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Will Weng
Will Weng

SUFFICIENT UNTO THE DAY

New York Times, Sunday, February 6, 1966

1-Across : Ermine.

Author:
Will Weng
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 166, Blocks: 90, Avg Word Len: 5.29, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 641 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 131, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 26
Will Weng has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

The NYT incorrectly printed the letter at the 101-Across/81-Down crossing as an B in the answer key. Changed to an S.

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S
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B
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D
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N
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H
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O
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B
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N
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T
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P
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P
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A
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P
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M
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D
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B
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N
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B
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K
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N
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C
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A
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P
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A
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C
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R
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L
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W
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D
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R
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,021
Across
1
Ermine. : STOAT
6
Hebrew title. : ABBA
10
Part of the Prince of Wales' motto. : DIEN
14
Pal around with. : HOBNOB
20
Shredded. : TORNUP
22
Public figures: Abbr. : POLS
23
___ time. : INNO
24
Tumult. : UPROAR
25
Fine wool. : ANGORA
26
Light whiff. : POUF
27
Seedy fruit. : FIGS
28
Downtown sign. : MAINST
29
Where to "take arms." : AGAINSTASEAOFTROUBLES
33
Prefix in leather terms. : TANN
34
Shallow spot: Abbr. : SHL
35
French lasses. : MLLES
36
"___ the king's horses ... " : ALL
37
Highways: Abbr. : RTES
40
Shrill note. : TWEE
42
Glacial ridge. : OSAR
43
Made a choice. : OPTED
45
Prefix in chemistry. : OXA
46
Direction. : SBE
49
Verses. : ODES
51
City on the Loire. : NEVERS
53
Rival of Caesar. : POMPEY
55
Had no confidence in. : MISTRUSTED
58
Redeye cures this. : SNAKEBITE
61
Slope. : ESCARP
62
Monitor lizard. : URAN
64
Irish seaport. : TRALEE
65
British currency. : LSD
68
Ungainly: Colloq. : WEEDY
69
Indian tree. : BANYAN
71
City near Presque Isle. : ERIE
72
Menotti's "Medium." : FLORA
74
Word with any or no. : WHERE
76
___ now. : DOIT
78
Militiaman. : TROOPER
80
Shakespearean epitaph for Wolsey. : HISFAULTSLIEGENTLYONHIM
87
Fleet VIP. : ADMIRAL
88
Current cartoonist. : ARNO
89
Act like ___ (be a cad). : AHEEL
90
Colorful Western pony. : PAINT
91
Parody: Abbr. : IMIT
94
Sprinted. : DARTED
96
S.R.O. show. : SMASH
101
Marie, for one: Abbr. : STE
102
Takes care of. : SEESTO
104
Limerick man. : LEAR
105
Denounce. : SCATHE
106
"The cautious ___," says Confucius. : SELDOMERR
109
Taylor and Colbert. : CLEOPATRAS
111
Copper item. : KETTLE
114
Miss Francis. : ARLENE
116
Airplane. : SHIP
117
Ego sources. : IDS
118
Atop, poetically. : OER
119
Artificial bird. : DECOY
122
Adam's grandson. : ENOS
123
"___ hard life." : ITSA
125
Narrow cut. : SLIT
127
Word with hair or hat. : PIN
128
Taunts. : BAITS
129
Gateway: Abbr. : ENT
130
Wagner role. : ELSA
134
Murphy's Law à la space flights: "Whatever ___." : CANGOWRONGWILLGOWRONG
139
Shakespearean twin. : DROMIO
141
Gold: Prefix. : AURI
142
Maleficence. : EVIL
143
Long-winded one. : ORATOR
144
Neighbor to the south. : LATINO
145
Large bird. : RHEA
146
River of Yakutsk. : LENA
147
Character. : NATURE
148
Agreed with. : YESSED
149
Relative of "drat." : DERN
150
W. W. II ships. : LSTS
151
Plague: Fr. : PESTE
Down
1
State: Ger. : STAAT
2
Islands near Fiji. : TONGA
3
Harmonium. : ORGAN
4
Use a lotion. : ANOINT
5
Left or U. : TURN
6
Dismay. : APPAL
7
Derisive sounds. : BOOS
8
Curtain raiser of a sort. : BLUEMONDAY
9
"___ as a fox." : ASFALSE
10
Nonconforming. : DIFFERENT
11
KKK and others. : INITS
12
Railroad man: Abbr. : ENGR
13
Nix. : NOSOAP
14
Food for the foolhardy. : HUMBLEPIE
15
Gem. : OPAL
16
Scratchy plant. : BRIER
17
Talker of sorts. : NONSTOP
18
American alliance. : OAS
19
Delivered: Abbr. : BRT
21
Forwent. : PASSEDUP
30
Quaker pronouns. : THEES
31
Norway kings. : OLAVS
32
Final: Abbr. : ULT
38
Tiverton's river. : EXE
39
Utter. : SAY
41
Fretter, slangy style. : WORRYWART
43
A Straus. : OSKAR
44
Period. : DOT
46
Merganser. : SMEW
47
Alpine wind. : BISE
48
Verb suffix. : ESCE
50
A Mary. : STUART
52
Scarcity, in Paris. : RARETE
54
Pittsburgh name. : MELLON
56
Little child. : TAD
57
Birds. : ERNES
59
Whitney. : ELI
60
Describing a brow. : BEETLED
63
Lowest point. : NADIR
66
Classman, for short. : SOPH
67
German number. : DREI
69
Pot___ (portly). : BELLIED
70
Very much: Colloq. : NOEND
72
Paper sheets. : FOOLSCAPS
73
Fortify. : ARM
75
Snail genus. : HUA
77
Modest polo handicap. : IGOAL
79
Bar item. : RYE
80
Chance, old style. : HAP
81
Hero of Greek legend. : IDAS
82
Hit hard. : SMIT
83
Tops. : FINEST
84
More recent. : LATTER
85
Port of Brazil. : NATAL
86
"___ a long, long trail ... " : THERES
92
___ voto (by my wish): Lat. : MEO
93
NATO name. : ISMAY
95
Backsliders. : RECESSIVES
97
Wrestlers' locale. : MAT
98
Italian town. : ATRI
99
Fish. : SHAD
100
Rudolf of W. W. II. : HESS
102
Nighty-night wish, of sorts. : SLEEPGOOD
103
Southern city dweller. : ORLEANIAN
105
Old hotel-lobby item. : SPITTOON
107
Yore. : ELD
108
Revoke: Ver. : RENIG
110
Expressing surprise. : OHING
111
Ring results. : KOS
112
Long fish. : EEL
113
Fabrics. : TRICOTS
115
Ailing. : NOTWELL
120
Labor group. : CIO
121
Ahead. : ONWARD
124
Carbonate. : AERATE
126
Cloth strainer. : TAMIS
128
Corn pest. : BORER
129
Greece, in Modern Greek. : ELLAS
131
Exotic flower. : LOTUS
132
Explosive sound. : SNORT
133
Consent. : AGREE
135
Astros or Mets. : NINE
136
Repose: Ger. : RUHE
137
Fluff. : LINT
138
Cloak. : WRAP
139
P. O. service: Abbr. : DLY
140
Scottish explorer. : RAE

Answer summary:
15 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 14 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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