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New York Times, Thursday, December 8, 1966

32-Down : Creatures of myth.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,326
Across
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Piece of jewelry. : CLIP
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Originate. : BREED
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Celebrity. : FAME
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Staff officer. : AIDE
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Tool for boring holes. : AUGER
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Down with: Fr. : ABAS
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Like Little Buttercup, for example. : PLEASINGLYPLUMP
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Takes by surprise. : STARTLES
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Ship's kitchen. : GALLEY
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Accomplishes. : DOES
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Gardener's art: Abbr. : HORT
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Breach of the peace. : AFFRAY
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Inspect. : LOOKOVER
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Mythical man of brass. : TALOS
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River of Hesse. : FULDA
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Fiber: Prefix. : INO
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Journey. : TRIP
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Subdues. : TAMES
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Stir: Colloq. : TODO
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Freeze. : ICE
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Fogged-in. : SOUPY
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Alone: Lat. : SOLUS
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Prescribed procedure. : CEREMONY
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Place for storage. : CLOSET
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Gains, as profit. : NETS
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Hebrew month. : ELUL
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___ gown. : BRIDAL
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Sea food item. : CLAMSTEW
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Tools of the writer. : FIGURESOFSPEECH
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Field: Lat. : AGER
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Turkish liqueurs. : RAKIS
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Historic village of Ireland. : TARA
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Surfeit. : SATE
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Setting. : SCENE
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Part of a city. : SLUM
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Ammo of a kind. : CAPS
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Sprightly tune. : LILT
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Bright thought. : IDEA
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Piece of candy. : PEARDROP
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Circus name. : BAILEY
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Mystic symbols. : RUNES
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Farm commodity. : EGGS
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Fish. : EEL
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Small store specialty. : DRYGOODS
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Begin. : FALLTO
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Arab name. : ABUL
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Broadway role. : MAME
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Notice. : ESPY
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Where Greeks met Greeks. : STOAS
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Igloo wear. : PARKA
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Like well-worn socks. : HOLEY
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Loft. : ATTIC
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Kind of play. : FARCE
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Member of 53 Down. : FLIER
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Like some batter. : LUMPY
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Bass ___. : VIOLS
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Provide (with). : ENDUE
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Perch. : ROOST
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Creatures of myth. : FAUNS
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Recorder players. : TOOTLERS
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Presents for Junior and dad. : TOOLSETS
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Fingerpaint. : SMEAR
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Decline. : SLUMP
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Last. : ENDURE
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Rank: Fr. : CLASSE
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Puckish. : ELFIN
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College degrees. : BFAS
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City on the Dvina. : RIGA
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"___ a kick out of you ... " : IGET
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Fuel. : COKE
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Shade of blue. : TEAL
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Beige. : ECRU
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Loud sound. : WHAM
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Defense unit: Abbr. : SAC

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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