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New York Times, Monday, July 25, 1966

49-Down : Insect stage.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 311 (avg 1.70)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,190
Across
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Army man: Abbr. : MAJ
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Dialect of ancient Greece. : DORIC
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Bacon's partner. : EGGS
13
Bedouin's head cord. : AGAL
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Form of humor. : IRONY
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In addition. : MORE
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Kind of weed. : LOCO
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Large hare. : JACKRABBIT
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Trees of Florida. : INKWOODS
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Endures. : LASTS
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Sheer fabric. : LAWN
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State. : AVER
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Quick bread. : SCONE
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Mockingbird, for one. : MIMICKER
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Domain. : LAND
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Corn cakes. : PONES
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Arcturus. : STAR
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State: Abbr. : IND
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Make reparation. : ATONE
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Canticle. : ODE
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Rural sounds. : MOOS
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Outer coverings. : RINDS
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Dye. : ANIL
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Titanic. : ENORMOUS
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Take pleasure in. : ENJOY
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Grant temporary use of. : LOAN
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Opera role. : AIDA
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Waterpipe. : SPOUT
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Associates. : CONNECTS
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Paul Bunyan's job. : LUMBERJACK
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Related. : AKIN
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Girasol. : OPAL
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Planet. : EARTH
61
Baby girl: Sp. : NENA
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Decrease. : WANE
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Novices. : TYROS
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Ceramic cup with two or more handles. : TYG
Down
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Republic in the Sudan. : MALI
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Ancient Greek contest. : AGON
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Author of "White Fang." : JACKLONDON
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City of Côte-d'Or. : DIJON
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Toward the mouth. : ORAD
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Birds of fable. : ROCS
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Artist's purchase. : INK
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St. ___, French military school. : CYR
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Starts (on). : EMBARKS
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Chunks: Colloq. : GOBS
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Pluck. : GRIT
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Matched groups. : SETS
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___ inside, à la baseball. : LOWAND
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Actor Guinness. : ALEC
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Be obligated to. : OWE
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Alters. : AMENDS
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Holding devices. : VISES
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Nickname for a thin man. : SLIM
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Light boat. : CANOE
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Gesture. : MOTION
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Former president of Turkey. : INONU
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Short coat. : ETONJACKET
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Communications system. : RADIO
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City in N. Italy. : PARMA
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Depend (on). : RELY
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Capable of liquification. : SOLUBLE
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South American. : ANDEAN
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Routine. : ROTE
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German "one." : EIN
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Egyptian symbols. : ANKHS
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Dilatory. : SLOW
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Insect stage. : PUPA
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Where Muscat is. : OMAN
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Mystery writer John Dickson ___. : CARR
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Numerical prefix. : OCTO
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Minute. : TINY
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Obstacle. : SNAG
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Inactive: Abbr. : RET
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Bird. : JAY

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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