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C. V. King
C. V. King

New York Times, Tuesday, August 1, 1967

52-Across : Czar's order.

Author:
C. V. King
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { G J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
C. V. King has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,562
Across
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Get rid of. : DUMP
5
W.I. Indian. : CARIB
10
Poker term. : CALL
14
Surprised exclamation. : ISAY
15
Open. : UNBAR
16
Suffix with "eye" words. : OPIA
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Gershwin song. : SUMMERTIME
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Guitar feature. : FRET
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Dernier ___. : CRI
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Eastern name. : ALI
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Sting ray. : BATFISH
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Plant shoot. : SPEAR
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Toledo's river. : MAUMEE
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Everyday implements. : SPOONS
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High home. : AERIE
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Lather. : SOAP
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One at random. : ANY
38
Incorporate. : EMBODY
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Both: Prefix. : AMBI
40
Jordan's neighbor. : SYRIA
42
Hold sway. : RULE
43
Read proof, in a way. : REEDIT
45
Cricket term. : ONS
46
Letters. : EXES
47
Silly escapade. : ANTIC
48
Cosa ___. : NOSTRA
50
Meat. : SALAMI
52
Czar's order. : UKASE
56
Piece of pastry. : TARTLET
59
Ayesha. : SHE
61
Flower: Colloq. : MUM
62
Up and across. : OVER
63
See 17 Across. : WINTERTIME
66
Girl's nickname. : TINA
67
House plants. : IVIES
68
Assyrian war god: Var. : ASUR
69
Advantage. : ODDS
70
Fig features. : SEEDS
71
Children's game. : ISPY
Down
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Platters. : DISCS
2
Seize power. : USURP
3
Gettysburg name. : MAMIE
4
English Puritan. : PYM
5
Roll (up). : CURL
6
Element No. 51. : ANTIMONY
7
Initials in baseball. : RBI
8
Two-syllable foot. : IAMBUS
9
Carp's cousin. : BREAM
10
Welcome interlude. : COFFEEBREAK
11
Abbreviated date. : APRI
12
Double-talk. : LIES
13
Piece of wood. : LATH
18
Wyatt. : EARP
23
Players. : TEAM
25
House plants. : ASPIDISTRAS
27
Found in ___ in the house. : ANYROOM
29
Drying chamber. : OAST
31
Basic mixture for sauces. : ROUX
32
Twiddling one's thumbs. : IDLE
33
Potato buds. : EYES
34
One of the Delanos. : SARA
35
Sign. : OMEN
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Countenance by aid. : ABET
38
Compass point. : EAST
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Persevered. : INSISTED
44
Adjective suffix. : ICAL
48
Inherent. : NATIVE
49
Sorry chap. : RUER
51
Nobelist in Literature, 1930. : LEWIS
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Wrong. : AMISS
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Recapitulate briefly. : SUMUP
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Corundum. : EMERY
56
In ___ (entirely). : TOTO
57
Eager. : AVID
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Split. : REND
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Dame Myra. : HESS
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Never: Ger. : NIE
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Asian. : TAI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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