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New York Times, Thursday, March 10, 1966

61-Down : Bed: Brit. slang.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,053
Across
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Nursery word. : DADA
5
Spray driven by the wind. : SCUD
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Small fish. : SMELT
14
Without ___ (broke). : ASOU
15
State: Abbr. : COLO
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White House name, 1840. : TYLER
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Sea gulls. : MEWS
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Freshly. : ANEW
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Mexican grass. : OTATE
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Roofing piece. : PANTILE
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Rock-oil. : NAPHTHA
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Liquid measure. : GILL
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Suddenly: Colloq. : SLAP
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All ___ up. : HET
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Part of the East Indies. : BORNEO
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English poet. : CAREY
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___ tree. : UPA
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Disdain. : SPURN
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Stir (someone) up: Colloq. : ROUST
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Popular notions. : FADS
40
English chinaware. : SPODE
42
___ scratch. : UPTO
43
Chigoes. : FLEAS
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Berths. : POSTS
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Embrace. : HUG
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Decendant of Eber. : PELEG
50
Birds. : RAVENS
52
Parts of plays: Abbr. : SCS
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Essence. : CORE
56
Inter ___. : ALIA
57
Role in classic drama. : MACBETH
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Full of knots. : KNARRED
62
So as to be heard. : ALOUD
63
Moving back and forth. : AWAG
65
Abbreviation in physics. : ATNO
66
Rope for training horses. : LONGE
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Signify. : NOTE
68
Achieves. : GETS
69
Ringlet. : TRESS
70
Solver. : DOER
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Ten to one, for one. : ODDS
Down
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Weather word. : DAMP
2
On the blue. : ASEA
3
Slope of a kind. : DOWNGRADE
4
City in Texas. : AUSTIN
5
Sea food. : SCALLOPS
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Funnel shape. : CONE
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Diminutive suffix. : ULE
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Undulating treeless regions. : DOWNLANDS
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Bung. : STOPPER
10
Poetic fiction. : MYTH
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Israeli port. : ELATH
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Hades stream. : LETHE
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Negotiate. : TREAT
21
Parts of France. : ILES
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Swiss river. : AAR
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Symbol of niggardliness. : SCROOGE
27
Light yellow. : BUFF
28
Hydrophane. : OPAL
30
"This means ___." : YOU
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Mastery. : UPPERHAND
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Cheerful. : UPHEARTED
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Confuse with noise. : STUN
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Things to wear. : TOGS
39
Plant juice. : SAP
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Foreigner: Fr. : ETRANGER
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Withdraws. : SECEDES
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Room in a hacienda. : SALA
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Chance. : LOT
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Scold. : VIRAGO
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Deep blue pigment. : SMALT
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Heat: Lat. : CALOR
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Cake. : SCONE
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Annoys: Slang. : BUGS
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Musical heroine. : KATE
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Wrote on a list: Abbr. : ENTD
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Bed: Brit. slang. : DOSS
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Court. : WOO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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