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New York Times, Saturday, January 15, 1966

42-Across : Term in grammar.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { H Q W X }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 5,999
Across
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Boxes. : LOGES
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Calla lily. : ARUM
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Without any changes. : ASIS
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Metropolitan drama. : OPERA
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Numerical prefix. : MONO
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Imparted. : LENT
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19th cen. French writer. : RENAN
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Shot and shell. : AMMO
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Seine tributary. : OISE
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Attire. : DRESS
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Feature of N and central Netherlands. : ZUIDERZEE
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Harsh, grating sound. : JAR
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Hillock. : KNOLL
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Take over by force. : USURP
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Abbreviation for a type. : ITAL
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Polysaccharide. : INULIN
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Legal claims: Abbr. : RTS
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Blister beetle. : MELOID
34
Hebrews. : SEMITES
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Laboratory substance. : ACID
38
Fresh-water fish. : DACE
39
Help. : BENEFIT
42
Term in grammar. : GENDER
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Feminine title. : SRA
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Front page item. : BYLINE
49
Architectural feature. : DOME
50
___ incognita. : TERRA
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Pile up. : AMASS
54
Banking abbreviation. : SAV
55
Consigns. : RELEGATES
57
Tree, as the sycamore. : PLANE
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Scandinavian god. : ODIN
60
Author Anita. : LOOS
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Speeder's nemesis. : RADAR
62
If ___ be. : NEED
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Accurate. : TRUE
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Behave theatrically: Colloq. : EMOTE
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Canine sounds. : GRRS
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Science course: Abbr. : ASTR
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Disburdens. : EASES
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Peter O'Toole role. : LORDJIM
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Run. : OPERATE
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Usual. : GENERAL
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Archeozoic and Paleozoic. : ERAS
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Ancient language: Abbr. : SANSK
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Formidable female. : AMAZON
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Historic twin. : ROMULUS
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Not yet ground. : UNMILLED
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Verb inflection. : MOOD
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Gallic "then." : ALORS
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Taking. : SEIZURE
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Places with. : INSERTS
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Imbues. : STEEPS
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One of the Kennedys. : EUNICE
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Make a nest. : NIDIFY
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Banking service. : LOAN
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Figures of speech. : IMAGES
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Headache remedy of a kind. : ICEBAG
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Watch over. : TEND
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Expanders. : DILATORS
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Producer of livestock. : BREEDER
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Sooner than. : EARLIER
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Respite of a sort. : TIMEOUT
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Folk dance movement. : DOSADOS
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Come forth. : EMANATE
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Looks up to. : REVERES
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Vigorously effective. : STRONG
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Big name in Africa. : NASSER
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Tears. : RENDS
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Lively frolic. : SPREE
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Ski resort in Utah. : ALTA
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Buddhist monk. : LAMA

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

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