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New York Times, Wednesday, November 23, 1966

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 5.23, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 53.4 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,311
Across
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No matter what. : WHICH
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Oz character. : WITCH
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High-pitched voice. : TREBLE
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Very bad: Colloq. : HORRID
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Important statesman. : PREMIER
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Expected. : AWAITED
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Owns. : HAS
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Medieval fabric, shot with gold. : SAMITE
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Pentacle. : STAR
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Vaudeville turns. : ACTS
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Sea bird. : TERN
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Hothead's specialty. : IRE
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Quantity of thread. : SKEIN
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Noun-forming suffix. : SION
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Air Force base on Cape Cod. : OTIS
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Apocryphal name. : ESDRAS
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Overflow crowd. : STANDEES
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Ride ___ over. : ROUGHSHOD
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Sword steel. : DAMASCUS
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Exact satisfaction for. : AVENGE
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Oriental servitor. : AMAH
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Ten-gallon items. : HATS
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Vietnamese. : ASIAN
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Color. : TAN
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Dance. : REEL
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Turnover. : TART
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And you (too): Lat. : ETTU
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Pledged. : PAWNED
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Marine fish. : GAR
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Brainy mammal. : DOLPHIN
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Typical. : AVERAGE
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Alter a garment, in a way. : LETOUT
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Teacher's goal. : TENURE
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Good-natured, to a Gael. : SONSY
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Helen, in Spain. : ELENA
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Took by force. : WRESTED
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Border. : HEM
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Wading bird. : IBIS
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Part of a certain shoe. : CLEAT
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Wearer of winged sandals. : HERMES
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Pieces of furniture. : WHATNOTS
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Part of IOU. : IOWE
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Refrain syllable. : TRA
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Malay dagger. : CRIS
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Ancient inhabitant of Syria. : HITTITE
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Saratoga and Monmouth. : TRACKS
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Familiar greeting. : DEARIE
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Transitory state. : PHASE
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Straighten ranks. : DRESS
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Hearty dish. : IRISHSTEW
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Term of address, old style. : SIRRAH
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Temple. : NAOS
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Capital of Okinawa. : NAHA
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Most peculiar. : ODDEST
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Similar. : SUCH
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Type of star. : NOVA
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Pledge or agreement. : GUARANTY
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Fixed in time. : DATED
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Explosive. : AMATOL
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Cloaks. : MANTLES
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City in N. Y. : NIAGARA
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Addendum to a country house. : GARAGE
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___ nous. : ENTRE
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State group. : SENATE
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Carpenter's device. : LEVEL
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___ the ears. : UPTO
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Papal name. : PIUS
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English term for a sandy place. : DENE
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Relative of 13 Down. : HON
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Seek office. : RUN

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

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