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New York Times, Wednesday, July 12, 1967

36-Down : Talent.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q V }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,542
Across
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Equine of a sort. : HOSS
5
Menu category. : EGGS
9
Small drum. : TABOR
14
"Take ___ from me." : ATIP
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Convex moldings. : TORI
16
Heath plant. : ERICA
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Locksley the archer. : ROBINHOOD
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Corsair's ship. : XEBEC
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Seed covering. : TESTA
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Resided. : DWELT
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New Guinea port. : LAE
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Whatnot. : ETAGERE
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Swerve. : BEND
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Eastern title. : SRI
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Manchurian border river. : AMUR
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Ranch animal. : EWE
33
Wins the game. : OUTPLAYS
35
Water plants. : ALGAE
39
Reaches. : ATTAINS
40
Work for a private eye. : TAILING
42
Hurrah. : SHOUT
43
Honesty: Fr. : BONNEFOI
44
A Nugent. : LYN
46
Beards on grain. : AWNS
47
Scores, in a game. : TDS
48
Member of the Third Reich. : NAZI
51
Satan. : OLDNICK
54
Solemn wonder. : AWE
55
Sprigs. : TWIGS
56
___ first. : OUTAT
60
A Kennedy. : BOBBY
62
Indonesians. : SUMATRANS
64
City SE of Cleveland. : AKRON
65
Alkaline substances. : LYES
66
Three: Ger. : DREI
67
Legal paper. : LEASE
68
Saxon thrall. : ESNE
69
Planted. : SOWN
Down
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Poet Crane. : HART
2
Plains Indian. : OTOE
3
Kin. : SIBS
4
Ill will. : SPITE
5
Ordinal suffix. : ETH
6
TV heroes. : GOODGUYS
7
Horticulturists. : GROWERS
8
Word with East or West. : SIDER
9
Letterpress. : TEXT
10
Common verb. : ARE
11
Senator from Nevada. : BIBLE
12
Global expanse. : OCEAN
13
Sprinted. : RACED
18
Birth rate. : NATALITY
22
Nautical term. : LEE
25
To ___ (every one). : AMAN
26
Popular girl. : BELLE
27
Provided that. : SOAS
28
Hall of Fame name. : RUTH
29
Leave ___ me. : ITTO
32
Wood paneling. : WAINSCOT
34
Former King of Greece. : PAULI
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Talent. : GIFT
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Its "as good as a wink." : ANOD
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Sponsorship. : EGIS
40
Citizens. : TOWNSMEN
41
Years: Lat. : ANNI
43
TV villains. : BADGUYS
45
At once. : NOW
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Abigail's spouse. : NABAL
49
Roused. : AWOKE
50
Animal of the veldt. : ZEBRA
52
Fabric. : LISLE
53
Iranian people. : KURDS
55
Newcastle's river. : TYNE
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Elephant's-ear. : TARO
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What "de novo" means. : ANEW
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Chinese dynasty. : TSIN
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Cattle genus. : BOS
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Ibsen role. : ASE

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

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