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New York Times, Monday, August 15, 1966

56-Across : Chinese society.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 311 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,211
Across
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Humid. : DAMP
5
Slightly open. : AJAR
9
Get by cadging. : MOOCH
14
Refrigerator. : ICER
15
Deceive. : DUPE
16
Above. : SUPRA
17
On the other side of the earth. : ANTIPODAL
19
Drinking vessel. : STEIN
20
Rent. : LEASE
21
Insect. : GNAT
23
One of the Allens. : FRED
24
Of the lower jaw. : SUBMAXILLARY
27
Term of endearment. : BABY
30
Usual: Abbr. : REG
31
___ mater. : PIA
32
Cruise port. : RIO
33
More reasonable. : SANER
35
Card. : KNAVE
39
One kind of coffee. : INSTANT
41
Old Testament book. : EZEKIEL
43
Artist Claude. : MONET
44
Palatable. : SAPID
46
Spanish article. : LAS
47
Carry. : LUG
49
One of the Jonsons. : BEN
50
Man, for one. : ISLE
51
Workers in high places. : STEEPLEJACKS
56
Chinese society. : TONG
57
High-strung. : TAUT
58
Greek letters. : IOTAS
62
Cognizant (of). : AWARE
64
Place for grinding grain. : GRISTMILL
66
Furnish workers again. : REMAN
67
Longest river of Siberia. : LENA
68
Historic island. : ELBA
69
Cuts. : TRIMS
70
Irritable. : EDGY
71
Enlarge (a hole). : REAM
Down
1
Dashboard item. : DIAL
2
Skin ailment. : ACNE
3
Among: Prefix. : META
4
Like an old maid. : PRISSY
5
Fuss and feathers. : ADO
6
Official decisions. : JUDGMENTS
7
Natural accompaniment: Var. : APANAGE
8
Take one's ease. : RELAX
9
Library exhibits: Abbr. : MSS
10
Perform a military action. : OUTFLANK
11
Type of entertainment. : OPERA
12
Hawker. : CRIER
13
Easily accessible. : HANDY
18
Little: Fr. : PEU
22
Tilt. : TIP
25
Milling by-product. : BRAN
26
Took pleasure in. : LIKED
27
Hat feature. : BRIM
28
Japanese aborigine. : AINO
29
Petty officer, for short. : BOSN
33
Kept late hours. : SATUP
34
Parroting. : REPEATING
36
"Good for what ___ you." : AILS
37
Type of cutlet. : VEAL
38
Otherwise. : ELSE
40
Wire. : TELEGRAM
42
Metallic element. : ZINC
45
Renounced. : ABJURED
48
Having gold edges: Abbr. : GLT
50
Chemistry term. : ISOMER
51
Put in operation. : START
52
Campanile. : TOWER
53
As a friend: Fr. : ENAMI
54
Symbolic bird. : EAGLE
55
Young animal. : KIT
59
Ceramic product. : TILE
60
White: Lat. : ALBA
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Bridge term. : SLAM
63
Printer's units. : ENS
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Surprised exclamation. : SAY

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

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