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New York Times, Monday, December 19, 1966

49-Down : Earlier.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,337
Across
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Feminine title. : MADAM
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Bone: Prefix. : OSTE
10
Initials in physics. : CGS
13
Wolf in Kipling book. : AKELA
14
Cajole. : COAX
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Exclamation of pain. : OUCH
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Type of floor man. : TILER
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The masses. : HOIPOLLOI
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Society. : SMARTSET
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Bursts forth. : ERUPTS
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Row. : TIER
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Fedora feature. : BRIM
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City on the Vistula. : WARSAW
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German road. : AUTOBAHN
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Eastern name. : ALI
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None: Prefix. : NULLI
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Certain Japanese. : NISEI
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Heavy weight. : LOAD
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Name akin to Mary. : POLLY
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___ end. : ATAN
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Red Square name. : LENIN
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Piano part. : PEDAL
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Initials from 962. : HRE
46
Well-remembered dance team. : ASTAIRES
48
Flemish painter. : RUBENS
50
The Virginians. : LEES
51
Noun suffix. : ANCE
52
Constantine's kingdom. : GREECE
55
Not tested and classified. : UNSIFTED
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Mediterranean port. : BARCELONA
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Effectiveness. : FORCE
62
Get going! : SCAT
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Detail. : ITEM
64
Construct. : ERECT
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Chessmen: Abbr. : KTS
66
Roman feature. : NOSE
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Kings, in Spain. : REYES
Down
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Floor coverings. : MATS
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Slavic man's name. : AKIM
3
Walter ___ Mare. : DELA
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Warnings. : ALERTS
5
TV favorite. : MARTIAN
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Painter's color. : OCHER
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Carbon particles. : SOOT
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Indochinese language. : TAI
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Ace. : EXPERT
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The United States. : COLUMBIA
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Eat, in a way. : GULP
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Glaswegian. : SCOT
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Exclamations of greeting. : HIS
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Constellation. : ORION
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Stitch. : SEWUP
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Construct. : BUILD
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Half of a Western city. : WALLA
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Lily plants. : ALOES
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Laughing. : RIANT
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Everything: Ger. : ALLES
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"Still ___ night ... " : ASTHE
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Author Lafcadio. : HEARN
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Shoe sizes. : NINES
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Runs. : LOPES
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Language variations. : DIALECTS
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Tales. : YARNS
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Relative. : NIECE
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Satan. : LUCIFER
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Land a fish. : REELIN
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Earlier. : BEFORE
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"What's in ___?" : ANAME
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Literary light. : GBS
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Display case. : RACK
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Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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French ones. : UNES
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Canasta card. : TREY
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Behold!: Lat. : ECCE
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Troop units: Abbr. : DETS
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Ear: Prefix. : OTO

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