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New York Times, Monday, April 18, 1966

66-Across : Ball of thread.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,092
Across
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Shrewd. : FOXY
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White-plumed bird. : EGRET
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Chinese dynasty. : MING
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Vapor: Prefix. : ATMO
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One of the Mickeys. : MOUSE
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Early Irish alphabet. : OGAM
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Buenos ___. : DIAS
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Zip Code. : POSTALZONE
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Jewish ascetic. : ESSENE
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Stiff muslin. : TARLATAN
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Mild exclamation. : MERCY
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Very much. : FAR
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Renowned ship. : MONITOR
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Flags. : BUNTING
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Swiss-French author. : ANET
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Philippine patriot. : ROMULO
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Novi ___, Moscow magazine. : MIR
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Tent. : TEPEE
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Mountain pass. : COL
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Narrow escape: Colloq. : SHAVE
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Personality. : EGO
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100 kopecks: Var. : ROUBLE
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Double curve. : OGEE
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Bird classification. : RASORES
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Cerium, for one. : ELEMENT
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Launching place. : PAD
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Stanza. : STAVE
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Property of radiant energy. : ACTINISM
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Light color. : PASTEL
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Tremendous effort. : GREATPAINS
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Hawkeye State. : IOWA
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Handle. : HILT
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Set free. : UNTIE
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Ball of thread. : CLEW
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Skilled. : ABLE
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Percolates. : SEEPS
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"Sweet Adeline" composer. : KERN
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Vanish. : FADE
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Elevator pioneer. : OTIS
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Holiday season. : XMAS
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National park. : YOSEMITE
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Beethoven concerto. : EMPEROR
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Sticky stuff. : GOO
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Out of practice. : RUSTY
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Pronoun: Sp. : ESTA
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Lachrymose. : TEARFUL
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"Jupiter Symphony" composer. : MOZART
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"___ rhythm ... " : IGOT
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Barrie role. : NANA
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Certain agents. : GMEN
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Grassy plains. : LLANOS
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Yield. : NET
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Sign of spring. : CROCUS
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Parent. : MATER
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Karelian lake. : ONEGA
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Roman historian. : NEPOS
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Missile. : BULLET
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Portrait. : IMAGE
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Alias Phineas Fogg. : NIVEN
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Hail. : GREET
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Crowd. : MOB
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Wandering. : ERRANT
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Nostalgic. : HOMESICK
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Sophocles character. : OEDIPUS
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Passes. : ELAPSES
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Soothing agent. : OPIATE
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Little ___. : EVA
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Hit. : SMITE
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Moslem title. : AGHA
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Piece of furniture. : CRIB
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Rossini hero. : TELL
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Sound. : SANE
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Type of metalware. : TOLE
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Pitcher. : EWER
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Greensward. : LAWN
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Small bit. : NIP

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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