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New York Times, Saturday, December 17, 1966

6-Down : French department.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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L
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F
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D
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,335
Across
1
Kind of cake. : LOAF
5
Scary sound. : BOO
8
Church title. : ABBE
12
Kind of seaman. : ABLE
13
Mild cigar. : CLARO
15
Ship. : BRIG
16
19
New England street name. : ELM
20
Saw. : ADAGE
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Comfortable: Colloq. : HOMEY
22
Name meaning peaceful. : FREDA
23
Board member: Abbr. : DIR
24
Kitchen items. : LADLES
27
Look ___. : INON
29
12th-cen. date. : MCV
32
Mountain nymph. : OREAD
33
At once, once. : ANON
34
Dear: It. : CARO
35
De luxe Christmas gift. : DIAMONDBRACELET
38
Kennel sounds. : GRRS
39
Common ancestor. : ADAM
40
Talk, in a way. : ORATE
41
Noun suffixes. : EES
42
Prejudice. : BIAS
43
Weighed heavily (on). : PREYED
44
Man's nickname. : SOL
45
Once-popular jackets. : ETONS
47
State. : MAINE
50
Cure. : SMOKE
51
Kern song. : WHO
54
Out of sorts. : UNDERTHEWEATHER
57
Arizona river. : GILA
58
Family member. : SONNY
59
Infinitive. : VERB
60
Toboggan. : SLED
61
Hamster. : PET
62
Words of approval. : AYES
Down
1
Bail. : LADE
2
Old coin. : OBOL
3
College man, for short. : ALUM
4
Month: Abbr. : FEB
5
Shoppers' milieu. : BARGAINBASEMENT
6
French department. : ORNE
7
Goose eggs. : OOO
8
Detest. : ABHOR
9
Hat feature. : BRIM
10
Tendril. : BINE
11
Like some desserts. : EGGY
13
Admits. : CEDES
14
Great amount: Colloq. : LOAD
17
Texas city. : LAREDO
18
Dilute. : THIN
22
Tricks. : FLAMS
23
Feminine title. : DONA
24
American Ambassador. : LODGE
25
C'est ___. : ARIRE
26
Loved ones. : DEARS
28
Model for a group. : NORM
29
Archipelago of Asia. : MALAY
30
Where Canea is. : CRETE
31
Declared by general opinion. : VOTED
33
Po tributary. : ADDA
34
Roman goddess. : CERES
36
Secure. : NAIL
37
Eye part. : CORNEA
42
___ War. : BOER
43
Annoyingly slow. : POKEY
44
Links name. : SNEAD
46
Word with up or down. : TOWN
47
Steins. : MUGS
48
Indigo. : ANIL
49
Pointless. : IDLE
50
Scuff. : SHOE
51
Lactic substance. : WHEY
52
In this case. : HERE
53
Eyes. : ORBS
55
Recipe term. : TSP
56
Govt. project. : TVA

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