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New York Times, Thursday, June 16, 1966

50-Across : Capistrano bird.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,151
Across
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Famed educator. : MANN
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Hold fast, at sea. : BELAY
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"Do as ___." : ISAY
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Nobelist chemist. : UREY
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Tete-___. : ATETE
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Verne character. : NEMO
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Seer. : SEVENTHSON
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Scandinavian name. : SVEN
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Chill. : ICE
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Rift. : CHASM
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Pass, as time. : SPEND
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Newspaper feature. : CARTOON
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Hickenlooper, for one. : IOWAN
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Letters on the Independence. : USS
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Keystone Governor. : SCRANTON
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Headquarters. : BASE
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Mme. de ___. : STAEL
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Compass point. : ENE
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In ___ (untidy). : AMESS
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Throw: Colloq. : PEG
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Throw out. : EJECT
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Of the fleet: Abbr. : NAV
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Annoy: Colloq. : PEEVE
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One form of "Agnes." : INES
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Indian. : CHEROKEE
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Labor initials. : AFL
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Stark. : NAKED
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Capistrano bird. : SWALLOW
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Jellylike candy. : PASTE
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Trick's alternate. : TREAT
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Pitcher's record: Abbr. : ERA
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Incite. : ABET
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Neither profits nor loses. : BREAKSEVEN
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Authentic. : REAL
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Brief experience. : TASTE
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Bridge play. : LEAD
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Otherwise. : ELSE
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Sinclair. : UPTON
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Clytemnestra's mother. : LEDA
Down
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"Concord of sweet sounds." : MUSIC
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Betel palm. : ARECA
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By no chance. : NEVER
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Bevan's nickname. : NYE
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Anticlimax. : BATHOS
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Allen of the 18th century. : ETHAN
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Not so much. : LESS
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Our time. : ATOMICAGE
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Ginza money. : YEN
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Harness a team, in South Africa. : INSPAN
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Tarkington novel. : SEVENTEEN
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Yea. : AMEN
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Over there: Poet. : YOND
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Relatives of PFCs. : NCOS
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Wet hollow. : SWALE
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Day: Abbr. : TUES
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Cinnabar. : ORE
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Allen of the 20th century. : STEVE
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Famous first word. : ONCE
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Profits. : NETS
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French bench. : BANC
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Nurse, in India. : AMAH
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Book of poems by Kipling. : SEVENSEAS
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Radar, for one. : SPEEDTRAP
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Lectured. : SPOKE
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Jack's companion. : JILL
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Also, old style. : EKE
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Disconcert: Colloq. : RATTLE
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Rouse. : AWAKEN
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Meat and vegetable products. : FATS
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International group. : SEATO
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River quay. : LEVEE
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Nymph. : OREAD
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Landowska. : WANDA
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Trim. : PARE
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Hudson hero. : ABEL
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Remainder. : REST
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Measure of heat: Abbr. : BTU
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House part. : ELL

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1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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