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New York Times, Wednesday, January 26, 1966

14-Across : City built circa 800 B.C.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.27, Missing: { F J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 87, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,010
Across
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Carriage with folding top. : CALASH
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Emulate Kheel. : MEDIATE
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City built circa 800 B.C. : SAMARIA
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Of Hades. : AVERNAL
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Kind of stamp. : TRADING
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Salad treat. : ROMAINE
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Demolished. : RAZED
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"Thus ___ Zarathustra." : SPAKE
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Periodical: Slang. : MAG
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The greedy way. : AVIDLY
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Broke bread. : ATE
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Heroic narrative. : SAGA
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Color. : TAN
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Give a cheer. : YELL
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___ Island. : STATEN
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Name meaning daughter. : INGA
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Perfectly. : TOAT
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Watchful. : ALERT
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O.K. for publication. : PRINTABLE
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Color. : SEPIA
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Elaborate party. : GALA
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Contemporary of an Idumaean. : MEDE
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Leveled off. : EVENED
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See 60 Across. : BLIP
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Tafia. : RUM
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___ finger. : RING
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Old English draper's measure. : ELL
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Punjab's capital. : LAHORE
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Political group. : ADA
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Voluble line of talk. : SPIEL
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Piece of airport equipment. : RADAR
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French boardinghouse. : PENSION
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Acting, in a way. : EMOTING
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Thurible's contents. : INCENSE
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Sign in a library. : SILENCE
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Laurence and others. : STERNES
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Hammer. : SLEDGE
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Gypsy's vehicle. : CARAVAN
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Dr. Watson's frequent exclamation. : AMAZING
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Burdened oppressively. : LADED
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In a jejune way. : ARIDLY
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Satan's stock-in-trade. : SIN
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Beldams. : HAGS
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Character in Peter Weiss play. : MARAT
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Elicits. : EVOKES
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Township of ancient Attica. : DEME
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Former Irish group. : IRA
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Living. : ANIMATE
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Woodlands bird. : TANAGER
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Splendid. : ELEGANT
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Clouds. : STRATI
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Savory. : PALATABLE
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Abominable Snowman. : YETI
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Western metropolis. : SALEM
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Hanker (for). : LONG
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Indian cymbals. : TAL
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Copying. : APING
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High-flown: Colloq. : TALL
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Girl's name. : RAE
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Kettle handle. : BAIL
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Ship captured by John Paul Jones in 1779. : SERAPIS
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Obvious. : EVIDENT
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Reason for sackcloth and ashes. : PENANCE
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Wearing away. : ERODING
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Imprisonment, old style. : DURANCE
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Become manifest. : EMERGE
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Testify by affidavit. : DEPOSE
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Word of honor. : PAROLE
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Nautical ropes. : LINES
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Found distasteful. : HATED
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___ Fein. : SINN
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Slighter. : LESS
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Type of talk: Abbr. : SER
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Wire measurement. : MIL

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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