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New York Times, Wednesday, September 7, 1966

26-Across : Elephant keeper.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.68, Missing: { J W }, Scrabble score: 327 (avg 1.75)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,234
Across
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Hummingbird. : TOPAZ
6
Manger. : CRIB
10
Historic isle. : ELBA
14
"Thereby hangs ___." : ATALE
15
Pinkish red. : ROSE
16
Jib, for one. : SAIL
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Brownies. : GIRLSCOUTS
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Large African antelope. : KUDU
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Sibilant sound. : SST
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Feminine suffix. : TRIX
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In the same place: Lat. : IBIDEM
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Port on Gulf of Gabes. : SFAX
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Balance bar. : BEAM
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Elephant keeper. : MAHOUT
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Dwelling of a kind. : DOGHOUSE
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To any extent. : ATALL
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Present! : HERE
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River of myth. : STYX
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Make fun of: Colloq. : RIB
37
"And so ___." : TOBED
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Noun ending. : URE
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Old Dutch coin. : DOIT
41
Charge. : ONUS
42
Musical. : LYRIC
44
Certain: Slang. : INTHEBAG
46
As ___. : SOONAS
47
Welsh name. : EVAN
48
French city. : LAON
49
Jazz devotee. : HEPCAT
52
Sit in the sun. : BASK
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Tiny: Scot. : SMA
56
Popular color. : AQUA
57
___ college (just graduated). : FRESHOUTOF
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Submerged. : SUNK
61
Possessive. : OURS
62
Not likely. : UNAPT
63
Pull (up): Colloq. : HIKE
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City near Tahoe. : RENO
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Color values. : TONES
Down
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Follows along. : TAGS
2
American patriot. : OTIS
3
Portion. : PART
4
Quite. : ALL
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Piquant. : ZESTFUL
6
___ de Guerre. : CROIX
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Cook's mixture. : ROUX
8
Adherent: Suffix. : IST
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Surrounded. : BESIEGED
10
Alaskans. : ESKIMOS
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Praise. : LAUD
12
Wait, old style. : BIDE
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College grad. : ALUM
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Supporter of: Suffix. : CRAT
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Pooh! : BAH
24
Coin of Peru. : SOL
25
Long-winded ones. : BORES
26
Tuesday: Fr. : MARDI
27
Noun ending. : ATION
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Practice. : HABIT
29
Eliminate malfunctions of: Slang. : DEBUG
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Motorist's maneuver. : UTURN
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Iraq's neighbor. : SYRIA
32
Office VIP's. : EXECS
34
Chinese province. : HONAN
37
Go ___ (champion). : TOBATFOR
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Take ___ (win): Slang. : THECAKE
42
Beware. : LOOKOUT
43
Hither's partner. : YON
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Girl's name. : EVA
46
Ribbon. : SASH
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Rope. : LASSO
49
Menu item. : HASH
50
Prefix with poise and distant. : EQUI
51
Touchwood. : PUNK
52
Swiss canton. : BERN
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T. Williams hero. : STAN
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Dejected one. : MOPE
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Times of day: Abbr. : AFTS
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Repent. : RUE
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Italian numeral. : UNO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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