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New York Times, Wednesday, November 30, 1966

44-Across : Biblical ruler.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 323 (avg 1.69)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
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M
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A
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M
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A
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D
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E
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N
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E
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T
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A
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P
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R
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L
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K
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J
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P
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D
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D
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F
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L
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S
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D
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G
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R
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Y
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M
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O
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Z
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E
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P
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R
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B
O
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T
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M
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C
H
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Y
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H
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M
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A
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L
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P
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L
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M
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G
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N
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,318
Across
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Family member. : MAMA
5
Thick. : DENSE
10
Bark cloth. : TAPA
14
Oath of old. : EGAD
15
Absence permit, British style. : EXEAT
16
Downfall. : RUIN
17
The Evangelist. : LUKE
18
Side by side. : JUXTAPOSED
20
Poignant. : DEEPFELT
22
Blames on. : LAYSTO
23
Swagger. : STRUT
24
Fish, in a way. : DIB
25
Fleming. : IAN
26
Incites. : EGGSON
28
Turbid. : ROILY
30
More than enough. : TOO
31
___ letters. : MENOF
33
Marshes. : OOZES
37
Sleep like ___. : ATOP
39
Capek character. : ROBOT
41
A great deal. : MUCH
42
The present. : TODAY
44
Biblical ruler. : HIRAM
46
144: Abbr. : GRO
47
Inert gas. : XENON
49
Even chance. : TOSSUP
51
See 34 Down. : ALP
54
Quietly. : LOW
55
Deign. : STOOP
56
Maxims. : MORALS
58
Excellent. : STERLING
61
Illicit trader. : MOONSHINER
63
Siouan. : OTOE
64
Concerning. : ASTO
65
Greenish-yellow. : OLIVE
66
Poet Pound. : EZRA
67
Inert gas. : NEON
68
Obliterated (with "out"). : WIPED
69
Beloved. : DEAR
Down
1
Score at pinochle. : MELD
2
Chills and fever. : AGUE
3
Repays or replaces. : MAKESGOOD
4
Experts. : ADEPTS
5
Croissants et café. : DEJEUNER
6
Be jubilant. : EXULT
7
Nearest to. : NEXT
8
Calendar abbreviation. : SAT
9
And others: Lat. : ETALII
10
Ilium. : TROY
11
Besides: Fr. : AUSSI
12
Notable piece of sculpture. : PIETA
13
On ___ (at great length). : ANDON
19
Picasso. : PABLO
21
Beginning at. : FROM
24
Look after: Colloq. : DOFOR
26
"L'___, c'est moi." : ETAT
27
Head for. : GOTO
28
Batman's accomplice. : ROBIN
29
___ Kippur. : YOM
32
Not at all: Colloq. : NOHOW
34
Highest peak of Bavaria and of Germany. : ZUGSPITZE
35
Unbleached. : ECRU
36
Market. : SHOP
38
___ vobiscum. : PAX
40
In shreds. : TATTERED
43
Stadium cheers. : YELLS
45
Wasteland. : MOOR
48
Reservation reneger. : NOSHOW
50
Performed alone. : SOLOED
51
Capital of Jordan. : AMMAN
52
Unrestrained. : LOOSE
53
First: Prefix. : PROTO
55
Allen. : STEVE
57
Unascribable: Abbr. : ANON
58
Fragment. : SNIP
59
Ibsen character. : NORA
60
Apparatus. : GEAR
62
River into Lake Balkhash. : ILI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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