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New York Times, Friday, February 4, 1966

12-Down : Cheat.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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C
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,019
Across
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Skin ___. : ACAT
5
Travel permits. : VISAS
10
Famous Connie. : MACK
14
Greek island group. : DODECANESE
16
Movie hero. : IDOL
17
City near Washington D. C. : ALEXANDRIA
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Nap. : DOZE
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Tooth. : MOLAR
20
Girasol. : OPAL
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Three, in Berlin. : DREI
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Rubbed out. : ERASED
24
Providing with power. : ENABLING
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___ Poverty. : WARON
28
"Where have you ___?" : BEEN
29
Heart's desire. : WISH
32
Times of day: Abbr. : AFTS
34
Religious maxims. : LOGIA
37
Recordings. : TAPINGS
39
Efflux. : OUTFLOW
41
Struck. : SMOTE
42
Ruler. : TZAR
44
Newcastle's river. : TYNE
45
___ up (accelerates): Colloq. : REVS
47
Kind of terrier. : IRISH
49
___ of one's tongue. : ONTHETIP
52
Tibetan of the Himalayas. : SHERPA
56
Town in Maine. : SACO
57
Curves. : ARCS
59
Sandarac trees. : ARARS
60
Cookout, in Hawaii. : LUAU
61
___ own horn. : TOOTEDONES
63
Blunders. : ERRS
64
Worn from beneath. : UNDEREATEN
65
Strategy. : RUSE
66
Watchers. : EYERS
67
Puts on. : DONS
Down
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Subject of "South Pacific" song. : ADAME
2
Redden. : COLOR
3
Girl's name. : ADELA
4
Phenomenon of Johnson Administration. : TEXASWHITEHOUSE
5
Truck. : VAN
6
___-China. : INDO
7
Caduceus symbol. : SERPENT
8
Korean. : ASIAN
9
NASA specialty. : SEALAB
10
Between extremes. : MIDDLEOFTHEROAD
11
With much love. : ADORINGLY
12
Cheat. : COZEN
13
Type of light. : KLEIG
15
Not ___ rap. : CAREA
23
Influence: Slang. : DRAG
25
Area or zone. : BELT
27
Court ___ James. : OFST
29
Poundages: Abbr. : WTS
30
Time after midnight. : IAM
31
Status vehicles. : SPORTCARS
33
Go aloft. : SOAR
35
Suffix with direct and correct. : ION
36
Amazement. : AWE
38
Firn. : NEVE
40
"Exodus" man. : URIS
43
Number to remember. : ZIPCODE
46
Memorial of a kind. : STATUE
48
Curtain. : SHADE
49
Famous Canadian. : OSLER
50
Pleasant Island. : NAURU
51
One form of humor. : IRONY
53
___ earth. : RANTO
54
Primp. : PREEN
55
The Y and others. : ASSNS
58
Suffix with hip or drag. : STER
62
Suffix with '49 or '76. : ERS

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