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New York Times, Thursday, July 28, 1966

40-Down : Parries.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { Q W }, Scrabble score: 318 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,193
Across
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St. ___, French town on English Channel. : MALO
5
Currency. : CASH
9
Hankering. : ITCH
13
Look ___ (visit). : INON
14
River of song. : AFTON
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Ryukyu seaport. : NAHA
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Nearly all. : MOST
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Northern constellation. : DRACO
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Sports gear. : SKIS
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Losing money. : INTHERED
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Address. : SPEECH
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Letters. : EXES
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Be deeply moved. : YEARN
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Sudden outburst. : FLARE
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Favorable beginning. : HEADSTART
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Diminish. : REDUCE
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Fortitude. : GRIT
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Neckpiece. : BOA
37
Pearl Buck heroine. : OLAN
38
Region in Israel. : NEGEV
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Classic rural deity. : FAUN
41
Small ostrich plume. : TIP
42
Preminger. : OTTO
43
Ousts. : EJECTS
45
Showing a humble attitude. : HATINHAND
48
In tune. : ONKEY
49
Reduce to naught. : ANNUL
50
Son of Boaz and Ruth. : OBED
52
Bouts. : SETTOS
54
Take no risks: Colloq. : PLAYSAFE
58
___ Pinza. : EZIO
59
Calamities. : EVILS
61
Amu Darya, of old. : OXUS
62
Electrical appliance. : IRON
63
___ ease. : SETAT
64
Suffix with gab or song. : FEST
65
Compos mentis. : SANE
66
Raison d'___. : ETRE
67
Run away. : FLEE
Down
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Operatic role. : MIMI
2
Oft-cited authority: Abbr. : ANON
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Parted with. : LOST
4
In retreat. : ONTHERUN
5
Military nucleus. : CADRE
6
Once more. : AFRESH
7
Boer city. : STAD
8
Ad ___. : HOC
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Introduce. : INSERT
10
Surprised. : TAKENABACK
11
Modish. : CHIC
12
Menu item. : HASH
15
Precipitate plunge. : NOSEDIVE
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Office VIP. : EXEC
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History. : PAST
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Easily handled, as a ship. : YARE
26
Spume. : FROTH
27
Novel by George Sand. : LELIA
28
Adjustment. : ADAPTATION
30
Goad to action. : EGGON
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Course. : ROUTE
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Aromatic plant. : TANSY
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Is fervid: Colloq. : ENTHUSES
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And others: Abbr. : ETAL
40
Parries. : FENDSOFF
42
___ account. : ONNO
44
Young kangaroo. : JOEY
46
Chant. : INTONE
47
See 5 Across. : DOLLAR
51
Do a sewing job. : BASTE
52
Spanish numeral. : SEIS
53
Pound or Stone. : EZRA
54
English statesman. : PITT
55
Conrad hero. : AXEL
56
Melt. : FUSE
57
Villa d'___. : ESTE
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Churchillian sign. : VEE

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

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