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New York Times, Saturday, September 24, 1966

57-Across : One of D'Artagnan's friends.

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: 284 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,251
Across
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Invented tale. : FABLE
6
Rapid turn. : SPIN
10
Tie with rope. : LASH
14
Part of the year. : APRIL
15
Where the Ucayali flows. : PERU
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Scope. : AREA
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Set straight. : TRUED
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Apeman. : ORANGUTAN
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Weller. : SAM
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Fearsome. : EERIE
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Squad, squadron, etc. : UNITS
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Bivalve. : MUSSEL
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Serious faults. : VICES
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Crows. : BOASTS
29
Senator Margaret. : SMITH
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Spur on. : URGE
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Kangaroo bear. : KOALA
33
Stock exchange area. : PIT
36
"Faint heart ___." : NEERWONFAIRLADY
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Sawyer. : TOM
41
Much: Colloq. : HEAPS
42
Word with mid and sad. : IRON
43
Ballerina Shearer. : MOIRA
44
Part of a saddle. : CANTLE
46
Eddy. : SWIRL
48
Local relationship. : UBIETY
50
Hushed. : STILL
51
Open. : CLEAR
52
Kern song. : WHO
55
Spreading cirrus cloud. : MARESTAIL
57
One of D'Artagnan's friends. : ATHOS
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Without end. : EVER
60
Left. : WENT
61
Smirch. : TAINT
62
Unites. : WEDS
63
See 23 Across. : ONES
64
Silas Marner's foundling. : EPPIE
Down
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Certain foodstuffs. : FATS
2
Guam harbor. : APRA
3
Anything cheap and gaudy: Colloq. : BRUMMAGEM
4
Lean or press (on). : LIE
5
First-born. : ELDEST
6
Fern cell. : SPORE
7
Thriller of the good old days. : PERILSOFPAULINE
8
Dies ___. : IRAE
9
Poor Clare. : NUN
10
Watercraft. : LAUNCH
11
One of the Shaws. : ARTIE
12
Places in Congress. : SEATS
13
Sachs. : HANS
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Segovia's forte. : GUITAR
22
Letter. : ESS
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Employer. : USER
26
Odin's brother. : VILI
27
Diamond hit. : BUNT
28
Mountain: Prefix. : OREO
30
River in the Netherlands. : MAAS
32
Burr in wood. : KNAR
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Senator Mansfield's role. : PARTYWHIP
34
Center of admiration. : IDOL
35
Newcastle's river. : TYNE
37
Fingerprint features. : WHORLS
38
Eye: Fr. : OEIL
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Fiber of cotton. : LINT
43
Track performers. : MILERS
44
D. C. agency. : CIA
45
Make gaseous. : AERATE
46
Part of a keg. : STAVE
47
Sent a message. : WIRED
49
Fashion features. : BELTS
50
Magpie diver. : SMEW
51
Port on the Orne. : CAEN
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___ soit qui mal y pense. : HONI
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Bone: Prefix. : OSTE
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Pair. : TWO
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Spigot. : TAP

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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