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New York Times, Thursday, February 17, 1966

22-Across : Apprehend.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,032
Across
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Jaeger gull. : SKUA
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Acronym akin to smog. : SMAZE
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___ bien. : TRES
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Opinion. : MIND
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Masonic door tender. : TILER
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American Indian. : HOPI
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Cancel. : UNDO
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Expels from. : READSOUTOF
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Appropriate. : GERMANE
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Apprehend. : ARREST
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Orchestral instruments. : REEDS
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Plant part. : STEM
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Bussed. : KISSED
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Rocket guns. : BAZOOKAS
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Spark stream. : ARC
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Type of light. : KLEIG
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Nugatory. : NULL
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Far East land. : LAOS
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Water birds. : ERNES
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Russian weight. : DOLA
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Raison d'___. : ETRE
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Correspond. : AGREE
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Individuals. : MEN
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Investigates. : SEESINTO
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Shutting up. : CAGING
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Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms. : TRIO
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Succeeded. : GOTON
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Lurch. : CAREEN
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Felt, in a way. : SENSATE
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Excessively adorned. : OVERDECKED
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Do-nothing. : LAZY
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Therefore: Fr. : DONC
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Work incentive. : RAISE
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Businessman's Latin. : INRE
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Bide ___. : AWEE
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Surfeited. : SATED
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Alaska's Governor. : EGAN
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Texas school. : SMU
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Well-known name in civil rights. : KING
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Emphasize. : UNDERSCORE
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Idolizes. : ADORES
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Hedge: Colloq. : STRADDLE
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Bearings. : MIENS
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Winglike parts. : ALAE
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Letter. : ZED
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Substitute. : ERSATZ
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Dixie senator. : THURMOND
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Fixed course. : ROTE
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Type of poem. : EPOS
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Screen. : SIFT
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Mountain: Prefix. : OREO
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Pacific. : MEEK
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More perceptive. : SAGER
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Vegetables. : KALES
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Exacerbated. : IRATE
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Game of chance. : BINGO
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Sun Yat-sen's party. : KUOMINTANG
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TV notable. : ALLEN
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Part of the language. : SLANG
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Muse. : ERATO
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Roman coin. : SESTERCE
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Given support. : SECONDED
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Victuals. : EATS
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Choleric. : IRED
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Forty-___. : NINERS
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Player in a game. : GOALIE
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Fowl. : GEESE
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Musical finale. : CODA
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Admit frankly. : AVOW
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Gallic name. : RENE
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Stage offering. : SKIT
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Cornell. : EZRA
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Government agency. : CAA
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Ginza money. : YEN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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