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New York Times, Saturday, January 29, 1966

32-Across : Deteriorated.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { B J }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 44, Cheaters: 20, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,013
Across
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French numeral. : CINQ
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Famous couturier. : FATH
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Cleaned and prepared, as laundry. : DONEUP
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Substitute for. : FILLIN
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Maiden. : DAMOSEL
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Tidy. : INORDER
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French numeral. : UNE
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Chooses. : SEESFIT
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Noun ending. : ERY
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Type of harrow. : DISC
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Walk, pace, etc. : GAITS
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Soho bloke. : COVE
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Establish. : SETUP
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6th cen. date. : DXI
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Adjusts exactly. : TRUES
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River in France. : LOIRE
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Searches out. : FERRETS
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Deteriorated. : RANTOSEED
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Italian numeral. : QUATTRO
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French numeral. : SEIZE
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Woman's hold-all. : PURSE
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Cooperstown name. : OTT
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Genus of grass. : STIPA
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Records. : LOGS
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Exude moisture. : SWEAT
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Barbecue adjunct. : SPIT
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Shoshonean. : UTE
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Worked in a store. : CLERKED
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Dernier ___. : CRI
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Four-star man. : GENERAL
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Made do. : EKEDOUT
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Junks. : SCRAPS
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Marries again. : REWEDS
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Sweet potatoes in Dixie. : YAMS
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Connecticut town. : LYME
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___ terms. : COMESTO
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Mythical princess. : INO
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Suffix with glad or kind. : NESS
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Fictional captain. : QUEEG
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Conclusion. : FINIS
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Feel ___ better. : ALOT
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Bank employe: Abbr. : TLR
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Lie concealed. : HIDEOUT
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Old Testament book. : DANIEL
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Supplicate. : PLEAD
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The last decade. : FIFTIES
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Gives courage to. : NERVES
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Wearables. : DUDS
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Certain grasses. : RYES
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Tall one. : SIXFOOTER
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Breastplate. : CUIRASS
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Black ink items. : CREDITS
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Talk, in a way. : PRATE
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Popular poem. : TREES
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Adjective ending. : ENT
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In medias ___. : RES
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Garden tools. : TROWELS
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Cites verbatim. : QUOTES
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Insistence. : URGENCY
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Address must. : ZIPCODE
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Ancient kingdom of Greece. : EPIRUS
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Electrical device. : PLUG
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Collector. : TAKER
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Jump ___ (accept something eagerly). : ATIT
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Strikes. : SLAPS
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"Mene, mene ___ ... " : TEKEL
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Overfill. : CRAM
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Like the morn. : DEWY
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Century. : ERA
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Party man: Abbr. : DEM

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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