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New York Times, Saturday, July 23, 1966

56-Across : Son of David.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,188
Across
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"That is ___ that two can play at." : AGAME
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Eban of Israel. : ABBA
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Curve. : ARCH
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Neighbor of a cuspid. : MOLAR
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Den. : LAIR
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Today's proverbial whereabouts. : HERE
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Walk ___. : ONAIR
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Everglades denizen. : ALLIGATOR
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Perceived by touch, taste, etc. : SENSATE
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Baton Rouge school. : LSU
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Italian number. : UNO
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Naval intelligence outfit. : ONI
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Discouraged. : DETERRED
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Be logical. : STANDTOREASON
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Poetic contraction. : EEN
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Destroy. : SLAY
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Under: It. : SOTTO
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Breathe hard. : PANT
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Laboratory burners. : ETNAS
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Herr's mate. : FRAU
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Stair part. : TREAD
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Latin phrase, for short. : ETAL
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Noun suffix. : ICS
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Phrase from many a whodunit. : XMARKSTHESPOT
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Branches. : CHAPTERS
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Belonging to: Suffix. : ITE
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Weather word. : HOT
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Capital of Bashkir. : UFA
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Son of David. : ABSALOM
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Job for a medicine man. : RAINMAKER
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Tawny yellow. : OLIVE
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___ Plata, motto of Montana. : OROY
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Irish county. : CORK
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Intense agitation. : FEVER
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Bird. : MYNA
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Woolly beasts. : EWES
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Brother: Fr. : FRERE
Down
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Hebrew prophet. : AMOS
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Tomorrow's proverbial whereabouts. : GONE
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Pres. Arthur's middle name. : ALAN
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Paris dwelling. : MAISON
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Things to do today. : ERRANDS
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Wings: Anat. : ALAE
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Dance, French style. : BAL
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Little ___, hero of "Trilby." : BILLEE
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Awn. : ARISTA
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Interjection. : AHA
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Part of the journey. : RETURNTRIP
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Old woman. : CRONE
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King of Judea. : HEROD
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Conjecture. : GUESS
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Epithet. : TITLE
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Climatic condition. : DRYNESS
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Top part. : ROOF
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Month: Abbr. : SEPT
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Disrupt. : TEAR
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Act of taking possession of. : ANNEXATION
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Edible seed. : OAT
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Mexican sandwich. : TACO
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Expel. : OUST
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Pound lightly. : TAMP
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Legal agent: Abbr. : ATT
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Former title in India. : SAHIB
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Fact. : DATUM
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Gives forth, as steam. : LETSOFF
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Put up a new front. : REFACE
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Polish name for Polish city. : KRAKOW
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Commercial vessel. : SEALER
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Color: Prefix. : CHROM
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Ancient. : HOARY
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Boats. : ARKS
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In person. : LIVE
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Partner of out. : OVER
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Such and no more. : MERE
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Youth group. : NYA
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Prior to: Poet. : ERE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 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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