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New York Times, Wednesday, July 12, 1967

56-Across : ___ first.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q V }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,542
Across
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Equine of a sort. : HOSS
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Menu category. : EGGS
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Small drum. : TABOR
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"Take ___ from me." : ATIP
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Convex moldings. : TORI
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Heath plant. : ERICA
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Locksley the archer. : ROBINHOOD
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Corsair's ship. : XEBEC
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Seed covering. : TESTA
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Resided. : DWELT
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New Guinea port. : LAE
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Whatnot. : ETAGERE
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Swerve. : BEND
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Eastern title. : SRI
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Manchurian border river. : AMUR
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Ranch animal. : EWE
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Wins the game. : OUTPLAYS
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Water plants. : ALGAE
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Reaches. : ATTAINS
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Work for a private eye. : TAILING
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Hurrah. : SHOUT
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Honesty: Fr. : BONNEFOI
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A Nugent. : LYN
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Beards on grain. : AWNS
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Scores, in a game. : TDS
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Member of the Third Reich. : NAZI
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Satan. : OLDNICK
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Solemn wonder. : AWE
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Sprigs. : TWIGS
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___ first. : OUTAT
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A Kennedy. : BOBBY
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Indonesians. : SUMATRANS
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City SE of Cleveland. : AKRON
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Alkaline substances. : LYES
66
Three: Ger. : DREI
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Legal paper. : LEASE
68
Saxon thrall. : ESNE
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Planted. : SOWN
Down
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Poet Crane. : HART
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Plains Indian. : OTOE
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Kin. : SIBS
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Ill will. : SPITE
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Ordinal suffix. : ETH
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TV heroes. : GOODGUYS
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Horticulturists. : GROWERS
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Word with East or West. : SIDER
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Letterpress. : TEXT
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Common verb. : ARE
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Senator from Nevada. : BIBLE
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Global expanse. : OCEAN
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Sprinted. : RACED
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Birth rate. : NATALITY
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Nautical term. : LEE
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To ___ (every one). : AMAN
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Popular girl. : BELLE
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Provided that. : SOAS
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Hall of Fame name. : RUTH
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Leave ___ me. : ITTO
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Wood paneling. : WAINSCOT
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Former King of Greece. : PAULI
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Talent. : GIFT
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Its "as good as a wink." : ANOD
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Sponsorship. : EGIS
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Citizens. : TOWNSMEN
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Years: Lat. : ANNI
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TV villains. : BADGUYS
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At once. : NOW
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Abigail's spouse. : NABAL
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Roused. : AWOKE
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Animal of the veldt. : ZEBRA
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Fabric. : LISLE
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Iranian people. : KURDS
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Newcastle's river. : TYNE
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Elephant's-ear. : TARO
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What "de novo" means. : ANEW
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Chinese dynasty. : TSIN
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Cattle genus. : BOS
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Ibsen role. : ASE

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

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