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New York Times, Saturday, January 1, 1966

42-Across : City in Argentina.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 5,985
Across
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Flag symbol. : STAR
5
Canadian peninsula. : GASPE
10
Copy: Abbr. : IMIT
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Partner of simple. : PURE
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VIP in Yemen. : EMEER
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Akin. : NEAR
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Uninteresting. : ARID
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Password, from old tale. : OPENSESAME
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Winter phenomena. : SNOWS
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___ Juan. : SAN
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Main and others: Abbr. : STS
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Bad luck. : MISHAP
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Doubt. : MISTRUST
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Fruit shipper's concern. : SPOILAGE
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Type of money lender. : USURER
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Aircraft navigation system. : TELERAN
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Only (as said to be). : MERE
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Neighbors of high altars. : APSES
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Nothing. : NIL
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Peevish. : TESTY
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Pro ___. : RATA
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City in Argentina. : TUCUMAN
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Skull: Prefix. : CRANIO
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Electrical current devices. : AMMETERS
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Don't interfere! : HANDSOFF
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Purplish red. : CLARET
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Batter's feat: Abbr. : DBL
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Golfer's concern. : LIE
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Bluish gray. : SLATE
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Desserts. : APPLETARTS
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Remark denoting understanding. : ISEE
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German title. : FRAU
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Quai d'___. : ORSAY
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Enable to go. : SEND
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One kind of board. : TOTE
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Ways: Abbr. : METHS
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Very: Fr. : TRES
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Sudden bursts of activity. : SPASMS
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Rutabaga. : TURNIP
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Like a melody. : ARIOSO
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Trio of song. : REDWHITEANDBLUE
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Prefix with physics or politics. : GEO
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Electrical units: Abbr. : AMPS
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Motto of some travelers. : SEEAMERICAFIRST
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Finnish coin. : PENNI
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Common suffixes. : ERS
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Musician. : INSTRUMENTALIST
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Bars. : MEASURES
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"___ the way ... " : IAM
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Italian number. : TRE
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Valuations: Abbr. : ESTS
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White ___. : SALES
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Buddy. : PAL
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A day: poet. : SUN
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Famous Spanish name. : SERT
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Canasta card. : TREY
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Knee. : GENU
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Double sulfate. : ALUM
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Roguish. : ARCH
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Turkish coin. : PARA
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Stick to an opinion. : STANDPAT
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Money in China. : TAELS
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Overly. : TOO
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A year in the future. : MMC
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Ely, for one. : ISLE
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Typist's aid. : ERASER
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Crystalline hydrocarbon. : RETENE
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Mounts. : STEEDS
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Signal. : FLARE
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Place in Greenland. : ETAH
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At the stern. : AFT
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VIP in golf. : PRO
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One of a well-known trio. : TOM
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Network: Abbr. : SYS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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