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New York Times, Tuesday, December 6, 1966

25-Down : Nubby sections in yarn fabrics.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J Q W X Y }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,324
Across
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Squawfish. : CHUB
5
State: Fr. : ETAT
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Supplied. : GAVE
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First word of famous motto. : HONI
14
Actor's concern. : LINES
16
Check. : REIN
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Tobacco kiln. : OAST
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Viking chieftain. : ERICTHERED
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Rules of etiquette. : PROTOCOL
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Reports. : RUMORS
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Money items. : CENTS
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Wall Street fixture. : BULL
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Little fish. : SHINER
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Fee paid. : RETAINER
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Meadow. : LEA
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Head ailment, so-called. : SINUS
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Taper a timber. : SNAPE
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City: Lat. : URBS
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Punctuation mark. : COLON
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Ticket part. : STUB
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Weevil food. : BOLLS
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Certain correspondence. : MEMOS
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Swiss canton. : URI
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More furtive. : SNEAKIER
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Changed direction. : VEERED
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Kettle of fish. : MESS
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Numerical prefix. : TETRA
51
Kettledrum. : ATABAL
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Hall dedicated to heroes. : VALHALLA
57
Popular dessert. : BANANACAKE
59
Far East land. : SIAM
60
Harrow's rival. : ETON
61
Claude of art. : MONET
62
Ike's Mr. Benson. : EZRA
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Scottish writer. : LANG
64
Residence rooms. : DENS
65
Hebrew letter. : RESH
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Mince. : CHOP
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Rime. : HOAR
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Describing the stay-at-homes. : UNSOCIABLE
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Nipped. : BITTEN
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Thrilling. : ELECTRIC
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Observation satellite. : TIROS
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Indigo source. : ANIL
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Gumshoe. : TEC
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Imps. : GREMLINS
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Of aircraft. : AERO
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Four, in Berlin. : VIER
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Gridiron men. : ENDS
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Act pompously. : STRUT
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Dances. : HULAS
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Numbers. : ONES
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Twig broom. : BESOM
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Nubby sections in yarn fabrics. : SLUBS
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Marsh denizen. : HERON
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Monarch. : RULER
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Make less artificial. : NATURALIZE
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Architect's plan, French style. : EPURE
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Bridge-player's gambit. : REBID
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Provinces of Greece. : NOMES
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Swiftly and noisily: Colloq. : SLAMBANG
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Literary productions. : NOVELETS
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Dagger of old Ireland. : SKEAN
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Adam's boy. : SETH
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Mohammedan world. : ISLAM
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Schoolroom need. : ERASER
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Captured. : TAKEN
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Brother of 43 Down. : ABEL
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Bye-bye. : TATA
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Shortly. : ANON
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Part of a feather. : VANE
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___ Porsena of Clusium. : LARS
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Oriental nurse. : AMAH
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Marine fish. : COD

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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