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New York Times, Monday, March 21, 1966

18-Across : Scoffed at.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,064
Across
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British servicewoman. : WAAF
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Theme. : MOTIF
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Pertaining to a poem. : ODIC
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City of Hawaii. : HILO
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Asiatic. : IRANI
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City on the Dvina. : RIGA
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River into the Fulda. : EDER
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Scoffed at. : MADEGAMEOF
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Drinking songs, old style. : WASSAILS
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Saltpetre. : NITRE
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Fundamentals. : ABCS
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Floor coverings. : MATS
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Cure meat, in a way. : SMOKE
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Vegetables. : RADISHES
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Agree. : COMETOTERMS
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___ française. : ALA
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Baker. : OVEN
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Mark. : GRADE
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Newspaper item: Abbr. : OBIT
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Fashion phenomenon. : WIG
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Nearness. : PROPINQUITY
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Throwaways. : LEAFLETS
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Pure. : UTTER
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Dash against. : LASH
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Garlands. : LEIS
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Spokes. : RADII
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Crafted by man. : HANDMADE
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Position. : STANDPOINT
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Sleep like ___. : ALOG
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Green, in heraldry. : VERT
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Partner of law. : ORDER
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Chime. : RING
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Hamsters and others. : PETS
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Verse. : POESY
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Touches, in a game. : TAGS
Down
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Sound of suprise. : WHEW
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Subject of famous aria. : AIDA
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Stout and others. : ALES
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Deserted. : FORSAKEN
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Ape. : MIMIC
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Ph.D. ordeals. : ORALS
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Small children. : TADS
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Feminine suffix. : INE
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Fruit. : FIG
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Hit ___. : ORMISS
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Regimen. : DIET
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Stravinsky. : IGOR
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Bistro. : CAFE
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Cons. : ANTIS
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Aid's partner. : ABET
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Lundi's neighbor. : MARDI
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Toilers on Madison Ave. : ADMEN
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Angry look. : SCOWL
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Form of entertainment. : MOVIE
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Greek letter. : OMEGA
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Gets a return. : REAPS
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Dress. : HABIT
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Cream. : ELITE
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Sylvan deity. : SATYR
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Blunderbore and others. : OGRES
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Loyalty, of old. : TROTH
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Get the better of. : OUTSMART
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Patterned cloth. : PLAID
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Cud. : QUID
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Lighter essentials. : FLINTS
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Roads. : LANES
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Term in bridge playing. : ENTRY
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Invitation initials. : RSVP
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To ___. : ATEE
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Garment seam. : DART
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Shagreen, for one. : HIDE
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Inter ___. : ALIA
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Bell sound. : DONG
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Bacon's partner. : EGGS
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Member of the family. : POP
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Spanish gold. : ORO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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