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New York Times, Friday, February 24, 1967

72-Across : Letters.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,404
Across
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Vicuña's cousin. : ALPACA
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Taste. : SIP
10
Large quantity. : MASS
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Induce to proceed. : LEADON
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Babylonian deity. : ANU
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Sacred Egyptian emblem. : ANKH
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Burrowing rodent. : MARMOT
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This year. : MCMLXVII
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Poky one. : SNAIL
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Lathered. : SOAPY
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Displeasure. : IRE
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Careless. : REMISS
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Culinary herbs. : DILLS
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Sundry. : SEVERAL
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Part of Greece. : ELIS
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Had a snack. : ATE
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Member of an Indian sect. : SIKH
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Slacken. : EASEUP
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Partial to. : FOND
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Mythical being. : NYMPH
43
Days of ___. : YORE
44
Ultimate goal. : ENDALL
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Glided. : SLID
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___ Arbor. : ANN
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Great name in baseball. : MAYS
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Versus. : AGAINST
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Man's name. : CALEB
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Robin Hood, for one. : ARCHER
58
Have ___ at. : AGO
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Kukla's friend. : OLLIE
61
Largest inland sea: Abbr. : MEDIT
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Rogue. : PICAROON
67
French enclave. : MONACO
68
Animation. : ELAN
69
Whippet. : DOG
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Be ___ many for. : ONETOO
71
Bank (on). : RELY
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Letters. : ENS
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Concur. : ASSENT
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Offertory. : ALMS
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Spare. : LEAN
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Branch of the Amazon. : PARA
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Delight in. : ADMIRE
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Ice buckets. : COOLERS
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Leaf cutter. : ANT
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"Spy in the sky" satellite. : SAMOS
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If. : INCASE
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Shoe. : PUMP
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Beerbohm. : MAX
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Iron block. : ANVIL
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Sound of bagpipes. : SKIRL
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Flings. : SHIES
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Where Croesus reigned. : LYDIA
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Soft. : SILKY
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For the most part. : MAINLY
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Paris suburb. : ISSY
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Innocuous. : SAFE
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Top-hat school. : ETON
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Offer for sale. : VEND
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River into the Delaware. : LEHIGH
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"___ Pinafore." : HMS
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Of the dawn. : EOAN
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Samovars. : URNS
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Confined (with "up"). : PENT
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Title. : DAME
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Peyton, for one. : PLACE
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Manpower. : LABOR
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Greek tutelary deities. : DAEMONS
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Mr. Dooley's establishment. : SALOON
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Namesakes of a peace goddess. : IRENES
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Frisk. : CAPER
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Brisk. : AGILE
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Not widespread. : LOCAL
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Echoes. : RINGS
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Metallic vein. : LODE
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Engagement. : DATE
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Sacred image. : ICON
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Street sound. : TOOT
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At all. : ANY
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Bird of old. : MOA

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

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