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New York Times, Thursday, September 8, 1966

9-Across : Have ___ (be cautious).

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { H Q X }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,235
Across
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Churchman. : ABBE
5
Gentle soul. : LAMB
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Have ___ (be cautious). : ACARE
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Bulgarian. : SLAV
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Wings: Lat. : ALAE
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Goatlike animal of Asia. : GORAL
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Osaka Bay port. : KOBE
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Port on the Ohio. : CINCINNATI
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Source of caviar. : STERLET
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Have half ___. : AMINDTO
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Fuel. : GAS
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Elec. unit. : AMP
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"And ___ goes." : SOIT
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Use practically. : APPLY
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Food fish. : SMELT
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Part of N. B. : NOTA
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Card game, for short. : RUM
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Yes or no. : ANSWER
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Kind of fancy work. : NEEDLEPOINTLACE
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Broadway. : STREET
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Negative. : NOT
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Noun suffix. : ENCE
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Gown feature. : TRAIN
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Wearied. : JADED
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Connelly. : MARC
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Not present: Scot. : AWA
52
Felt cap. : FEZ
53
"The Beautiful." : AMERICA
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Ironically censorious. : SATIRIC
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Instructions. : DIRECTIVES
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Comfortable. : EASY
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Crucial. : ACUTE
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Marquee, in Britain. : TENT
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Type of milk. : SKIM
65
Prongs. : TINES
66
Fixes. : SETS
67
Head: Fr. : TETE
Down
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Invites. : ASKS
2
Stain. : BLOT
3
Memorable nickname. : BABE
4
Swampland. : EVERGLADE
5
Ties (up). : LACES
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Dismounted. : ALIT
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Person. : MAN
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Changed into. : BECAME
9
Vedic fire god. : AGNI
10
Directs the course of a ship. : CONNS
11
Plowed land of the Southwest. : ARADO
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Name of Pope Pius XI. : RATTI
13
Nobelist poet. : ELIOT
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Instill. : IMPLANT
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Ballad. : LAY
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All-purpose cleaner. : AMMONIA
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Yearbooks: Abbr. : ANNS
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One who is born, not made. : POET
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Wing: Prefix. : PTER
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Have a meal. : SUP
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Explosive. : TNT
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Disavow. : RETRACT
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Most flimsy. : SLEAZIEST
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Baton. : WAND
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Behold: Lat. : ECCE
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Sedge. : REED
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Tennis term. : LET
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Type of atom. : ION
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Is ready for. : AWAITS
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Kind of propulsion. : JET
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Angry with. : MADAT
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Friends: Lat. : AMICI
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Old movie. : RERUN
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Greek island. : CRETE
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Abstains. : FASTS
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Summer refreshments. : ICES
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Caused to go. : SENT
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Toothed tool. : RAKE
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What ___? : ISIT
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Flower cluster. : CYME
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Churchill's sign. : VEE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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