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New York Times, Monday, June 27, 1966

22-Down : Pool.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,162
Across
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Items in a layette. : BIBS
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A breath ___. : OFAIR
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Football position. : BACK
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Global area. : ASIA
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Obscure. : DENSE
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Spanish border town. : IRUN
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Questionable character in nursery tale. : BIGBADWOLF
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Windstorm. : GALE
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Theater employes. : USHERS
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Acceptable for posting. : MAILABLE
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Miscalculate. : ERR
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Small fowl. : BANTAM
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Actress Rehan and others. : ADAS
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Spirited. : BOLD
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Poked fun. : GIBED
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___ Bors. : SIR
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Adherent. : ALLY
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Trigonometry term. : COSINE
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Absolve. : SETFREE
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Weapon. : SHOTGUN
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Ancient. : AGEOLD
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Time question. : WHEN
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Relative: Abbr. : BRO
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Type of song. : YODLE
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Make tea. : BREW
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Sirloin. : BEEF
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Decorated, in a way. : INLAID
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Tree. : FIR
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Amiable. : PLEASING
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Stylish feature of Godey's day. : BUSTLE
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Budget item. : RENT
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"___ a bread box." : BIGGERTHAN
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Formerly. : ONCE
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New Havenite. : YALIE
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Foray. : RAID
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Men. : BOYS
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Concerning. : ANENT
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Greek mountain. : OSSA
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Title, in India. : BABU
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Egyptian goddess. : ISIS
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Munificent. : BIGHEARTED
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Weapons. : SABERS
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Chances. : ODDS
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Not many. : FEW
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Unusual thing. : ANOMALY
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Australia, for instance. : ISLAND
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Try on once more. : REFIT
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One having more than the law allows. : BIGAMIST
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Street urchin. : ARAB
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Pick out. : CULL
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Joint. : KNEE
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Timetable abbreviation. : ARR
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Pool. : LAGOON
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Tree trunk. : BOLE
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Test. : ASSAY
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San ___. : DIEGO
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Oozed. : BLED
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Weapons of World War I. : BIGBERTHAS
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Habituate. : ENURE
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___ thieves. : DENOF
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Novelist Michael and others. : ARLENS
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Ruminate. : CHEW
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Sends out leaves. : FOLIATES
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Cast off. : SHED
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Squirm. : WRIGGLE
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East Indian tree: Var. : BANIAN
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Café. : BISTRO
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Where Tripoli is. : LIBYA
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Beaver, for one. : FUR
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Math question: Abbr. : PROB
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Light fabric. : LENO
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Ref. book. : ENCY
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Vegetable. : BEET
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Greek courtesan, circa 300 B.C. : LAIS
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Never ___ sentence with a preposition. : ENDA
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Card game. : GIN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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