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New York Times, Monday, September 19, 1966

4-Down : Astronaut Shepard.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,246
Across
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Jinx, old style. : JONAH
6
Forty winks. : NAP
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Biting. : ACERB
14
Burn ___ in one's pocket. : AHOLE
15
Sash. : OBI
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Untouchable. : TABOO
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Log raft. : CATAMARAN
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Sigmund. : FREUD
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Old Persian coin. : KRAN
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Literary abbreviation. : MSS
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Fastidious. : DAINTY
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Stayed put. : SAT
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Ordinary guy. : JOE
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Finger painting. : DAUB
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Race horse. : BANGTAIL
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Appeasing gift. : SOP
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Memory book. : ALBUM
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Tutor of Alexander the Great. : ARISTOTLE
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Din. : ROAR
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Pure as ___. : ALILY
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Downpour. : RAIN
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Legal plea. : NOTGUILTY
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Big bird. : HERON
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Wife of Saturn. : OPS
43
College group. : GLEECLUB
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Jane or Zane. : GREY
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Occidental group. : OAS
47
Game like Napoleon. : PAM
50
Sea nymph. : NEREID
53
Middle of the 11th century. : MLI
54
City founded by Pizarro. : LIMA
55
Capital of Guam. : AGANA
56
Middle-class. : BOURGEOIS
58
Author of "The Odd Couple." : SIMON
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City on the Danube. : ULM
60
Matured. : ADULT
61
Name of a kind. : ALIAS
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Ginza money. : YEN
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Headquarters. : BASES
Down
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Children's game. : JACKS
2
Scarlett's name. : OHARA
3
___ all. : NOTAT
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Astronaut Shepard. : ALAN
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Do needlework. : HEM
6
Viking ship. : NORSEGALLEY
7
Down with: Fr. : ABAS
8
Class emblem. : PIN
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In the wrong. : ATFAULT
10
West Indian. : CARIB
11
Bacheller's "hired man." : EBEN
12
Put to flight. : ROUT
13
Human being: Colloq. : BODY
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Egyptian deity. : AMON
22
Henry James heroine. : DAISY
24
Tight spot. : JAM
25
Newspaper feature. : DAILYCOLUMN
26
Whistle-stop. : BURG
27
Humdrum. : TRITE
28
Deneb, for one. : STAR
29
Salmagundi. : OLIO
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Famous Quaker. : PENN
31
Pisa's river. : ARNO
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Curved shape. : LOOP
33
Belfry denizens. : BATS
35
Midianite prince. : OREB
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Felt poorly. : AILED
40
Magyars. : UGRIANS
41
Jan of Bohemia. : HUS
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Covert. : LAIR
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Columbus's birthplace. : GENOA
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Godly. : PIOUS
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Out by ___. : AMILE
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Mizzen and topgallant. : MASTS
50
Headline initials. : NASA
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Archer of Norse mythology. : EGIL
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Branches: Lat. : RAMI
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Jetty. : MOLE
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Mother of Castor and Pollux. : LEDA
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Believe: Slang. : BUY
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Chatter. : GAB

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

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