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New York Times, Wednesday, February 16, 1966

53-Down : Covers with powdery carbon.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { B J Q }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,031
Across
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Any kind of matter. : STUFF
6
State: Abbr. : ARIZ
10
Annexes. : ADDS
14
Bugle call: Var. : TATOO
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Bread, in Italy. : PANE
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Indonesian boat. : PROA
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Historic carrier. : ENTERPRISE
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Sleigh. : PUNG
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Long time. : AGE
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Contaminate. : TAINT
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Army man: Slang. : SARGE
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In addition. : MORE
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Displaying flexibility. : PLIANTLY
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Oklahoma city. : ADA
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Small case. : ETUI
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100 bani. : LEU
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Relay points. : STAGES
36
Some tires. : RETREADS
38
Units of play, in a game. : HOLES
39
Scope. : RANGE
40
The occident (with "the"). : AMERICAS
44
Rubbed through a sieve. : PUREED
45
Jinx. : HEX
46
Headline name. : RUSK
47
Envelope abbreviation. : APO
48
Color. : AMETHYST
51
Annoy: Scot. : FASH
55
Certain plants. : VINES
57
Stranger. : ALIEN
59
Old card game. : LOO
60
Former diva. : ALDA
61
Cuban phenomenon. : EMIGRATION
63
Familiar negative. : NYET
64
State: Abbr. : PENN
65
Took notes. : WROTE
66
Steel center near Chicago. : GARY
67
Roman date. : IDES
68
Right pert. : SASSY
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Source of power. : STEAM
2
Latin-American dance rhythm. : TANGO
3
Express in words. : UTTER
4
Enemy. : FOE
5
Sumter, for one. : FORT
6
Spring time. : APRIL
7
Prince of Monaco. : RAINIER
8
Lie ___. : INSTATE
9
Letter. : ZEE
10
Dismay. : APPAL
11
Old London landmark. : DRURYLANE
12
Bell sound. : DONG
13
Flavoring. : SAGE
18
Family members. : PAPAS
22
Footrest of a kind. : STIRRUP
24
Enthusiastic. : EAGER
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Hard problem. : NUT
28
Hopes for. : DESIRES
31
Border. : EDGE
32
Secondhand. : USED
33
Sovereign. : SHAH
34
Form of reading matter. : TOME
35
British field marshal. : ALEXANDER
37
___ corn. : EAROF
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Divide into shares. : CUT
42
Feeling guilt. : ASHAMED
43
City sight. : SKYLINE
44
Relative of 18 Down. : PATER
49
Thought-provoking. : MEATY
50
Speedway items. : SIGNS
52
Inter ___. : ALIOS
53
Covers with powdery carbon. : SOOTS
54
Sweetheart. : HONEY
55
Nautical rope. : VANG
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There is: Fr. : ILYA
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Slangy negatives. : NAWS
61
Finial. : EPI
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Refrain syllable. : TRA

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