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New York Times, Monday, August 1, 1966

29-Across : Ancient rulers.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.75, Missing: { K X Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,197
Across
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Title of colonial India. : SAHIB
6
South of France. : MIDI
10
Highway structure. : RAMP
14
Gladiator's place. : ARENA
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Caustic stuff. : ACID
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Assyrian war god. : ASUR
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___ circle. : POLAR
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Means of propulsion. : JETENGINE
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Full of: Suffix. : OSE
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Globule. : BLOB
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Café ___. : AULAIT
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City on the Truckee. : RENO
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Lined up. : AROW
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Dull resounding noise. : BAM
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Ancient rulers. : CAESARS
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Unless: Lat. : NISI
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Diving duck. : SCOTER
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Bark cloth. : TAPA
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Negative prefix. : NON
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Down ___. : TOEARTH
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Measure, in a way. : PACEOFF
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Acknowledge. : OWN
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Annual period. : YEAR
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"How ___ my heart ... " : DEARTO
49
Garden section. : PLOT
51
Maids of all work. : SLAVEYS
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Kind of dog: Colloq. : POM
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River into the Baltic. : ODER
56
W.W. II war lord. : TOJO
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Educate. : SCHOOL
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Business letter abbreviation. : INST
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Went. : RAN
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Recompense. : QUITTANCE
68
Showing surprise. : AGAPE
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Latin pronoun. : ILLE
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Part of a nut. : MEAT
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Gargantuan one. : TITAN
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Lack. : NEED
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Sport. : POLO
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At ___ (over). : ANEND
Down
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Relish. : SAPOR
2
Came up. : AROSE
3
First name in the theater. : HELEN
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Feminine suffix. : INA
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Moorish horse. : BARB
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"Barbara" and others. : MAJORS
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Winter sport craft. : ICEBOAT
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On ___ (bit of gossip). : DIT
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Vagary. : IDEA
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Kind of sleeve. : RAGLAN
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Anatolia. : ASIAMINOR
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Famous actor. : MUNI
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Past tense: Abbr. : PRET
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Point: Colloq. : NUB
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Ophelia's brother. : LAERTES
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Numerical prefix. : OCTA
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Garment. : WRAP
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Graceful: Poet. : AERY
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Garden workers. : SPADERS
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Bland. : SOFT
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The dope. : INFO
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Block. : STOP
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Head covering. : COWL
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Wine lover. : OENOPHILE
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___-deucey. : ACEY
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Angelic symbol : HALO
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"___ of Eden." : EAST
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Basic. : RADICAL
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Blew. : TOOTED
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Department of Italy. : VENETO
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Witty remark. : MOT
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Harangue. : ORATE
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Land of 56 Across. : JAPAN
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Upright. : ONEND
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Area measure: Abbr. : SQIN
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Diminutive suffix. : CULE
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Headlight. : LAMP
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Good-bye, nursery style. : TATA
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New: Prefix. : NEO
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Cotton ___. : GIN

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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