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New York Times, Tuesday, August 2, 1966

17-Across : Jinx.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q V }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,198
Across
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Rumor personified. : FAMA
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Clown in "Twelfth Night." : FESTE
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Block letters. : ABCS
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Latin-American name. : LUIS
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Miriam's brother. : AARON
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Emit fumes. : REEK
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Jinx. : INDIANSIGN
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1966 Emmy winner. : DALY
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Parts: Abbr. : PTS
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Small European deer. : ROES
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Uprising: Fr. : EMEUTE
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Beagle. : HOUND
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City NE of Paris. : LAON
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Out on ___. : ALIMB
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Worker on the lobster shift. : NIGHTMAN
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Veteran film producer. : CAPRA
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Feudal estate. : MANOR
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Exclamation. : OHO
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Embroiderer of flowers, in opera. : MIMI
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Two six-packs. : DOZEN
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Booty. : LOOT
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Paris season. : ETE
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Take part. : SITIN
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Masculine title. : SENOR
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Brief review. : SYNOPSIS
44
Fritter away. : WASTE
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Confrere of 19 Across. : CERF
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Diagram. : GRAPH
48
Asian peninsula. : MALAYA
51
Juncture. : SEAM
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Time after midnight. : IAM
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Composer's work. : OPUS
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The "beginning of wisdom." : EXPERIENCE
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Prime time. : NINE
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Contract. : LEASE
61
"___ horse!" : GETA
62
Girl in a comedy song. : KATY
63
___ alios. : INTER
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O'Neill character. : ORIN
Down
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Saucy: Colloq. : FLIP
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Kinswoman. : AUNT
3
Annapolis students. : MIDSHIPMEN
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___ was saying ... : ASI
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Maniple. : FANON
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Slackened. : EASED
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Hindu titles. : SRIS
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___ out (dress). : TOG
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Nine-sided figure. : ENNEAGON
10
Impassioned. : ARDENT
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Suitor. : BEAU
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Breton. : CELT
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Hebrides isle. : SKYE
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Island off Venezuela. : ARUBA
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African gazelle. : MOHR
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King Ahab's father. : OMRI
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Fine stationery. : LINEN
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Zeniths. : ACMES
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Nonprofessionals. : LAITY
29
Black Shirts. : NAZIS
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Still man. : MOONSHINER
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Not give ___. : AHOOT
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Our: Fr. : NOTRE
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Theme in art. : MOTIF
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Benjamin of Britain. : DISRAELI
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Bound. : LEAP
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Second longest Scottish river. : SPEY
41
Pundit. : SWAMI
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Irish dramatist. : OCASEY
46
Gannets. : GEESE
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Finer. : RARER
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Trappist. : MONK
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Port of the South Seas. : APIA
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Famous stage name. : LUNT
51
Tiff. : SPAT
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Play's beginning. : ACTI
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Signify. : MEAN
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Foreign: Prefix. : XEN
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Latin pronoun. : EGO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 9 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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