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New York Times, Thursday, November 3, 1966

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,291
Across
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Jokers. : WAGS
5
All aflutter. : AGOG
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Over's partner. : ABOVE
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N. African port. : ORAN
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Tree fruit. : CONE
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___ academy. : NAVAL
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Tear down. : RAZE
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Bunkhouse items. : COTS
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Singer's forte. : TRILL
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Tangled skein. : SLEAVE
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Tantamount to. : ASGOODAS
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Lira. : TURKISHPOUND
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Middling. : SOSO
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Noisome effluvium. : MIASMA
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Terrifying. : AWFUL
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___ jumbo. : MUMBO
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Color. : TAN
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Dancer's feat. : LEAP
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Sun: Prefix. : HELIO
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Nightfall. : DARK
41
Type of lace: Colloq. : VAL
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Slipcase to hold a book. : FOREL
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Roost. : PERCH
44
Friends of a sort. : ALLIES
46
Cuckoopint. : ARUM
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Iota. : GREEKNUMERAL
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Oil center in Arkansas. : ELDORADO
57
Gauzy cloth used for veils. : BAREGE
58
River into the Bay of Biscay. : LOIRE
59
Outfit. : GARB
61
Title in Yemen. : IMAM
62
Cant. : ARGOT
63
Jewish month. : ELUL
64
Girl's name. : TINA
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Snug abodes. : NESTS
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Native of Aarhus. : DANE
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Hold out. : STAY
Down
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Get the better of. : WORST
2
Nether world of Babylonian myth. : ARALU
3
Looker-on. : GAZER
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___ on (comes unobtrusively). : SNEAKSUP
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Means of approach. : ACCESS
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Sticky stuff. : GOO
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Ready when wanted. : ONTAP
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Plaster of Paris. : GESSO
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Stradivari. : ANTONIO
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Native state of India. : BARODA
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Poet of the year one. : OVID
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Qui ___? (who goes there?). : VALA
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House features. : ELLS
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Bass ___. : VIOL
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Soup. : GUMBO
25
Classic poet. : HOMER
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Alpha Centauri. : STAR
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Artist Chagall. : MARC
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Sacred Egyptian emblem. : ANKH
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Edison's middle name. : ALVA
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Opposite of woe. : WEAL
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Season. : FALL
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Diminutive suffix. : ULE
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Capital of Lombardy. : MILAN
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Prophet of 8th century B.C. : HOSEA
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Black marks. : DEMERITS
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Searches (out). : FERRETS
43
Mountain lion. : PUMA
45
Native of Luzon. : IGOROT
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Debris. : RUBBLE
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Razor-sharp. : EDGED
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Animal from down under. : KOALA
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Decrease. : REMIT
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Capital of Guam. : AGANA
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Noted A.A.F. name. : LEMAY
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Dash. : ELAN
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Store of knowledge. : LORE
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Spades. : DIGS
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Flow. : RUN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 8 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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