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New York Times, Thursday, January 27, 1966

24-Across : Primary linguistic form.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { G J V }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,011
Across
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Not present. : PAST
5
Man from Eugene. : MORSE
10
Vacation treat. : SWIM
14
Trifling. : IDLE
15
Thin as ___. : ARAIL
16
Staff member. : AIDE
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Impracticable. : QUIXOTICAL
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Chigger. : FLEA
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City on the Danube. : ULM
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Sports place. : RINK
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Nigerian city. : IBADAN
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Primary linguistic form. : ETYMON
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Outstanding. : SUPERB
28
Courtroom word. : OYEZ
30
Popular garments. : TSHIRTS
33
Baglike structures. : SACS
36
Aegean island. : EUBOEA
38
Gambler's note. : IOU
39
Fourth estate. : PRESS
41
Irving character. : RIP
42
Songs. : NOELS
44
Mountain pass. : COL
45
Hospital section. : CLINIC
48
Kind of school. : PREP
49
Of heat. : CALORIC
51
Hanging unevenly. : ALOP
53
Parisian gangster. : APACHE
55
Legal football play. : ONSIDE
59
Sort. : STRIPE
61
Facial expression. : POUT
63
Club: Abbr. : SOC
64
Scope. : AREA
65
Shiftless. : NEERDOWELL
68
Sport equipment. : MITT
69
Arrow shaft. : STELE
70
Ancient chest. : ARCA
71
Pretense. : POSE
72
Let up. : EASED
73
One means of locomotion. : FEET
Down
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Nettle. : PIQUE
2
One kind of education. : ADULT
3
Covered with mud. : SLIMY
4
State: Abbr. : TEX
5
Kind of performance. : MATINEE
6
One of the Lehmans. : ORIN
7
Garment factory items. : RACKS
8
N. M. Indian. : SIA
9
Geometric figure. : ELLIPSE
10
Hunting trip. : SAFARI
11
Dog rose. : WILDBRIER
12
Notion. : IDEA
13
Statistician's concern. : MEAN
18
___ Plata. : OROY
23
Irish playwright. : BEHAN
25
Spanish ___. : MOSS
27
Imaginary island. : UTOPIA
29
Swiss canton. : ZURICH
31
Painted metal for trays, etc. : TOLE
32
Stop temporarily: Abbr. : SUSP
33
Children's agency. : SPCC
34
Venezuelan mining town. : AROA
35
Cabinets for wine. : CELLARETS
37
Compartment. : BIN
40
Cast aside. : SCRAP
43
Contrary terms: Abbr. : OPPS
46
Motorist's concern. : LICENSE
47
Overshadowed. : CLOUDED
50
Type of drug. : OPIATE
52
Aware of: Colloq. : ONTO
54
Foils. : EPEES
56
River into the Rhone. : ISERE
57
Soft, in music. : DOLCE
58
Brilliancy. : ECLAT
59
Coarsely ground corn. : SAMP
60
Piece of music. : TRIO
62
Heraldic band. : ORLE
66
After zeta. : ETA
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Air Force member. : WAF

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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