest lake. : ONEGA
54
Memorable movie name. : NEGRI
55
Kind of cake. : ANGEL
56
Woeful word. : ALAS
57
See 49 Down. : MARE
58
Bazaar. : SALE
62
Voice vote : YEA
63
Source of maple syrup. : SAP

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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