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New York Times, Saturday, January 22, 1966

20-Across : Meet requirements.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 2, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,006
Across
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Outburst, as of laughter. : GALE
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Scots' apparel. : TAMS
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Subsistence. : BREAD
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City on the Oka. : OREL
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He loves: Lat. : AMAT
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Milk: Prefix. : LACTO
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Blackthorn. : SLOE
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Doughnut. : CAKE
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Conduct. : USHER
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Meet requirements. : SERVETHEPURPOSE
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That: Sp. : ESA
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Italian tourists' mecca. : PISA
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Main and others: Abbr. : STS
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Relative of Mac. : DOC
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Single things: Abbr. : PCES
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Kind of rhyme: Abbr. : FEM
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Essential. : BASIC
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Smooth out. : IRON
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Piece of land. : SITE
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Actually. : ASAMATTEROFFACT
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Behalf. : SAKE
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Tidy (up). : REDD
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Shop equipment. : LATHE
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Kind of runner. : SKI
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Prefix with pro or final : SEMI
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Part of a combo. : SAX
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Office necessity: Abbr. : ENV
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3rd cen. date. : CCLI
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Pull. : TOW
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Desert. : LEAVEINTHELURCH
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Kind of ink. : INDIA
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Wing, in Paris. : AILE
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Confident. : SURE
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Kind of bar. : SNACK
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Cranny's companion. : NOOK
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Indian. : CREE
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Pastry. : TARTS
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Chemical endings. : ANES
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Destination. : GOAL
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English poet, friend of RLS. : GOSSE
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French city. : ARLES
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Mrs. Arrowsmith. : LEORA
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Height: Abbr. : ELEV
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Military term. : TACTIC
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Oriental servants. : AMAHS
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Prognosticate. : MAKEAPREDICTION
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Short distance. : STEP
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Divulges (with "out"). : BLURTS
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Scratches. : RASPS
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Repeat. : ECHO
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See 64 Across. : ATES
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French engraver. : DORE
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Era, in Madrid. : EPOCA
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Warning to stevedores, ___ Hooks. : USENO
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Novel price. : DIME
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Twine. : CORD
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Authorization. : FIAT
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Practice an art. : ETCH
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Dole (out). : METE
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Perchlike fish. : BASS
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Asiatic tree. : ASAK
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Hector Hugh Munro. : SAKI
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Part of 52 Down. : ITEM
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Tunisian port. : SFAX
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Fountain in Rome. : TREVI
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Beat, in a way. : FLAIL
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Steals. : SNEAKS
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Polishes. : SLEEKS
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Put out. : EVICT
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Girl of song. : CHLOE
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Cape Cod town. : TRURO
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Stem covering, in botany. : OCREA
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Invention of the Bronze Age. : WHEEL
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Inventory. : LIST
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Sicilian city. : ENNA
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Hebrew month. : ADAR
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Canine of stage fame. : NANA
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SPAR's outfit. : USCG

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 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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