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New York Times, Monday, February 21, 1966

3-Down : Placate.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 51, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,036
Across
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Side post. : JAMB
5
Printer's Latin term. : STET
9
Sleight of hand. : PASS
13
TV specialty. : COLOR
14
Asian. : THAI
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Noun suffix. : ENCE
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Cordage fiber. : ISTLE
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Memory. : RETENTION
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Irascible. : CHOLERIC
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Distributed. : DEALT
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Utopian. : IDEAL
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"___ Kapital." : DAS
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Lockboxes. : SAFES
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Fragrant. : ODOROUS
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Silenus, for one. : SATYR
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Harbor sight. : SCOW
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Warm. : SNUG
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High in the scale. : ALT
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Inciting to attack. : SICKING
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Across: Prefix. : DIA
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Double-tongued one. : LIAR
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Grow light. : DAWN
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Republic of Hispaniola. : HAITI
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Violin. : CREMONA
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Round hand. : RONDE
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Moccasin. : PAC
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Appointment of a kind. : TRYST
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Belle of the Wild West. : STARR
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___ gravity. : CENTEROF
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Dali's affectation. : MOUSTACHE
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Altogether. : INALL
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Relative. : AUNT
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Word with wood or water. : SHED
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Have the use of. : ENJOY
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French form of 18 Down. : PRES
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Weird. : EERY
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Region in W. Europe. : SAAR
Down
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Banter: Slang. : JOSH
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High: Sp. : ALTO
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Placate. : MOLLIFY
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Relatives of stockmen. : BREEDERS
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Groove. : STRIA
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One type of employe. : THECLOCKWATCHER
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Consume. : EAT
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Confined by circumstances. : TIEDDOWN
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Winged hat of Hermes. : PETASOS
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Indigo. : ANIL
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Kiltie. : SCOT
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Legislator: Abbr. : SEN
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One of LBJ's titles. : CIC
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Close. : NEAR
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Legal point. : RES
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___ law of the Franks. : SALIC
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Oil of rose petals. : ATTAR
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"Everybody's ___ it ... " : DOIN
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Opened. : UNDID
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Hotel accommodations. : SUITE
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Girl of song. : SAL
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Read carefully. : SCAN
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Toujours ___. : GAI
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Vesuvianite, a glassy mineral. : IDOCRASE
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Phantoms of a kind. : GHOSTIES
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Feasts. : REPASTS
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Feeler. : ANTENNA
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Trading place. : MART
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Part of Rembrandt's name. : RYN
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Former Press Secretary. : REEDY
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Off-key. : SOUR
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Air. : TUNE
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Eastern title. : RAJA
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Genus of swans. : OLOR
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Emulate the jet set. : FLY
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Cartograph. : MAP
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Cuba's once-strong man. : CHE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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