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New York Times, Wednesday, November 16, 1966

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 46.5
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,304
Across
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Booted. : SHOD
5
Degrees. : PHDS
9
Santa Claus, for one. : ELF
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First-class: Colloq. : AONE
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Cote sound. : BLEAT
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One of the Beerys. : NOAH
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Witty words. : MOTS
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Property. : REALESTATE
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Celestial. : ETHEREAL
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Small tray. : WAITER
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Upright. : ERECT
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Fractions. : TENTHS
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___ Circle. : ARCTIC
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Paragon. : MODEL
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Gehrig. : LOU
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African river. : NIGER
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Groom hair again. : RESET
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Piano. : SOFT
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Dido. : ANTIC
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Modern painter. : DALI
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Volunteer. : OFFER
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Fictional cockroach. : ARCHY
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Brown. : TAN
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Remainder: Fr. : RESTE
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Court decision. : RULING
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Discards. : SCRAPS
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One slated for success. : COMER
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Intertwine. : ENLACE
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Harmful. : DAMAGING
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Risky. : TOUCHANDGO
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Western campus. : UCLA
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American Indian. : CREE
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Birds. : KITES
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Shopper's milieu. : MART
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Scores in a game. : TDS
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Meeting: Abbr. : SESS
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Dresden's river. : ELBE
Down
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Unchanged. : SAME
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Shout of disapproval. : HOOT
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With payment deferred: Slang. : ONTHECUFF
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Large part of Iran. : DESERT
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Fold. : PLEAT
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Make whole. : HEAL
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Decaliter: Abbr. : DAL
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Cooked, in a way. : STEWED
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Gave a right to. : ENTITLED
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Reluctant. : LOATH
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Well-known trio. : FATES
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A composite rock. : BRECCIA
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Possessive pronoun. : HER
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More sensible. : SANER
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Guide line. : REIN
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Kind of lens. : TORIC
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What is more. : ALSO
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Kind of garden. : ROOF
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Cadence. : METRE
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Midges. : GNATS
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Indulging in ridicule. : SATIRICAL
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Verve. : ELAN
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High-pitched sound. : TING
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Outdoor features in suburbia. : TERRACES
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Colored prints, old style. : CHROMOS
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Gunman's command. : REACH
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Arizona city. : YUMA
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Discourses. : SPEAKS
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Plant of the pea family. : LEGUME
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Angry sound. : SNORT
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Provided with a bit of evidence. : CLUED
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Mews for hawks. : CAGES
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Everyday Latin item. : ETC
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Insecticides. : DDTS
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Labor group. : NLRB
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Entrance. : GATE
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Never: Ger. : NIE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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