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New York Times, Wednesday, May 18, 1966

40-Across : Ships: Abbr.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q V X }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,122
Across
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Military power. : SWORD
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Loud cry. : YAWP
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Two-masted vessel. : BRIG
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Large mackerel. : WAHOO
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Arabic name. : ABOU
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Wealthy: Sp. : RICO
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Of a continent. : ASIAN
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Bank's list of assets. : PORTFOLIO
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Name meaning "a twin." : THOMAS
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Clean. : UNSOILED
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Exhibit. : SETOUT
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Refinery of a kind. : OILERY
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Fell. : CUTDOWN
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Handle: Fr. : ANSE
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___ loss. : ATA
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Kinglike. : REGAL
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Footprint. : TRACE
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Familiar farewell. : TATA
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Walt Disney creation. : DUMBO
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Ships: Abbr. : STRS
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Larceny. : THEFT
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Retaining rights. : LIENS
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Annoyed exclamation. : TUT
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Hartebeest. : TORA
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List in detail. : ITEMIZE
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Newsman's adjunct. : CAMERA
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Tiny. : ATOMIC
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Baseball league. : AMERICAN
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Canary island (with "Las'). : PALMAS
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Adding machine. : TOTALIZER
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Color. : TAUPE
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Spoken. : ORAL
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Headline initials. : NATO
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Small map of a kind. : INSET
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Little ___. : NELL
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Bite. : GNAW
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Certain students. : COEDS
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Babe Ruth's kingdom. : SWAT
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Weekly chore. : WASH
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Three-time Rose Bowl winner. : OHIOSTATE
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Went about. : ROAMED
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Tither, for example. : DONATOR
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One of the Carolines. : YAP
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Approximately. : ABOUT
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The worse for wear. : WORN
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Assumes. : PUTSON
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Chickens. : BROILERS
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Cleft on the moon's surface. : RILLE
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More aloof. : ICIER
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Delicacy: Colloq. : GOODY
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Palm off. : FOIST
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Planted. : SOWED
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Hoof. : UNGULA
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Memorable Carrie. : CATT
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State. : UTAH
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Even though. : ALBEIT
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"What kind of fool ___?" : AMI
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Xenophon, so called. : ATTICMUSE
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Cross: Sp. : CRUZ
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Ferrara name. : ESTE
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Notwithstanding. : AFTERALL
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Ahead of all others. : ONTOP
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Bull's cell at ringside. : TORIL
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Serving as a warning of danger, as a snake's color. : SEMATIC
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Track activity. : RACING
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City of the Sforzas. : MILANO
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"___ a Hot Tin Roof." : CATON
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Andante con ___. : AMORE
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Nickel. : METAL
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European news agency. : ANETA
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Muezzin's call to prayer. : AZAN
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Mimicked. : APED
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Deposits. : SETS
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Rotten ___, Hyde Park bridle path. : ROW

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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