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New York Times, Thursday, March 17, 1966

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 36.3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,060
Across
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Law: Abbr. : STAT
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Adroit. : DEFT
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Greek physician. : GALEN
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Odd, in Glasgow. : ORRA
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City founded by Harold III. : OSLO
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Lombardy city. : ASOLA
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Crest. : PEAK
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Bellatrix. : STAR
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Arouses. : FIRES
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Player in a game. : HARE
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Act upon. : TAKEEFFECT
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Serious. : STAID
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Birds. : TERNS
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Gets fitted. : TRIESON
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Poetic contraction. : TWAS
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Comports (oneself). : DEMEANS
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Tanning places. : SOLARIA
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Hides. : CLOAKS
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Garment for 35 Across. : BIKINI
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Kind of photo. : CLOSEUP
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Precipitated, winter style. : SLEETED
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Complete. : VERY
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French port. : LORIENT
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Mountaineer's spike. : PITON
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Rail birds. : SORAS
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Discipline. : TAKEINHAND
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Clump. : TUFT
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Abrogate. : ANNUL
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Buffalo's waterfront. : ERIE
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Relative of a scène. : ACTE
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Twenty. : SCORE
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Gallic name. : RENE
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TV program. : SHOW
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Confined, as in a cage. : MEWED
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Parts of books: Abbr. : BDGS
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Knows: Scot. : KENS
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Campus group. : SOPHS
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Candy, for one. : TREAT
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Bird. : ARARA
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Loaf. : TAKEITEASY
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Old verb form, used with "thou." : DOST
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Attorney's concern. : ESTATES
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Chips. : FLAKES
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Popular figures in Spain. : TOREROS
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Nautical spars. : GAFFS
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Seemingly. : ASIF
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Knowledge. : LORE
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Energy source: Abbr. : ELEC
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American political cartoonist. : NAST
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Dignify. : ENNOBLE
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English hero. : DRAKE
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Important hormone. : INSULIN
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Reprimand. : TAKETOTASK
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Legal paper. : WRIT
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Elder, in Paris. : AINE
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Asserted. : SAID
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Year of Pope John VII's accession. : DCCV
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Femme. : ELLE
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African native. : MOOR
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Attachments, in law. : LIENS
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Kind of vegetable. : POTHERB
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Misbehaving, in a way. : SINNING
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Laughed heartily. : ROARED
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Amassed (with "up"). : PILED
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Pleated trimming. : RUCHE
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River of song. : AFTON
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Chowders. : STEWS
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Where Hobart is: Abbr. : TASM
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Suffix with assist or resist. : ANCE
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Be certain. : KNOW
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Department of France. : EURE
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Letters. : DEES

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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