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New York Times, Thursday, August 25, 1966

45-Across : Chessman.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,221
Across
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Summer fare. : SALAD
6
Imprudent. : RASH
10
Singer of songs. : BARD
14
Excuse: Colloq. : ALIBI
15
Bread spread. : OLEO
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Lamb. : ELIA
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Clothing. : LINEN
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Folk medicine. : POWWOWISM
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"Little" woman. : MEG
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Summery symbol. : GREENLEAVES
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Suitable. : INORDER
25
"Your majesty." : SIRE
26
Fork over. : PONYUP
29
Nobelist in literature, 1930. : LEWIS
32
Gambling spot. : CASINO
35
___ culpa. : MEA
37
Witness's words. : IDO
38
Elec. unit. : AMP
39
Shipboard device, as for holding compass level. : GIMBALS
42
P.M. party. : TEA
43
Luau food. : POI
44
Robot play. : RUR
45
Chessman. : BISHOP
47
Graceful girl. : SYLPH
50
Audiophile's activity. : TAPING
52
Rented. : TOOK
54
Carouse. : ROISTER
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Girl's name. : RAE
63
With the exception of. : ASIDEFROM
64
Headdress. : TIARA
66
Summer's end. : FALL
67
Cows, once. : KINE
68
Over. : ENDED
69
Lively lad. : TYKE
70
Medicare' s beneficiaries. : AGED
71
Like an oboe's sound. : REEDY
Down
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Game dish. : SALMI
2
Strange. : ALIEN
3
Jargon. : LINGO
4
Noted nickname. : ABE
5
Bell sound. : DINGDONG
6
Hawser plant. : ROPERY
7
Lily plant. : ALOE
8
Basted. : SEWN
9
Ululates, : HOWLS
10
"___ the Jubjub bird ... " : BEWARE
11
Full of moving things. : ALIVEWITH
12
Rebel. : RISE
13
Obstructs. : DAMS
19
Eye: Fr. : OEIL
22
Great impressionist. : RENOIR
24
College at Troy, N. Y. : RPI
27
Shadow. : UMBRA
28
Kind of soup. : PEA
30
Kind of gram or graph. : IDEO
31
Water's companion. : SOAP
32
Birettas. : CAPS
33
Chinese port. : AMOY
34
Water over the dam. : SPILTMILK
36
England: Poet. : ALBION
40
Wife of Amen-Ra. : MUT
41
Ominous. : SINISTER
46
Law officers: Abbr. : SGS
48
Popular pet. : POODLE
49
Nylons. : HOSE
51
College course, for short. : PREMED
53
Author of "Amerika." : KAFKA
55
Swap. : TRADE
56
Like certain seals. : EARED
57
On the qui vive. : READY
58
Handle. : HAFT
59
Beginning of an anthem. : OSAY
60
Smug one. : PRIG
61
Girl's name. : IONE
65
Like: Suffix. : INE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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