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New York Times, Wednesday, June 15, 1966

16-Across : What "vidi" means.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,150
Across
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Four: Ger. : VIER
5
What Wemmick's old father is called, in "Great Expectations." : AGEDP
10
Ref. book. : DICT
14
Regarding. : ASTO
15
Donkey's sounds. : BRAYS
16
What "vidi" means. : ISAW
17
Part of the street scene. : CURB
18
O. T. book. : HOSEA
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Ceramic piece. : TILE
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Explain fully. : SPELLOUT
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Only slightly. : LITTLE
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Wyatt of the West. : EARP
25
Dickens girl. : EMLY
26
Answer to a military command. : YESSIR
29
Good sport. : BASEBALL
33
Chemical suffix. : OLE
34
Do a sewing job. : REHEM
36
Ester of an acid. : SALOL
37
Dickens girl. : DORA
39
English author. : DEFOE
41
Discothèque word. : GOGO
42
Great big movies. : EPICS
44
Time being. : NONCE
46
Negative vote. : NAY
47
Political group. : LEFTWING
49
Story. : LEGEND
51
A Chaplin. : OONA
52
Italian coin. : LIRA
53
Masses of snow. : DRIFTS
56
Certain muffins. : POPOVERS
60
Hoop. : RING
61
Dame Edith ___. : EVANS
63
Officer, for short. : EXEC
64
Jason's ship. : ARGO
65
Dismissal: Fr. : CONGE
66
Adriatic resort. : LIDO
67
Plant. : WEED
68
Suiting. : TWEED
69
Pack away. : STOW
Down
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Holidays, British style. : VACS
2
The jig ___. : ISUP
3
French infinitive. : ETRE
4
California white oaks. : ROBLES
5
Loathed. : ABHORRED
6
Mary McCarthy novel (with "The"). : GROUP
7
Direction. : EAST
8
Eosin. : DYE
9
O. T. book. : PSALMS
10
Sailor's "housewife." : DITTYBAG
11
"What ___?" : ISIT
12
Name. : CALL
13
Bird's note. : TWEE
21
Beast's home. : LAIR
23
Parts of France. : ILES
25
De Valera. : EAMON
26
Tyrolean song. : YODEL
27
Run off to marry. : ELOPE
28
Fine line of a letter. : SERIF
29
Obscure. : BEFOG
30
Only. : ALONE
31
Yukon peak. : LOGAN
32
Actor Nolan. : LLOYD
35
Reddish brown. : HENNA
38
Inevitable accident: Law. : ACTOFGOD
40
Overshadowed. : ECLIPSED
43
Work very hard: Eng. slang. : SWOT
45
Architect Saarinen. : EERO
48
Firefly. : INSECT
50
Certain mallets. : GAVELS
52
Rope for training horses. : LONGE
53
Sketch. : DRAW
54
Laugh: Fr. : RIRE
55
Current playwright. : INGE
56
Sheet of glass. : PANE
57
Theater sign. : EXIT
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Fix over. : REDO
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Harbor vessel. : SCOW
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Promise. : VOW

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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