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New York Times, Tuesday, September 27, 1966

55-Down : Burrowing animal of India.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,254
Across
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White Rhine wine. : HOCK
5
Sacred book, in India. : VEDA
9
Capably. : ABLY
13
Japan's second largest city. : OSAKA
15
Pivotal point. : AXIS
16
Supplication. : PLEA
17
Potations of speakeasy days. : PINKLADIES
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Freeway exit or entrance. : RAMP
20
Poetic time. : EEN
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Bulldog courage. : GRIT
22
Cities of New York and anc. North Africa. : UTICAS
24
Dealers in cloth. : DRAPERS
26
Make tight, as a boat's seams. : CAULK
27
Prior to. : ERE
28
Usual fourth-down play. : PUNT
29
Initials on a Card's cap. : STL
32
Wanes. : EBBS
35
Shadow box. : SPAR
37
Bull: Prefix. : TAURI
39
Product in much demand. : COLORTELEVISION
42
Instigate. : ROUSE
43
Hollywood name. : DESI
44
Take ___ heart. : ITTO
45
Strummer's instrument. : UKE
46
Monks' titles. : FRAS
48
___ string. : ONA
50
Saul's grandfather. : ABIEL
52
Mistake. : BLUNDER
56
Concert piece. : SONATA
58
Chatty. : GLIB
59
Topsy's friend. : EVA
60
NATO and others. : ORGS
61
Military cap. : GREENBERET
64
Measures of length. : FEET
65
Plays, in a way. : ACTS
66
Seine tributary. : YONNE
67
Type of metalware. : TOLE
68
Master cartoonist. : NAST
69
One of the Leagues: Abbr. : NATL
Down
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Anticipated. : HOPED
2
Willow. : OSIER
3
Flowering plant. : CANNA
4
Terrorist group. : KKK
5
"Quo ___?" : VADIS
6
Leave. : EXIT
7
Fade away. : DIE
8
Nile city. : ASSUAN
9
Time for a rainy day. : APRIL
10
Clubs, for instance. : BLACKSUIT
11
Champagne Tony. : LEMA
12
Barks. : YAPS
14
Author Horatio. : ALGER
18
Check. : ARREST
23
For all: Mus. : TUTTI
25
Manila money. : PESOS
26
Preserves. : CURES
28
Pickets. : PALES
30
Run. : TROT
31
Floor covering, for short. : LINO
32
Cloth shade. : ECRU
33
Ledger. : BOOK
34
Member of Navy precision flying team. : BLUEANGEL
36
Piano part. : PEDAL
38
Native of 13 Across. : ASIAN
40
Make ready anew. : REFIT
41
One of the strings. : VIOLIN
47
Brown's rival. : REAGAN
49
Like some fabrics. : NUBBY
51
Sew. : BASTE
52
Beatified. : BLEST
53
Coastal city of Libya. : DERNA
54
Happening. : EVENT
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Burrowing animal of India. : RATEL
56
Downy. : SOFT
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Mountain: Prefix. : OREO
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Achieves. : GETS
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Initials in radio field. : RCA
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A thousand ages. : EON

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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