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New York Times, Wednesday, November 2, 1966

9-Down : South African spears.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,290
Across
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Shopping center. : MART
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___ via (king's highway): Lat. : REGIA
10
Resounded. : RANG
14
Silesian river. : ODER
15
Radiates. : EMITS
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Slangy suffix. : EROO
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Dodgerland. : LOSANGELES
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Hawk's antagonist. : DOVE
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Warhol's field. : ART
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Title. : EARL
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Response. : ANSWER
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In a flash. : READILY
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Sir Andrew ___cheek. : AGUE
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Impulse. : URGE
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Native of Selma. : ALABAMAN
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Hugo's middle name. : MARIE
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Greek letters. : PSIS
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Card. : ACE
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Not care ___. : ARAP
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Gourd fruits. : PEPOS
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Blunt. : CURT
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Man's nickname. : RON
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Soviet city. : OREL
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Skirt inserts. : GORES
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Southern Rhodesian. : MATABELE
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Pretty: Fr. : JOLI
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Bunks. : BEDS
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Museum man. : CURATOR
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Well-known town in Umbria. : ASSISI
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___ mater. : ALMA
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Chemical suffix. : ASE
55
Gardened. : HOED
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Bogart epic. : CASABLANCA
59
Boatman's tack. : ALEE
60
Use a baton. : TWIRL
61
Iago, for one. : LIAR
62
Road turn. : BEND
63
Satisfy. : SLAKE
64
Yeast. : BARM
Down
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Tooth. : MOLAR
2
Idolize. : ADORE
3
Chophouse. : RESTAURANT
4
Musical syllable. : TRA
5
Entertain. : REGALE
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Corundum. : EMERY
7
Fish part. : GILL
8
Follower: Suffix. : ITE
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South African spears. : ASSAGAIS
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North African waterway. : REDSEA
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In a line. : AROW
12
Nine, in Italy. : NOVE
13
Word with play or theater. : GOER
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Snow: Fr. : NEIGE
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Points. : NUBS
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Kind of coffee. : DRIP
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As well. : ALSO
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McIntosh. : APPLE
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African country. : MAURITANIA
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Piece of land. : ACRE
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Trawls. : NETS
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Title used after school. : MARM
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Venezuelan mining town. : AROA
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Foretells. : PREDICTS
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Congers. : EELS
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Nut tree. : COLA
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British honors: Abbr. : OBES
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Goat antelope. : GORAL
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Tolerated. : ABIDED
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Ring-shaped cooky. : JUMBLE
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Superman's first name. : CLARK
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Hammerstein. : OSCAR
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Militarize again. : REARM
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Melville's captain. : AHAB
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Menu entry. : SOLE
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Observed. : SEEN
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___ Foundation. : ASIA
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Pointed tool. : AWL
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Vestment. : ALB

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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