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New York Times, Saturday, November 19, 1966

40-Across : Sparkled.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,307
Across
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In the good old days. : LONGAGO
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Occasionally. : ATTIMES
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Coincide in part (with). : OVERLAP
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Ship's berth. : MOORAGE
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Skilled. : CAPABLE
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Game divisions. : INNINGS
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Particles. : ATOMS
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Elbows. : NUDGES
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Minus. : LESS
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Wine cask. : TUN
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Needlefish. : GAR
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Theme. : TOPIC
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In hiding. : PERDU
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Routinized. : INARUT
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Turnpike. : TOLLROAD
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Slight. : NOMINAL
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Nobility. : PEERAGE
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Sparkled. : TWINKLED
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Wine expert. : TASTER
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Nancy ___. : HANKS
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Breakfast fare, for short. : DONUT
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Look. : EYE
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Fasten, in a way. : ZIP
48
Shade of purple. : PUCE
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Bat. : RACKET
56
Friend of Shylock. : TUBAL
57
Japanese three-stringed instrument. : SAMISEN
60
Bandit leader. : WARLORD
62
Mesabi Range product. : IRONORE
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Strand. : ISOLATE
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Slum area. : SKIDROW
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Tout. : TIPSTER
Down
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Restricted. : LOCAL
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Not quite round. : OVATE
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Nephew: Lat. : NEPOS
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Small weights. : GRAMS
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Vestments. : ALBS
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Unit of capacity: Abbr. : GAL
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Speak freely: Colloq. : OPENUP
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Surrounded by. : AMID
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Secret society of a kind. : TONG
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Elasticity. : TONE
11
Spring flower. : IRIS
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British Isle. : MAN
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Humpty Dumpty. : EGG
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French pronoun. : SES
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One. : UNIT
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Sum up. : TOTAL
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Trifling sum. : GROAT
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Old saying. : ADAGE
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Less polite. : RUDER
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Thumps: Dial. : TUNKS
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Crest of a hill. : COP
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Word with box or kick. : PLEAT
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Makes a fluff. : ERRS
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___ first place. : INTHE
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Not at all. : NOWAY
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"___ of information." : AMINE
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Sports area. : RINK
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Slacken. : LETUP
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Paced the field. : LED
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Nap. : DOZE
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Addlepate. : NITWIT
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Attracts. : PULLS
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Submarine. : UBOAT
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Bill of fare. : CARTE
51
Berry plant. : ELDER
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Peel. : RIND
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Hebrew lyre. : ASOR
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Mackerel's cousin. : CERO
55
Perceived. : KNEW
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De ___. : TROP
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Family member. : SIS
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Houseboat's relative. : ARK
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French pronoun. : MOI
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"Just ___ am ... " : ASI

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

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