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New York Times, Thursday, October 6, 1966

39-Across : Attacks.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F H J W X }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,263
Across
1
Agenda unit. : ITEM
5
College yard. : QUAD
9
Glaswegians. : SCOTS
14
Tear down: Var. : RASE
15
Importune. : URGE
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One of the Adlers. : LARRY
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Teetotaler. : ABSTAINER
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With force. : AMAIN
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Mineral. : QUARTZ
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Gaming place. : LASVEGAS
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Word of approval. : YEA
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Mantilla. : VEIL
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Directed. : LED
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Malay dagger. : KRIS
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Antipathy. : DISLIKE
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One and others: Abbr. : NOS
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Bounders. : CADS
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Intensify. : DEEPEN
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Result. : OUTCOME
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Balcony. : TERRACE
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Attacks. : BESETS
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Forsaken. : LORN
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Rifle. : ROB
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Wavers. : TEETERS
44
Spiders. : PANS
45
The "herring pond." : SEA
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Where the Mekong flows. : LAOS
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Wander about. : GAD
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Footwear. : MOCCASIN
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Railroad's motto. : ONTIME
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East Indian wood. : ALOES
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Cheese. : LIMBURGER
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Former U.N. name. : ADLAI
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Aware of: Slang. : ONTO
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Caliph's name. : OMAR
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Art city of Italy. : SIENA
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M. Coty. : RENE
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Navy ships. : LSTS
Down
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Turkey's neighbor. : IRAQ
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Interdiction. : TABU
3
Lamb and others. : ESSAYISTS
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Measures of length. : METRES
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Student's bugaboo. : QUIZ
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Container. : URN
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Eternal. : AGELESS
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Throw off course. : DERAIL
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Bulgar. : SLAV
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Desert soldier. : CAMELEER
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Storm: Fr. : ORAGE
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Musical chord. : TRIAD
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Certain words: Abbr. : SYNS
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___ clip (at one time). : ATA
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Certain pitches. : SLIDERS
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Refer to: Lat. : VIDE
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Protuberance. : KNOB
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Dissolute one. : ROUE
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Misses. : DAMSELS
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Famous Broadway name. : KERN
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Enclosure. : COTE
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Examples. : PARADIGMS
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College subject: Abbr. : ECON
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Beaks. : NEBS
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Whale or dolphin. : CETACEAN
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Rocks. : TORS
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Like a certain animal. : LEONINE
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Man of cloth. : TAILOR
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Go the rounds. : PATROL
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Italian coins. : SOLDI
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___ des Beaux-Arts. : ECOLE
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African animal. : GNU
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Rural sounds. : MAAS
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See 47 Across. : ASIA
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Hautboy. : OBOE
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Dinner course. : MEAT
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Bobbles. : ERRS
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Cartographer's abbreviation. : MTN

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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