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New York Times, Thursday, April 21, 1966

38-Down : Safe.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { B J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,095
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Navy missile. : TALOS
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Furor. : RAGE
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Sign on a door. : PUSH
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Unfeeling. : STONY
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Holm oak. : ILEX
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Olive genus. : OLEA
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Type of authorization. : POWEROFATTORNEY
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Sale merchandise. : SPECIALS
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Southern constellation. : OCTANS
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Part of A.M. : ANTE
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Curves. : ARCS
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Command. : CHARGE
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Placed. : SITUATED
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Drone. : HUM
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Protection. : ARMOR
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___ la Plata. : RIODE
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He loves: Lat. : AMAT
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Does a cobbler's job. : SOLES
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Part of FDA. : DRUG
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Guidelines. : ROPES
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Geological finds. : LODES
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Here: Sp. : ACA
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Arabian guides. : DRAGOMEN
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Thickets. : COPSES
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Those flying objects, for short. : UFOS
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Dance. : HULA
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Without exception. : TOAMAN
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Part of the Pacific. : CORALSEA
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Judicial ruling. : ORDERINTHECOURT
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"The bird ___ the wing." : ISON
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Ceiling and visibility unlimited: Abbr. : CAVU
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"South Pacific" role. : EMILE
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Strayed. : LOST
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Particle. : ATOM
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Fruit. : DATES
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Units of measure: Abbr. : TSPS
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On the summit. : ATOP
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Tin Pan Alley name. : LOWE
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Like some garages. : ONECAR
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Lilac genus. : SYRINGA
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Garand. : RIFLE
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State: Abbr. : ALAS
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Puzzle: Colloq. : GET
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Exact (from). : EXTORT
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Suez Canal city. : PORTSAID
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Bone. : ULNA
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Visible. : SEEN
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Gathers fodder. : HAYS
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Horse operas. : OATERS
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Take place. : OCCUR
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Brought into the open. : AIRED
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Vegetable. : CHARD
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Subject of some magazines. : HUMOR
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Territory of Brazil. : AMAPA
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Lawmaker. : SOLON
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African antelopes. : TORAS
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Infer from data. : EDUCE
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French painter. : DEGAS
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Jetties. : MOLES
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Seed coating. : TEGUMENT
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Safe. : SECURE
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Up to now. : SOFAR
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Comforted. : SOLACED
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Santa ___. : MONICA
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Brownish orange. : PALOMA
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Sound of boredom. : HOHUM
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Trouble's partner. : TOIL
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Approximately. : ORSO
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Stirs. : ADOS
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Mexican coin: Abbr. : CTVO
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Agree. : SUIT
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Author Gardner. : ERLE
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Noun suffixes. : ATES
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Baseball league: Abbr. : NAT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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