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New York Times, Saturday, August 13, 1966

8-Down : Cosmetic cases.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,209
Across
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Literary initials. : GBS
4
Meat jelly. : ASPIC
9
Tin foil for mirrors. : TAIN
13
Part of a bowknot. : LOOP
14
The same. : DITTO
15
Knob on a shield. : UMBO
16
Boy: Lat. : PUER
17
Take away: Law. : ADEEM
18
Function. : ROLE
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22
Negative votes. : NOES
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Residue. : ASH
24
Ethiopian ruler. : NEGUS
26
Contents of a shopping bag. : PACKAGES
31
Plays a game. : GOLFS
32
Fortitude. : GRIT
33
Lopez's theme tune. : NOLA
34
Toilet case. : ETUI
35
Walks wearily. : PLODS
36
Guy's companion. : DOLL
37
Noun suffix. : TUDE
38
Descartes. : RENE
39
Central Caucasian. : OSSET
40
School subject. : SPELLING
42
Western culture center. : ASPEN
43
Aswan, for one. : DAM
44
On ___ with. : APAR
45
Military center near Pikes Peak. : COLORADOSPRINGS
53
Colorful fish. : OPAH
54
Discriminative faculty. : TASTE
55
Dickens character. : NELL
56
"Gift of the ___." : MAGI
57
Ruhr city. : ESSEN
58
Hoary. : GRAY
59
Moreover. : ALSO
60
Fragment. : SHARD
61
Earth. : SOD
Down
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Ascend. : GOUP
2
Transvaal resident. : BOER
3
Place on the Mad River. : SPRINGFIELDOHIO
4
Saws. : ADAGES
5
Factions. : SIDES
6
Wing: Prefix. : PTER
7
Citizens of: Suffix. : ITES
8
Cosmetic cases. : COMPACTS
9
Perform certain athletic stunts. : TURNHANDSPRINGS
10
To me: Fr. : AMOI
11
Adjective suffix. : IBLE
12
Coward. : NOEL
13
Records, for short. : LPS
20
We: Fr. : NOUS
21
Question. : ASK
24
___ to (incapable of). : NOTUP
25
Baffle. : ELUDE
26
Antler tip. : PRONG
27
Staff officer. : AIDE
28
Tailor's iron. : GOOSE
29
Lochinvar's lady. : ELLEN
30
Pungent wit. : SALT
31
Arrives at. : GETS
32
Valley. : GLEN
35
Apes. : PRIMATES
39
Glacial ridges. : OSAR
41
Gibbon. : LAR
42
Add. : APPEND
44
Michaelmas daisy. : ASTER
45
Part of a comet. : COMA
46
Gem. : OPAL
47
Moves slowly. : LAGS
48
Vigor. : DASH
49
Greek mountain. : OSSA
50
Tyrant. : NERO
51
Pleased. : GLAD
52
Foxy. : SLY

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

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