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New York Times, Wednesday, April 27, 1966

56-Down : Anc. music halls.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 314 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,101
Across
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Ozone's replacement. : SMOG
5
Now: Lat. : NUNC
9
Men in blue. : UMPS
13
___ Flow. : SCAPA
14
Consumer. : USER
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Brief look. : PEEP
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Relax. : TAKEITEASY
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Rent. : TORE
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Live. : ARE
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State: Abbr. : NEV
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Loud complaints: Colloq. : SQUAWKS
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Withstood. : RESISTED
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Not identified: Abbr, : UNK
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Western U.S. lake. : UTAH
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Indication. : EVIDENCE
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Fresh. : SASSY
35
What ___? : OFIT
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Quickly. : SOON
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Chemical suffix. : ASE
38
Covertly. : SUBROSA
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Drowse. : NOD
42
Life, for short. : BIOG
44
Table game. : POOL
45
Chips. : NICKS
47
Representations. : EFFIGIES
49
Great composer. : BACH
50
From, in Dutch names. : VAN
51
Not in ___. : THELEAST
55
Divined. : FORESAW
59
At all. : ANY
60
Ballad. : LAY
61
Personal: Prefix. : IDIO
62
Makes trouble: Slang. : RAISESCAIN
65
Prefix with made or composed. : SELF
66
Mineral silicate. : MICA
67
Suffuse slightly. : TINGE
68
Leather. : CALF
69
Slash. : SLIT
70
___ precedent. : SETA
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Panic. : SCARE
2
Does with. : MAKESUSEOF
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Cockney's "trust." : OPE
4
Disputes. : GAINSAYS
5
Spanish numeral. : NUEVE
6
All fifty. : USA
7
Noun ending. : NESS
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Surrender. : CRYQUITS
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Ventilating shafts. : UPTAKES
10
Kittenish sound. : MEOW
11
Freshen (up). : PERK
12
Goddess of hope. : SPES
13
Be featured. : STAR
17
Hebrew letter. : TETH
22
German connective. : UND
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Possessive. : ITS
25
Thaw. : DEFROST
29
Stringed instrument. : VIOL
30
Cool. : NONCHALANT
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Concoct. : COOK
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Finishes. : ENDS
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Quién ___? : SABE
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Quasi. : ASIF
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Wood wind. : OBOE
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Belligerent. : UPINARMS
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Researchers. : ANALYSTS
43
Emit. : GIVEOFF
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Cool. : ICE
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Krypton. : GAS
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Nota ___. : BENE
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Tackles. : HASAT
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Siberian antelope. : SAIGA
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Hexham's river. : TYNE
55
Exchequer. : FISC
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Anc. music halls. : ODEA
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Brooklet. : RILL
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Complaint. : WAIL
63
Here: Fr. : ICI
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Co., in France. : CIE

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

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