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New York Times, Tuesday, December 6, 1966

14-Across : Actor's concern.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J Q W X Y }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,324
Across
1
Squawfish. : CHUB
5
State: Fr. : ETAT
9
Supplied. : GAVE
13
First word of famous motto. : HONI
14
Actor's concern. : LINES
16
Check. : REIN
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Tobacco kiln. : OAST
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Viking chieftain. : ERICTHERED
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Rules of etiquette. : PROTOCOL
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Reports. : RUMORS
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Money items. : CENTS
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Wall Street fixture. : BULL
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Little fish. : SHINER
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Fee paid. : RETAINER
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Meadow. : LEA
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Head ailment, so-called. : SINUS
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Taper a timber. : SNAPE
35
City: Lat. : URBS
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Punctuation mark. : COLON
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Ticket part. : STUB
40
Weevil food. : BOLLS
42
Certain correspondence. : MEMOS
44
Swiss canton. : URI
45
More furtive. : SNEAKIER
47
Changed direction. : VEERED
49
Kettle of fish. : MESS
50
Numerical prefix. : TETRA
51
Kettledrum. : ATABAL
54
Hall dedicated to heroes. : VALHALLA
57
Popular dessert. : BANANACAKE
59
Far East land. : SIAM
60
Harrow's rival. : ETON
61
Claude of art. : MONET
62
Ike's Mr. Benson. : EZRA
63
Scottish writer. : LANG
64
Residence rooms. : DENS
65
Hebrew letter. : RESH
Down
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Mince. : CHOP
2
Rime. : HOAR
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Describing the stay-at-homes. : UNSOCIABLE
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Nipped. : BITTEN
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Thrilling. : ELECTRIC
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Observation satellite. : TIROS
7
Indigo source. : ANIL
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Gumshoe. : TEC
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Imps. : GREMLINS
10
Of aircraft. : AERO
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Four, in Berlin. : VIER
12
Gridiron men. : ENDS
15
Act pompously. : STRUT
19
Dances. : HULAS
21
Numbers. : ONES
24
Twig broom. : BESOM
25
Nubby sections in yarn fabrics. : SLUBS
26
Marsh denizen. : HERON
27
Monarch. : RULER
28
Make less artificial. : NATURALIZE
29
Architect's plan, French style. : EPURE
30
Bridge-player's gambit. : REBID
33
Provinces of Greece. : NOMES
36
Swiftly and noisily: Colloq. : SLAMBANG
38
Literary productions. : NOVELETS
41
Dagger of old Ireland. : SKEAN
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Adam's boy. : SETH
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Mohammedan world. : ISLAM
48
Schoolroom need. : ERASER
50
Captured. : TAKEN
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Brother of 43 Down. : ABEL
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Bye-bye. : TATA
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Shortly. : ANON
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Part of a feather. : VANE
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___ Porsena of Clusium. : LARS
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Oriental nurse. : AMAH
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Marine fish. : COD

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 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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