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New York Times, Wednesday, March 23, 1966

53-Across : ___ Arabia.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { K Q V }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,066
Across
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City of Lombardy. : COMO
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Civil War general. : BRAGG
10
Metric weights: Abbr. : CGMS
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Military acronym. : AWOL
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Primitive. : EARLY
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Act precipitately. : LEAP
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Heeds. : LENDSANEAR
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Noun ending. : ANCE
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___ all. : NOTAT
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Per contract. : ASAGREED
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"___ to laugh." : ITIS
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Steak source. : STEER
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The gamut. : FROMATOZ
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Entire. : INTACT
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Port on the Seine. : ROUEN
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Station. : DEPOT
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Household god. : LAR
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Afghan title. : AMIR
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Navigation aid. : LORAN
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Snack. : BITE
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___ Mahal. : TAJ
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Island off Turkey. : SAMOS
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Flows slowly. : OOZES
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Brisk: Colloq. : SNAPPY
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Swizzle sticks. : STIRRERS
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Sophisticated. : BLASE
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Progress. : ONGO
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Outdoorsmanship. : SCOUTING
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___ Arabia. : SAUDI
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Too bad! : ALAS
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Reprimanding: Colloq. : TELLINGOFF
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34 Across, in France. : GARE
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Hill nymph. : OREAD
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Musical hobby. : HIFI
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Ends' companion. : ODDS
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For the ___. : NONCE
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Charon's beat. : STYX
Down
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Presidential nickname. : CAL
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Welsh social reformer. : OWEN
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Numerical prefix. : MONO
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Veteran. : OLDTIMER
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Get out! : BEATIT
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Made tracks. : RAN
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Field. : AREA
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Mirror. : GLASS
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Spiral motion. : GYRATION
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Purplish-red. : CLARET
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Conclude broadly. : GENERALIZE
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Nutmeg. : MACE
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See 6 Down. : SPED
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The serpent. : SATAN
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Fellow. : GENT
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Sinful place. : SODOM
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Campus groups. : FRATS
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___ à clef. : ROMAN
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Séance adjunct. : OUIJABOARD
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Goose eggs. : ZEROS
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Supply food. : CATER
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Lovelock. : TRESS
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Meal, in Roma. : PASTO
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Exaggerates: Colloq. : LAYSITON
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Queens, et al. : BOROUGHS
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Petty quarrel. : SPAT
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Calliope's cousin. : ORGAN
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Gains. : PLUSES
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Within. : INSIDE
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Winter month: Sp. : ENERO
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Kind of palm. : SAGO
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Bedight. : CLAD
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Valley. : GLEN
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___ yourself. : DOIT
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Not certain: Colloq. : IFFY
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Varnish ingredient. : LAC
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Predicament: Colloq. : FIX

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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