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New York Times, Saturday, September 3, 1966

39-Down : Crepe de ___.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 321 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,230
Across
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Saint of early Britain. : ALBAN
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Grow light. : DAWN
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Word of disdain. : POOF
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Headdress. : TIARA
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Notion: Fr. : IDEE
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To the: It. : ALLA
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Traveler's problem. : LANGUAGEBARRIER
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Along with. : AND
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Facial expression. : GRIN
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Pistol: Slang. : ROSCOE
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Mixologist's request. : SAYWHEN
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Moccasin. : SHOE
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Siamese temples. : WATS
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Small talk. : CHITCHAT
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Obscured by haze. : SMOKY
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Strips of wood. : SLATS
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Where: Lat. : UBI
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Leeds's river. : AIRE
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Wall Street category. : FOODS
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Revenue agents. : TMEN
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Downcast. : SAD
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Tale: Fr. : CONTE
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Headline name of 1909. : PEARY
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Top secret. : HUSHHUSH
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Signify. : MEAN
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Unctuous. : OILY
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Cavalier Poet. : HERRICK
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Baltic Sea cape. : ARKONA
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Leather. : CALF
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Burmese. : TAI
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Talker. : CONVERSATIONIST
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Busy as ___. : ABEE
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Fender flaw. : DENT
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Butler of fiction. : RHETT
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Hart. : DEER
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Influence. : SWAY
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Solid. : MASSY
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Reference book. : ATLAS
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Rain forest growth. : LIANA
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Exchange small talk. : BANDYWORDS
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S. A. republic. : ARG
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Misbehaving. : NAUGHTY
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Fall to. : DIGIN
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Red Sea port. : ADEN
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Complex pattern. : WEB
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Shots close to the target. : NEARHITS
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19.2 trillion miles, in astronomy. : PARSEC
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Chemical suffix. : OLIC
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Bread spread. : OLEO
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Get along. : FARE
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Greek god. : ARES
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Origins. : ROOTS
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Track of a ship. : WAKE
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Protective foliage. : SHADE
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Fabric. : CLOTH
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Languages, literature, etc. : HUMANITIES
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But: Ger. : ABER
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Minute. : TINY
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Cummerbund. : SASH
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Feline cry: Var. : MIAU
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Genial, old style. : SONSY
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Ties. : FOULARDS
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Wear's partner. : TEAR
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Crepe de ___. : CHINE
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Accomplish. : PERFORM
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American criminologist. : HOOVER
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Honey: Prefix. : MELI
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Diminutive of a girl's name. : HATTY
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Deposits (a ballot). : CASTS
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Sum of money, in a game. : KITTY
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School: Abbr. : ACAD
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Wraparound. : ROBE
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Joint. : KNEE
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Village of Galilee. : CANA
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Darn. : SEW
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Housing agency. : NHA

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

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