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New York Times, Wednesday, March 30, 1966

12-Down : "___ answer ... "

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,073
Across
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Popular toy. : YOYO
5
Times: Abbr. : AFTS
9
A living. : BREAD
14
Verily. : AMEN
15
Contents of a certain barrel. : PORK
16
Hair tint. : RINSE
17
Slough. : MOLT
18
Squirrel-like animal. : PRAIRIEDOG
20
TV role. : SOLO
21
Pampered pet. : LAPDOG
22
Capital of Bashkir Republic. : UFA
23
River flowing into the Wash. : OUSE
25
Bodies of water. : SEALETS
27
Tugboat gear. : TOWROPES
31
Snow in Scotland. : SNA
32
Scuttle. : HOD
33
Mademoiselle. : FILLE
35
Minnesota nine. : TWINS
39
Initials of 1945. : UNO
40
Famous soprano. : TEBALDI
42
Modern: Prefix. : NEO
43
Tales. : SAGAS
45
Ruhr metropolis. : ESSEN
46
St. Anthony's cross. : TAU
47
Since. : NOW
49
Wood hyacinth. : HAREBELL
51
Item of make-up. : MASCARA
55
Ancient stringed instrument. : ASOR
56
I hate: Lat. : ODI
57
Scribe. : PENMAN
60
Jabberwocky word. : WABE
63
Pointer. : HUNTINGDOG
65
See 71 Across. : ELIS
66
Goneril's sister. : REGAN
67
German article. : EINE
68
Part of the street scene. : RIOT
69
Coined words. : SLANG
70
Double-talked. : LIED
71
Bulldogs. : YALE
Down
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Southern specialty. : YAMS
2
Melville novel. : OMOO
3
Contemptible one: Slang. : YELLOWDOG
4
Traveling. : ONTOUR
5
New England specialty. : APPLEPIE
6
___ song. : FORA
7
Light carriage. : TRAP
8
Runners. : SKIDS
9
Two-masted ships. : BRIGANTINES
10
Cereal grain, old spelling. : RIE
11
Invest. : ENDUE
12
"___ answer ... " : ASOFT
13
Painter of ballerinas. : DEGAS
19
Shore dinner treats. : ROES
24
Feeding an egotist's vanity. : SOFTSOAPING
26
Boyle's ___. : LAW
27
Hence. : THUS
28
O'Neill's daughter. : OONA
29
Hamburg's waterfront. : ELBE
30
Cut to ribbons. : SLASH
34
Wagnerian role. : ELSA
36
Useful bit of Latin. : INTERALIA
37
Celtic name. : NEAL
38
Psyche. : SOUL
41
Unbalanced. : DERANGED
44
Not mod. : ANC
48
Designer of St. Paul's. : WREN
50
Colorful street in New York. : BOWERY
51
African gazelles. : MOHRS
52
Fight ___. : ADUEL
53
"___ merry madrigal." : SINGA
54
Cherub. : ANGEL
58
Year in Luther's time. : MDII
59
Top-notch. : AONE
61
Science: Abbr. : BIOL
62
Family of old Modena. : ESTE
64
Color. : TAN

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