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New York Times, Tuesday, March 1, 1960

66-Across : Flight of wild fowl.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,882
Across
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Football stadium. : BOWL
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___ heart (was kind). : HADA
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Songwriters' guild: Abbr. : ASCAP
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Opinion. : IDEA
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Won a point, in tennis. : ACED
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Dr. Salk's conquest. : POLIO
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Touched gently: Poet. : KIST
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Anatole France, for example. : NOMDEPLUME
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Grafted: Her. : ENTE
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Solid carbon dioxide. : DRYICE
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Curtain fabric. : NET
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Catch sight of. : ESPY
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Mandarins. : ORANGES
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Character in "King Henry IV." : MORTIMER
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Army monogram. : USA
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Public house. : INN
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Santa ___. : MARIA
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Vestment of anc. Jewish priests. : EPHOD
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Sault ___ Marie. : STE
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What "a rag man" is. : ANAGRAM
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Elected: Fr. : ELU
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Welsh dog. : CORGI
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Longest river in France. : LOIRE
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One's worldly assets. : ALL
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Having the pages not numbered: Abbr. : UNP
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Time of need. : RAINYDAY
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Loot. : PLUNDER
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And elsewhere: Abbr. : ETAL
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Poetic contraction. : EEN
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Luzon tribesman. : IGOROT
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Small notch. : NICK
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Place for a banquet. : RESTAURANT
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Joint. : KNEE
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Flight of wild fowl. : SKEIN
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Alms box. : ARCA
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Weird. : EERY
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Resort park in the Rockies. : ESTES
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Eminent family of Virginia. : LEES
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Mythical marksman. : EROS
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Two-wheeler. : BIKE
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King of Valhalla. : ODIN
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Man from the Panhandle. : WESTERNER
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Most recent. : LATEST
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Jack-of-all-trades. : HANDYMAN
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Acidity, medically speaking. : ACOR
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Size of writing paper. : DEMY
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Farewell, in Italy. : ADDIO
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Short-sighted type of government policy. : APPEASEMENT
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The sun personified. : SOL
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Held fast. : CLUNG
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French girl's name. : AIMEE
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Mr. and Mrs. Browning. : POETS
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Suntan shade. : ECRU
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Arizona reservation dwellers. : PIMAINDIANS
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Forty winks. : NAP
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Of various kinds: Abbr. : MISC
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Aware of: Colloq. : ONTO
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Of an age. : ERAL
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Austerity. : RIGOR
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Cantata melody. : ARIA
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Name on the marquee. : HEADLINER
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Mexican stew. : OLLA
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Fittingly. : DULY
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Short vocal airs. : ARIETTAS
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Weapon. : GUN
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Division of Burma where Rangoon is. : PEGU
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American soldier abroad. : YANKEE
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By itself, Lat. : PERSE
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Onions' cousins. : LEEKS
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Describing certain gems. : UNSET
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Dewy: Rare. : RORAL
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Exceptional. : RARE
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In former times. : ONCE
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Large food fish. : CERO
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___ of the city. : KEYS
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Connection. : TIE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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