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New York Times, Wednesday, December 21, 1966

28-Across : Imitated a bird.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F Q Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,339
Across
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Think, in a way. : MUSE
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Too hasty. : BRASH
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Wondrous Willie. : MAYS
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Related. : AKIN
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Shakespearean hero. : ROMEO
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Verve. : ELAN
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Author of "Mansfield Park." : JANEAUSTEN
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Kind of avis. : RARA
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She-bear: Sp. : OSA
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Privileges: Abbr. : RTS
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Raining cats and dogs. : POURING
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Length of rule. : REIGN
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Force. : ENERGY
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Imitated a bird. : HOOTED
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Industry. : LABOR
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"___ the mornin'." : TOPO
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Indian. : UTE
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Powerhouse. : DYNAMO
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Preceding times. : EVES
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Move furtively. : SIDLE
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Faucet sound. : DRIP
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Part of a sonnet. : SESTET
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___ cit. : LOC
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Evaluate. : RATE
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White. : SNOWY
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Moses or Aaron. : LEVITE
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Did over. : REMADE
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Under water. : AWASH
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Cigar box. : HUMIDOR
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Law: Lat. : LEX
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Spanish uncle. : TIO
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Science course: Abbr. : ANAT
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Poet's gift. : CREATIVITY
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Type of actor. : MIME
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Intuitive feeling: Colloq. : HUNCH
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Teutonic name. : EMIL
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Twinkler. : STAR
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Sections of buildings. : APSES
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Gallic name. : RENE
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Barbara, for one. : MAJOR
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Edict. : UKASE
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Eastern peninsula. : SINAI
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Direction. : ENE
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Very dry, as champagne. : BRUT
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Christina or Dante. : ROSSETTI
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Total: Abbr. : AMT
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Permeated. : SEEPED
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Integrity. : HONOR
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Funny fellow. : MERRYANDREW
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Jai ___ : ALAI
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Angora. : YARN
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Difficulty. : SNAG
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Popular cartoonist. : ARNO
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Ill-favored. : UGLY
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Type of author. : GHOSTWRITER
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Goaded. : NEEDLED
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Dispossess. : OUST
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Theda of the silents. : BARA
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Leave out. : OMIT
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Hawser. : ROPE
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Novel heroine, 1891. : TESS
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Dutch ___. : OVEN
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Coin of Chile. : PESO
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Tenth part: Prefix. : DECI
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Cavalier poet. : LOVELACE
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Ogled. : EYED
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Beat: Dial. : LARRUP
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Car for hire. : TAXI
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Grade-A coffee. : MOCHA
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One at ___. : ATIME
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Form of protest. : SITIN
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According to ___. : HOYLE
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Overacts: Slang. : HAMS
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One. : UNIT
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Doll's cry. : MAMA
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Ordinal suffixes. : ETHS
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Letters. : ENS
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Translation: Abbr. : VER

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

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