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New York Times, Friday, November 11, 1966

50-Across : Pesky weed.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 305 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,299
Across
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Golf shot. : CHIP
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Places. : SPOTS
10
Weather word. : DAMP
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City on the Mohawk. : ROME
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Famous race course. : ASCOT
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Continuously. : EVER
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Sanction. : IMPRIMATUR
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Enclosure. : COTE
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Entrance examinations. : BOARDS
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Easily won. : RUNAWAY
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Caustic stuff. : LYE
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Early American. : REDMAN
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Trail bait. : DAP
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Rocky place. : ARETE
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Salesman's list. : ITEMS
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Cheese. : EDAM
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Hebrew letter. : ALEF
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Mercenary. : VENAL
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Commerce restriction. : EMBARGO
40
Rest upon. : OVERLIE
42
Mississippi phenomenon. : DELTA
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Dear: It. : CARO
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Large or small. : SIZE
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Move stealthily. : SNEAK
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Alaskan highway. : ALCAN
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Bridge term. : SET
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Pesky weed. : NETTLE
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Bankers' abbreviation. : INT
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Ancient Japanese warrior. : SAMURAI
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Airships: Colloq. : BLIMPS
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With no changes. : ASIS
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Merging into a single group. : COALESCENT
64
Unite. : LINK
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Fitting piece. : INLAY
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Bent piece of wood. : KNEE
67
New Zealand parrot. : KAKA
68
Peter and others. : TSARS
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Astound. : STUN
Down
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Piece of furniture. : CRIB
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Well-known genus. : HOMO
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Intangible. : IMPALPABLE
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American naval hero. : PERRY
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Namesakes of a certain uncle. : SAMS
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Book of the Bible: Abbr. : PSA
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Diary abbreviation. : OCT
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Unusual feat. : TOURDEFORCE
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Play the uke. : STRUM
10
Certain containers. : DECANTERS
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Swear to. : AVOW
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Prefix with physics or tarsus. : META
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Take booty. : PREY
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Product of thinking. : IDEA
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Unsophisticated. : NAIVE
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Changes of place. : RELOCATIONS
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Summer, in Paris. : ETE
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Courageous acts. : DEEDS
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Writers of a kind. : ADMEN
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Piece of music. : RAG
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Act of joining up. : ENLISTMENT
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Colonial crop. : MAIZE
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Weather word. : SLEET
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Alaskan vally, site of many farms. : MATANUSKA
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Garden worker. : RAKER
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Important part of USIA. : VOA
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Every bit. : ALL
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Norse name. : NILS
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Understood. : TACIT
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Small flaws in china. : NICKS
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Type of vaccine. : SALK
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Where LBJ went. : ASIA
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Status symbol. : MINK
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Turkish officials. : BEYS
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Type of tire: Abbr. : PNEU
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Narrow: Prefix. : STEN
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Where Selma is: Abbr. : ALA
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Anc. household deity. : LAR

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

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