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New York Times, Wednesday, September 7, 1966

30-Down : Motorist's maneuver.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.68, Missing: { J W }, Scrabble score: 327 (avg 1.75)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,234
Across
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Hummingbird. : TOPAZ
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Manger. : CRIB
10
Historic isle. : ELBA
14
"Thereby hangs ___." : ATALE
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Pinkish red. : ROSE
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Jib, for one. : SAIL
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Brownies. : GIRLSCOUTS
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Large African antelope. : KUDU
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Sibilant sound. : SST
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Feminine suffix. : TRIX
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In the same place: Lat. : IBIDEM
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Port on Gulf of Gabes. : SFAX
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Balance bar. : BEAM
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Elephant keeper. : MAHOUT
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Dwelling of a kind. : DOGHOUSE
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To any extent. : ATALL
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Present! : HERE
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River of myth. : STYX
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Make fun of: Colloq. : RIB
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"And so ___." : TOBED
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Noun ending. : URE
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Old Dutch coin. : DOIT
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Charge. : ONUS
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Musical. : LYRIC
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Certain: Slang. : INTHEBAG
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As ___. : SOONAS
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Welsh name. : EVAN
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French city. : LAON
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Jazz devotee. : HEPCAT
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Sit in the sun. : BASK
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Tiny: Scot. : SMA
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Popular color. : AQUA
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___ college (just graduated). : FRESHOUTOF
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Submerged. : SUNK
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Possessive. : OURS
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Not likely. : UNAPT
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Pull (up): Colloq. : HIKE
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City near Tahoe. : RENO
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Color values. : TONES
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Follows along. : TAGS
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American patriot. : OTIS
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Portion. : PART
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Quite. : ALL
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Piquant. : ZESTFUL
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___ de Guerre. : CROIX
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Cook's mixture. : ROUX
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Adherent: Suffix. : IST
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Surrounded. : BESIEGED
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Alaskans. : ESKIMOS
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Praise. : LAUD
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Wait, old style. : BIDE
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College grad. : ALUM
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Supporter of: Suffix. : CRAT
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Pooh! : BAH
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Coin of Peru. : SOL
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Long-winded ones. : BORES
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Tuesday: Fr. : MARDI
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Noun ending. : ATION
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Practice. : HABIT
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Eliminate malfunctions of: Slang. : DEBUG
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Motorist's maneuver. : UTURN
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Iraq's neighbor. : SYRIA
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Office VIP's. : EXECS
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Chinese province. : HONAN
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Go ___ (champion). : TOBATFOR
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Take ___ (win): Slang. : THECAKE
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Beware. : LOOKOUT
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Hither's partner. : YON
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Girl's name. : EVA
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Ribbon. : SASH
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Rope. : LASSO
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Menu item. : HASH
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Prefix with poise and distant. : EQUI
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Touchwood. : PUNK
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Swiss canton. : BERN
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T. Williams hero. : STAN
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Dejected one. : MOPE
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Times of day: Abbr. : AFTS
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Repent. : RUE
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Italian numeral. : UNO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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