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New York Times, Monday, March 28, 1966

2-Down : Rampart.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,071
Across
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Marked by frugality. : SPARTAN
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Procession participant. : PARADER
15
Kind of pudding. : TAPIOCA
16
Vivify. : ANIMATE
17
Semitic tongue. : ARAMAIC
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Brings to recollection. : REVIVES
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Hosiery shades. : TANS
20
Memorable orator and railroad man. : DEPEW
22
Housewife's bane. : DIRT
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World War II agency. : OPA
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Malay gibbon. : LAR
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Compass point. : NNE
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Record keeper, on campus: Abbr. : REGR
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Felicity. : BLISS
30
Rocky eminence. : SCAR
31
More vaporous. : STEAMIER
33
Certain bus riders. : PUPILS
35
___ libre. : VERS
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Biologic factor. : GENE
37
Natural resource. : FOREST
40
Chinese dialect. : MANDARIN
44
Colleen's home. : ERIN
45
Courage. : HEART
47
Gambling game. : KENO
48
Year in middle of Middle Ages. : MIV
49
Ginger. : VIM
50
Big business: Abbr. : MFG
51
Certain bills. : ONES
53
Wears out. : JADES
55
Gaucho's weapon. : BOLA
56
Turned. : ROTATED
58
Figure of a kind. : NUMERAL
60
Needle-shaped. : ACEROSE
61
Adriatic seaport. : TRIESTE
62
Golden orioles. : LORIOTS
63
Seats. : SETTEES
Down
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Machine parts. : STATORS
2
Rampart. : PARAPET
3
Natural adjunct: Var. : APANAGE
4
Encloses. : RIMS
5
"___ Water Lily." : TOA
6
Sourish. : ACID
7
Airplane sections. : NACELLES
8
Kitchen gadgets. : PARERS
9
Once more. : ANEW
10
Waterway: Abbr. : RIV
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In the thick of. : AMID
12
Illustrious Italian. : DAVINCI
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Interminable. : ETERNAL
14
Sleepers. : RESTERS
21
Poker holding. : PAIR
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Barnaby Rudge's pet. : RAVEN
28
Origin. : BIRTH
29
Worn out. : SPENT
30
Command to a dog. : SPEAK
32
French possessive. : MES
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"Sturm ___ Drang" : UND
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Rompers, jumpers, et al. : GARMENTS
37
Of a bone. : FEMORAL
38
Ciudad Bolivar's river. : ORINOCO
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Construction worker. : RIVETER
40
Yum-Yum or Peep-Bo. : MAID
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Compunction. : REMORSE
42
Puff up. : INFLATE
43
Mexican city. : NOGALES
46
Gets around. : EVADES
52
See 36 Down. : SARI
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Banter. : JEST
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Steady. : SURE
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Garden product. : BEET
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Superfluously. : TOO
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Cambridge school. : MIT

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

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