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New York Times, Friday, May 6, 1966

5-Down : Be rich in.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 342 (avg 1.81)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,110
Across
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Munster county. : CORK
5
Plausible excuse. : ALIBI
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City of Argyll, Scotland. : OBAN
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Impoverish. : RUIN
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Part of a President's name. : BUREN
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Wrinkle: Zool. : RUGA
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Numerical prefix. : OCTO
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The last. : OMEGA
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Watusi's cousin. : FRUG
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Examination. : CHECKUP
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Straight men. : STOOGES
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Ethiopia's neighbor. : KENYA
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Note of a kind. : IOU
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Drove away. : SHOOED
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Brilliant. : DAZZLING
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Stimulate: Slang. : PEPUP
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Indian corn. : MAIZE
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Hide ___ hair. : NOR
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Got off. : ALIT
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By chance. : HAPLY
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Cerulean. : BLUE
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Discordancy. : DIN
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Outdoes. : BESTS
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Discontinue. : CEASE
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Anathematize. : EXECRATE
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Imperfect. : FLAWED
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Light color. : RED
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Household appliance. : DRIER
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Straggles. : SPRAWLS
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Rejoins. : ANSWERS
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Inflexible. : IRON
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"The man ___ ... " : ILOVE
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Where Reykjavik is: Abbr. : ICEL
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Weedy plant. : DOCK
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Identifies. : NAMES
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Kipling's Ortheris, Learoyd and Mulvaney. : TRIO
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Black. : INKY
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Contingency. : EVENT
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Like some juries. : HUNG
Down
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Gator. : CROC
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Sound of pain. : OUCH
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Ceremony. : RITE
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Sensationally striking: Slang. : KNOCKOUT
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Be rich in. : ABOUND
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Like some bread, batter, etc. : LUMPY
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Where 1 Across is: Abbr. : IRE
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___ off (reneges). : BEGS
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Highly excited, slangy style. : INATIZZY
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Fair means ___. : ORFOUL
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Town: Colloq. : BURG
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Chills and fever. : AGUE
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Xanthippes. : NAGS
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Last. : KEEP
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Ocean sediment. : OOZE
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Made fit. : ADAPTED
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Fictional private eye. : SPADE
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Spiral. : HELIX
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Humorously, think. : OPINE
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Troubles. : AILS
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Relative. : INLAW
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Futile. : NOUSE
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Cupidity. : GREED
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Vertical pole. : MAST
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Publicize highly. : HEADLINE
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Tolerate. : BEARWITH
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Beverage. : BREW
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Diminutive endings. : CLES
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Irritable. : CRANKY
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The cream. : FINEST
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Glossy black. : RAVEN
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Cairo title. : SIDI
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Term in grammar: Abbr. : PRON
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Shake. : ROCK
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Byelorussian. : SLAV
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Beige. : ECRU
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Check. : REIN
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Plod. : SLOG
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Cockney's flat. : OME

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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