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New York Times, Wednesday, March 2, 1966

28-Across : Dabble.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.75, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,045
Across
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Potential energy, in physics. : ERGAL
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Lateen. : SAIL
10
Agena, for one. : STAR
14
Hollywood name. : LORRE
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Hiberian. : ERSE
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Elephant's-ear. : TARO
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Violin maker. : AMATI
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Certain poems. : QUATRAINS
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Color. : TAN
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Subject of Debussy work. : FAUN
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Catalog entries. : TITLES
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Camelot name. : ENID
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Brood of pheasants. : NIDE
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Dabble. : DIB
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TV program. : OPENEND
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Avian sounds. : CAWS
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Advice. : INFORM
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Pirate's prize. : LOOT
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Greek letter. : CHI
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Pub. : BARROOM
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Attired for work. : SMOCKED
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Dweller: Suffix. : ITE
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Presently. : ANON
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"___ Fideles." : ADESTE
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Active one. : DOER
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Geologist's concern. : EROSION
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Bulgarian coin. : LEV
55
Divination. : OMEN
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Unwoven cloth. : TAPA
60
National park in Maine. : ACADIA
63
Business abbreviation. : INST
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Language: Abbr. : LAT
66
Tiny republic. : SANMARINO
68
Watt, erg, etc. : UNITS
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Believer in Inti. : INCA
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Hebrew month. : ADAR
72
Baseball name. : REESE
73
Suffix on numbers. : TEEN
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Lugosi. : BELA
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African land. : KENYA
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Cheer. : ELATE
2
Type of type. : ROMAN
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Siegfried's horse. : GRANI
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Knack. : ART
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Norse name. : LEIF
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Shiny ornament. : SEQUIN
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Sussex castle. : ARUNDEL
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"The Lady ___ Tramp." : ISA
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European. : LETT
10
Unmoving. : STATIC
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Players farthest from the scrimmage line. : TAILBACKS
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Norse name. : ARNE
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Antarctic sea. : ROSS
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Be ___ of. : RID
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Marine animal. : ANEMONE
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Revolving device. : DOOR
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Name meaning man. : ENOS
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Pacific canoe. : PROA
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Fields of action. : DOMAINS
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Sharpen. : WHET
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Flank. : SIDE
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Anthology abbreviation. : IBID
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Initials from 1949. : NATO
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Kind of writer. : FREELANCE
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Fuss. : TODO
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P. I. native. : MORO
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Red ___. : CENT
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So-called. : NOMINAL
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Cree or Osage. : REDMAN
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Feminine title. : SENORA
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Passing through. : VIA
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Strange. : ALIEN
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Fall guy. : PATSY
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Uncertain. : ATSEA
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___ were. : ASIT
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Malacca. : CANE
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Asiatic. : ARAB
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Asiatic. : TURK
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Chemistry suffix. : IDE
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Born. : NEE

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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