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New York Times, Tuesday, August 9, 1966

5-Down : Lessens.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { W Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,205
Across
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Tizzy. : FLAP
5
Storage place. : ATTIC
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Fan of a sort. : BUFF
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Where Dev is President. : EIRE
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Historic province of Portugal. : BEIRA
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Munich's river. : ISAR
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Moslem prince. : EMIR
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One of the rockets. : ATLASAGENA
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Night spot, modern style. : DISCOTHEQUE
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Rumanian coin. : LEU
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Stows in a ship's hold. : STEEVES
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Composer of "Rule, Britannia." : ARNE
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Greek letters. : PIS
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Kind of Venetian blind. : JALOUSIE
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Guitar ridges. : FRETS
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Kind of moon. : FULL
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Ruler. : TSAR
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___-la-Chapelle. : AIX
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Companion of bright. : EARLY
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Floral garland. : LEI
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Cuts off branches, twigs, etc. : LOPS
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Remain. : STAY
42
Eskimo canoe. : KAYAK
44
Avenue of the ___, New York City. : AMERICAS
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Ad ___. : LIB
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Miss Dartle. : ROSA
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Communications satellite. : TELSTAR
52
Homburg. : HAT
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Immense. : ELEPHANTINE
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Exodus, as from Cuba. : EMIGRATION
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Conjunctions. : ANDS
60
Optimistic. : ROSY
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Cup: Fr. : TASSE
62
Concerning. : INRE
63
Très ___. : BIEN
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Clear sky. : ETHER
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Familiar negative. : NYET
Down
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Nourishes. : FEEDS
2
Curtail. : LIMIT
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Come into being. : ARISE
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Mental image. : PERCEPT
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Lessens. : ABATES
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Hebrew letters. : TETHS
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Ceramic piece. : TILE
8
Syria's neighbor. : IRAQ
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Nonchalantly. : CASUALLY
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Generous. : BIG
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Futilely. : USELESSLY
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Temple: Poet. : FANE
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Housewife. : FRAU
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Flying prefix. : AERO
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Genus of sheep. : OVIS
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Cashew. : NUT
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Mountains in France and Switzerland. : JURAS
28
Friend. : ALLY
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Atomic agency of the U.N. : IAEA
30
Composer Satie. : ERIK
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One-time White House canine. : FALA
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Town of trials, 1942. : RIOM
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Specialized skill. : EXPERTISE
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___ Morgana. : FATA
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Step up. : ESCALATE
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Rialto sign. : SRO
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Pottery oven. : KILN
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Refrain, as from voting. : ABSTAIN
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Elbe tributary. : ISER
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Pitched horseshoe, not quite a ringer. : LEANER
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The others. : THOSE
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Bright but cheap. : TINNY
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One of de Gaulle's names. : ANDRE
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Put in place again. : RESET
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Marjoram. : HERB
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Mine: Fr. : AMOI
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Coup d'___. : ETAT
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Annoyed exclamation. : PISH
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Woman: Prefix. : GYN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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