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New York Times, Saturday, February 12, 1966

24-Down : Girl's nickname.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
David Steinberg notes:

Original 26-Across clue had "Talf"; corrected it to "Talk."

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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,027
Across
1
Look after: Colloq. : DOFOR
6
Colette novel, 1945. : GIGI
10
Troublemaker. : PEST
14
January, in Spain. : ENERO
15
Sweetheart. : INAMORATA
17
Ancient Mexican. : AZTEC
18
Valuable products of Kashmir. : SAPPHIRES
19
Civil War notable. : LEE
20
Outfits. : KITS
22
Lestrade and others: Abbr. : INSPS
23
Garden plots. : BEDS
24
C.G.S. unit of illumination. : PHOT
26
Talk-of-the-town author. : CAPOTE
29
Did a garage job. : GREASED
32
Flat plinth. : ORLO
33
Pronoun, country style. : OURN
34
Fall behind. : LAG
36
African region. : ORANGEFREESTATE
41
Faunus. : PAN
42
Nautical term. : ALEE
43
News brief. : ITEM
44
Parts of buildings. : STORIES
46
Certain animals. : BIPEDS
48
Course. : ROAD
49
Quotable remarks. : MOTS
50
Juniper tree. : SAVIN
53
Pledge. : OATH
54
Pin for splicing rope. : FID
57
Sidney Howard play. : ALIENCORN
60
Have ___ to pick. : ABONE
62
Civil War celebrity. : STONEWALL
63
Ancient enchantress. : CIRCE
64
Sentry's word. : HALT
65
Card. : TREY
66
"There was ___ danced ... " : ASTAR
Down
1
Fir or pine wood. : DEAL
2
French number. : ONZE
3
Gay party. : FETE
4
State: Abbr. : ORE
5
Goddard's specialty. : ROCKET
6
Main points. : GISTS
7
___ much as. : INAS
8
Hiatus. : GAP
9
Bad boy. : IMP
10
Pictures. : PRINTS
11
Parts of pitchers. : EARS
12
Short distance. : STEP
13
Soviet press group. : TASS
16
People of Lima. : OHIOANS
21
Cyprinoid fish. : IDE
23
Favor, old style. : BOON
24
Girl's nickname. : PRUE
25
This place. : HERE
26
Farm enclosure. : COOP
27
French city. : ARRAS
28
Factory. : PLANT
29
Dressmaker's concern. : GORES
30
Delight. : ELATE
31
Fixed as to time. : DATED
35
Muffins. : GEMS
37
Bordeaux's river. : GARONNE
38
Man's name. : ELIA
39
Nourish. : FEED
40
Certain travel expenses. : TIPS
45
Global area. : ORIENT
46
Science: Abbr. : BOT
47
Eastern college town. : ITHACA
49
Resolute. : MANLY
50
Window part. : SASH
51
Utah skiing resort. : ALTA
52
Musical instrument. : VIOL
53
Escutcheon border. : ORLE
54
Stronghold. : FORT
55
Pizarro's prey. : INCA
56
Whitetail. : DEER
58
Unit of weight: Abbr. : CWT
59
Sweep. : OAR
61
Encore! : BIS

Answer summary:
2 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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