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New York Times, Saturday, October 1, 1966

1-Across : Three lines that rhyme.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 334 (avg 1.79)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,258
Across
1
Three lines that rhyme. : TERCET
7
Situation. : JOB
10
Stake. : PALE
14
Old Venetian medal. : OSELLA
15
Boat man. : OAR
16
School: Abbr. : ACAD
17
Special-purpose cutter. : STEAKKNIFE
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Dilute. : THIN
20
Consecrated. : HOLY
21
Period akin to a blue moon. : EON
22
Global area. : AFRICA
24
Tops. : BEST
26
Hank. : SKEIN
27
___ Flow. : SCAPA
29
Red. : RUBY
30
Menacing sound. : GRR
33
Diverted. : TURNED
34
Height: Prefix. : ACR
35
Relative of a vita. : BIO
36
English version of Vergil dictum. : SNAKEINTHEGRASS
40
Formicary dweller. : ANT
41
Low. : MOO
42
Smart-___. : ALECKY
43
New York city. : RYE
44
View from Warwick castle. : AVON
45
Tightly curled. : KINKY
46
Colophony. : ROSIN
48
Ecclesiastic. : ABBE
49
Writer of the third Gospel. : STLUKE
51
Reddish element: Abbr. : CPR
52
"And away ___!" : WEGO
56
Exclamations of triumph. : AHAS
57
Bakery items. : WHITECAKES
60
Comb. : RAKE
61
Away from. : OUT
62
Francis. : ARLENE
63
Baltic port. : KIEL
64
Little fishes. : FRY
65
Love's companions. : KISSES
Down
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Buncombe. : TOSH
2
This: Sp. : ESTO
3
Dance. : REEL
4
Type of road shoulder. : CLAYBANK
5
Shoe leather. : ELK
6
Is unenthusiastic about. : TAKESADIMVIEWOF
7
Meet. : JOIN
8
Gawk. : OAF
9
Tennyson poem. : BREAKBREAKBREAK
10
Prefix, with arch or mony. : PATRI
11
Result of hard work. : ACHINGBACK
12
Secular. : LAIC
13
First name in fiction. : EDNA
18
"I should say ___!" : NOT
23
Puckish. : FEY
25
Foil's cousin. : EPEE
26
So much. : SUCH
27
Bright. : SUNNY
28
National Park. : CRATERLAKE
29
Mouse: Sp. : RATON
31
Hazardous. : RISKY
32
Optimistic. : ROSY
33
Ruler. : TSAR
37
Twelve. : NOON
38
Fast-talking. : GLIB
39
Some subscriptions. : RENEWALS
44
Beg. : ASK
47
European thrush. : OUSEL
48
Prone. : APT
49
Channel island. : SARK
50
Siamese. : THAI
51
Home of the slickers. : CITY
53
Stretches (out). : EKES
54
Factor. : GENE
55
Chemical suffixes. : OSES
58
Hero of 1880 novel. : HUR
59
Dernier ___. : CRI

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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