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New York Times, Tuesday, June 28, 1966

10-Down : Massages.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { X Z }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,163
Across
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Hammer part. : CLAW
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Month, in Paris. : AVRIL
10
Garment part. : BELT
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Sussex river. : OUSE
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Rent out. : LEASE
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Inter ___. : ALIA
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Fields of creativity. : ARTS
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Dialect. : ARGOT
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Prompts. : CUES
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Gymnasts' garments. : LEOTARDS
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Eskimo boot. : MUKLUK
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Austen novel. : EMMA
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German title. : HERR
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Gay ___. : BLADE
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Born. : NEE
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Served in meat juice: Fr. : AUJUS
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Knock. : RAP
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Inherent. : NATURALBORN
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Elec. units. : AMPS
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Fleecy high clouds. : CIRRI
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Palm starch. : SAGO
43
Throw in the towel. : CALLITQUITS
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Freshness. : DEW
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Tire part. : TREAD
48
Service monogram. : USN
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Part of Paris. : PASSY
51
Apportion. : METE
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Pace. : GAIT
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Algiers feature. : CASBAH
58
Kind of painting. : ABSTRACT
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1966 hurricane. : ALMA
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Messenger. : ENVOY
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Repeat. : ECHO
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Celebrity. : LION
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"Common Sense" man. : PAINE
68
Creator of Candida. : SHAW
69
Famous Phileas. : FOGG
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Start. : ONSET
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Sea bird. : TERN
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Anthracite. : COAL
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Bait. : LURE
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Concerning. : ASTO
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Raced the setting sun. : WESTED
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Tocsin. : ALARM
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Green-veined marble. : VERDANTIQUE
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Name for a shaggy dog. : RAGS
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Equal: Prefix. : ISO
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"___ call you sweetheart ... " : LETME
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Massages. : BACKRUBS
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Jewish month. : ELUL
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Stead. : LIEU
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Job. : TASK
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Heartfelt approval. : AMEN
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Eurasian river. : URAL
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Fabric pattern. : HERRINGBONE
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Modified leaf. : BRACT
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Birthplace of HST. : LAMAR
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Delicious, for one. : APPLE
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The east wind. : EURUS
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Okies of fiction. : JOADS
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Impulses. : URGES
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Like winter weather. : SNOWY
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Behave. : ACT
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River islet. : AIT
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Noisily. : SLAMBANG
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Bright thought. : IDEA
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Point of land. : SPIT
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Sleeping. : ATREST
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Turin's river. : THEPO
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Up to now. : ASYET
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Leather. : CALF
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To another place: Lat. : ALIO
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Air of sorts. : SMOG
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Rara ___. : AVIS
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Yearn. : ACHE
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Burn. : CHAR
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Business center. : TOWN
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Girl's name. : NAN

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

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