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New York Times, Friday, November 25, 1966

39-Down : Goober.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,313
Across
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Lost. : MISLAID
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Betel palm. : ARECA
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"I do," for example. : SENTENCE
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Make gay. : LIVEN
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O'Connor best seller. : ALLINTHEFAMILY
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Subterfuges. : BLINDS
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Westerns, edible style. : OMELETS
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Hanker (for). : LONG
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Mythical ship. : ARGO
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___ 'nuff. : SHO
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Lamb's mother. : EWE
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Slow: Var. : POKEY
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Admit. : LETIN
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Possessing flavor. : SAPID
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Growing spicae. : EARING
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Certain nuptials. : SHOTGUNWEDDINGS
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Embankments. : LEVEES
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Ancient. : OLDEN
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Certain schools: Abbr. : ELEMS
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Caribbean port. : COLON
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Best friend. : PAL
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Norse goddess. : EIR
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Makeshift. : RUDE
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Jeune fille's relative. : PERE
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Umbrella. : PARASOL
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Make ___ (swap). : ATRADE
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Drury best seller. : CAPABLEOFHONOR
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Tête-___. : ATETE
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Bursar's interest. : TREASURY
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Laws, Latin style. : LEGES
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Yellow jackets. : HORNETS
Down
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Like fine cheese. : MELLOW
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Queued up. : INLINE
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Attribute of 56 Across. : STING
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Afford. : LEND
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Formicary dwellers. : ANTS
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German pronoun. : ICH
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Balmoral's river. : DEE
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Texas cottonwood. : ALAMO
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Frost. : RIME
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Snaky. : EVIL
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Name of five popes: Var. : CELESTIN
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You name it! : ANYTHING
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Dark. : SABLE
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Old ___. : FOGY
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Madrigals. : SONGS
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Similar. : AKIN
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Sequoia. : REDWOOD
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Would-be knights. : PAGES
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Musical work. : OPUS
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Heavily loaded. : LADEN
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Hibernia. : ERIN
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Pipe piece. : STEM
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Taro root. : EDDO
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Emulate a storied beauty. : SLEEP
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Near the sun. : HELIACAL
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Assess too highly. : OVERRATE
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French pronoun. : ELLE
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Pick out. : CULL
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Goober. : PEANUT
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Enthusiasms. : ARDORS
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Suspicious: Colloq. : LEERY
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Peignoirs. : ROBES
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Writer's work. : PROSE
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Take down ___. : APEG
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Glut. : SATE
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Southwest wind. : AFER
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Word of comparison. : THAN
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Anglo-Saxon letter. : ETH
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Gold: Sp. : ORO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 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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