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New York Times, Friday, April 22, 1966

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J K Q W X }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,096
Across
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Empire builder. : RHODES
7
Parallelogram. : RHOMBOID
15
Child's word to emphasize sincerity. : HONEST
16
Country place. : HACIENDA
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Country place. : ESTATE
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Athenian ballot, used in banishing Aristides. : OSTRACON
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Party. : TEA
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German article. : EIN
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Letter. : TEE
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Nurses' group. : ANC
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Vegetable: Var. : OCRA
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Vest: Fr. : GILET
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Ice formation. : FLOE
29
Monsoon weather. : RAINS
31
Writers' group. : PEN
32
Yearlings. : COLTS
33
Persian. : IRANIC
35
NASA target. : VENUS
37
Trigonometry term: Abbr. : CTN
38
Uno, dos, tres. : NUMEROS
40
Common suffixes. : ERS
43
Exterior: Anat. : ECTAL
44
Beat. : RHYTHM
46
Avignon's river. : RHONE
49
Carnation. : RED
51
Brute encountered by Gulliver. : YAHOO
52
Number: Abbr. : HUND
53
Flanks. : SIDES
55
Foot: Prefix. : PEDO
56
Uncle: Scot. : EME
57
Bit of wit. : PUN
58
Jaguar. : CAT
60
Inactive: Abbr. : RET
61
Unhappily. : SADTOSAY
64
Appetite. : RELISH
66
Having hooves. : UNGULATE
67
Thanks, in Roma. : GRAZIE
68
___ way (clear). : SEESONES
69
Make esteemed. : ENDEAR
Down
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Art of expressive discourse. : RHETORIC
2
Fire company's wagon. : HOSECART
3
Man of Toronto. : ONTARIAN
4
Goddess: Lat. : DEA
5
East, in Italy. : ESTE
6
Current cartoonist. : STEIG
7
Greek letter, feature of this puzzle. : RHO
8
Runner. : HASTENER
9
Sonnet part. : OCTET
10
Mud. : MIRE
11
Girl's nickname. : BEA
12
Available for use. : ONCALL
13
"___ love you, Dr. Fell." : IDONOT
14
Reels. : DANCES
21
Tang in cheese. : NIP
25
___ Arbor. : ANN
27
Equalized. : LEVELED
28
Large books: Abbr. : FOS
30
After. : SINCE
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Easy: Slang. : CUSHY
34
Engraving. : CUT
36
Hide ___ hair. : NOR
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Pickle. : MARINATE
40
Torpify. : ETHERIZE
41
African country. : RHODESIA
42
With fewer wrinkles. : SMOOTHER
43
Upshot. : END
45
Canine sound. : YAP
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Monkey. : RHESUS
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Merciful. : HUMANE
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Nervous. : ONEDGE
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Month: Abbr. : DEC
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Name meaning "a lily." : SUSAN
54
Army man. : SARGE
57
Game. : POLO
59
Gull. : TERN
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French personal pronouns. : TUS
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It is so. : YES
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Youngster. : LAD

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 7 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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