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New York Times, Thursday, April 7, 1966

8-Down : Try for a part in a play.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,081
Across
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Auricular. : OTIC
5
Caesar's wife. : UXOR
9
Iced. : GLACE
14
Mexican waffle. : TACO
15
Angels. : NINE
16
Conservative. : RIGHT
17
Niblick. : IRON
18
Increase. : ESCALATION
20
Bewhiskered pretenders. : SANTAS
22
Paradise. : EDEN
23
1933 agency. : NRA
24
Alms box. : ARCA
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Saws. : ADAGES
28
Washington group. : CAPITOLWIVES
33
Portents. : OMENS
34
Asked. : BADE
35
Travels on foot. : PADS
39
Expression. : TERM
40
Levied sums. : FINES
41
Caliph's title. : IMAM
42
Compass point, in Spain. : ESTE
43
Time ___ half. : ANDA
44
Jacques, for one. : FRERE
45
Subject of many headlines. : NATOALLIANCE
48
Ibsen role. : ANITRA
51
Dregs. : SILT
52
Not the same: Abbr. : DIF
53
Blaze. : GLOW
56
Neglect. : SLIGHT
60
Outcome. : DENOUEMENT
63
Raw materials. : ORES
64
School in Marseilles. : ECOLE
65
Notion: Fr. : IDEE
66
Author Lofts. : NORA
67
Dissuade. : DETER
68
Tree with reddish wood. : TOON
69
Aldebaran, for one. : STAR
Down
1
Colonial patriot. : OTIS
2
Scarlett's home. : TARA
3
Image. : ICON
4
U.S. policy. : CONTAINMENT
5
Well-known agency. : UNESCO
6
Greek letters. : XIS
7
Whenever. : ONCE
8
Try for a part in a play. : READ
9
Rio ___. : GRANDE
10
Illuminated. : LIT
11
Process in cheese making. : AGING
12
Task. : CHORE
13
Heating devices. : ETNAS
19
Entrusts (to). : LEAVES
21
Performing ___. : ARTS
25
White rat. : ALBINO
27
Hopes for the future. : ASPIRATIONS
28
Home for birds. : COTE
29
Singer Nancy. : AMES
30
Saucy. : PERT
31
Teutonic girl's name. : WANDA
32
Models. : IDEALS
36
In very truth. : AMEN
37
Jeanne ___. : DARC
38
Pintail. : SMEE
40
Femme ___. : FATALE
44
Occupy. : FILL
46
Debater. : ARGUER
47
Heed. : LISTEN
48
Went on to say. : ADDED
49
Family member. : NIECE
50
Unless. : IFNOT
54
Neglect. : OMIT
55
"What we ought not, ___." : WEDO
57
Cave: Poet. : GROT
58
Greek goddess. : HERA
59
Emperor. : TSAR
61
Spanish exclamation. : OLE
62
Recent: Prefix. : NEO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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