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New York Times, Monday, September 5, 1966

50-Across : Library or office need.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,232
Across
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Part of a ship. : MAST
5
Navigation aid. : RADAR
10
Nymph. : ECHO
14
Again. : ANEW
15
Indian. : OSAGE
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Before long. : SOON
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Unique. : ONEOFAKIND
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Whimper. : PULE
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With reference to. : ASFOR
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Bridge player. : DECLARER
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Trick-takers. : ACES
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Peter or Paul. : SAINT
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Dims. : OBSCURES
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Is affected (by some influence, event, etc.). : REACTS
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Books. : TOMES
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Niacin and others. : ACIDS
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Exclamation. : AHA
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Tadpole's relative. : TOAD
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Some parties. : STAGS
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Teacher, for short. : PROF
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Photographer's abbreviation. : ENL
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Nut. : ACORN
42
Edge. : SIDLE
43
Experience again. : RELIVE
45
Bridge plays. : FINESSES
47
Trail. : SCENT
49
Kind. : SORT
50
Library or office need. : FILECARD
53
Flora and fauna. : BIOTA
56
Smith or Bede. : ADAM
57
Top poker hand. : ROYALFLUSH
60
User of a prayer wheel. : LAMA
61
___ France. : ILEDE
62
Within: Prefix. : ENTO
63
Org. : ASSN
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Senior. : OLDER
65
Named before. : SAID
Down
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Red leader. : MAO
2
Palindromic name. : ANNA
3
Understands. : SEES
4
Describing 11 Down. : TWOFACED
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Clamorous one. : ROARER
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Query. : ASK
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What "Pore Jud" is. : DAID
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Saint of Jan. 21. : AGNES
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♥'s and ♦'s. : REDCARDS
10
Spain, in Spain. : ESPANA
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Kings, queens, etc. : COURTCARDS
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___ card. : HOLE
13
Expert: Colloq. : ONER
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Central point. : FOCUS
22
"Little White" items of song. : LIES
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International group. : SEATO
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Dark brown fur. : OTTER
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Famous pioneer. : BOONE
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6 ♠, 6 ♣, etc. : SMALLSLAMS
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Ascot. : SCARF
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Pin of metal or wood. : THOLE
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Vaults. : SAFES
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___ fatuus (will-o'-the-wisp). : IGNIS
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Shooting script. : SCENARIO
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Old Spanish gold coins. : PISTOLES
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With: Fr. : AVEC
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Part of a type face. : SERIF
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Seller of certain cubes. : ICEMAN
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Not as mean. : NOBLER
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Chant merrily. : TROLL
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White House dog. : FALA
51
Slayer of Castor, in Greek myth. : IDAS
52
Hennaed. : DYED
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Bluefin. : TUNA
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Italian province. : ASTI
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American humorist. : ADE
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Coal scuttle. : HOD

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later.

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