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New York Times, Friday, May 13, 1966

40-Down : Washington agency.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 3, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,117
Across
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Drinks: Colloq. : MALTS
6
Gossip. : TALK
10
Someone hard to cope with. : OGRE
14
Knock for ___. : ALOOP
15
To one side: Dial. : AGEE
16
East Indian bird. : RAYA
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Via ___. : SACRA
18
Bible of 1611. : KINGJAMES
20
Role in "Oliver Twist." : SIKES
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Letters. : EFS
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"___ of robins in her hair." : ANEST
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Bearlike marsupial. : WOMBAT
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Marbles. : MIGS
26
You, in 18 Across. : THOU
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___ ear ... : INONE
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"When Adam delved and Eve ___ ... " : SPAN
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Settled (in). : ROOTED
35
Party in Paris. : FETE
37
Season in Paris. : ETE
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German conjunction. : UND
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Music arranger. : ADAPTER
41
Mesabi product. : ORE
42
Political party: Abbr. : SOC
43
Grand ___. : TIER
44
Sounded harshly. : RASPED
46
Walked. : TROD
48
School in Paris. : ECOLE
50
Drinks. : ALES
51
Collars. : NABS
53
Hawk. : PEDDLE
55
Ghana city. : ACCRA
57
Resistance unit. : OHM
58
Spy, in Spain. : ESPIA
61
Famous Ludwig. : BEETHOVEN
63
Texas county. : MILAM
64
Being, in Paris. : ETRE
65
Where Baylor University is. : WACO
66
Ready to vote. : OFAGE
67
19th century singer. : LIND
68
British island and cathedral. : ELYS
69
"___ bonnie banks ... " : BYYON
Down
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Large-scale. : MASS
2
With 19 Down, a game. : ALAI
3
Best seller (with "The"). : LOCKWOODCONCERN
4
Removed forcibly. : TOREOUT
5
Sudden activity. : SPASM
6
___ interest. : TAKEAN
7
Best seller. : AGIFTOFPROPHECY
8
Focusing agent. : LENS
9
Small barrel. : KEG
10
Simians, for short. : ORANGS
11
Best seller. : GAMESPEOPLEPLAY
12
Romany ___. : RYES
13
Right side of a map. : EAST
19
See 2 Down. : JAI
24
Old hens. : BIDDIES
25
Measured. : METERED
26
Buster's target. : TRUST
27
System in some schools. : HONOR
29
Final income. : NET
31
Up ___ (cornered). : ATREE
32
Musts. : NEEDS
34
Consume. : EAT
36
Long time. : ERA
40
Washington agency. : AEC
45
Oyster plant. : SALSIFY
47
Shaped with angled seams. : DARTED
49
Greek island. : LEMNOS
52
Sound of scorn. : BAH
54
Release from the Army: Brit. slang. : DEMOB
55
First farmer. : ABEL
56
Of the whale. : CETI
57
Shape of some faces. : OVAL
59
Emilia's spouse. : IAGO
60
End of a creed. : AMEN
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Part of IOU. : OWE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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