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New York Times, Monday, May 16, 1966

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 40.1
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,120
Across
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Literary light. : SHAW
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Come-on man. : SHILL
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Figures. : TWOS
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Apiece. : EACH
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Osprey's nest. : AERIE
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Latin exclamation. : EHEU
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Healing. : CURE
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Go for a walk. : TAKETHEAIR
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Unheralded movie hit. : SLEEPER
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Transportation service. : SHUTTLE
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Eaters' guides. : DIETS
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Live. : ARE
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Taken. : STOLEN
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Depict. : PORTRAY
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Music ___. : LOVER
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Thump. : BANG
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Give-and-take. : SWOP
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El ___, Ecuador province. : ORO
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Old-time vehicles. : SURREYS
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Pother. : ADO
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___ the Stilt. : WILT
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Baked dishes. : PIES
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Thin cookie. : WAFER
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Fixed routes. : COURSES
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Royal fortress. : CASTLE
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Man's nickname. : NAT
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Nicholas and others. : TSARS
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Storage place. : ARSENAL
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Town N of Boston. : ANDOVER
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Circulates. : GETSAROUND
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Baptism, for one. : RITE
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Symbol on new Australian coin. : EMEU
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Indian of TV fame. : TONTO
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Dessert. : TART
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Frolic. : ROMP
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Blade of grass. : SPEAR
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Travois. : SLED
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Short times. : SECS
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Catch. : HAUL
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Farm section. : ACRE
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Cajole. : WHEEDLE
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Cotton fabric. : SATEEN
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Vital part. : HEART
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Annoy. : IRK
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Relatives of fish stories. : LIES
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That spring-fever feeling. : LETHARGY
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Wobbles. : TEETERS
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Surprised exclamation. : WHAT
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Eye: Fr. : OEIL
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Informal affirmative. : SURE
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Wound. : HURT
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Wharves. : PIERS
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Leanest. : SPAREST
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Traffic sign. : SLOW
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Kind of lens. : TORIC
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Convex molding. : OVOLO
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Numbers. : ONES
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Drifting. : AWAFT
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Tyrolean song. : YODEL
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Cheese. : BRIE
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Think (over). : PORE
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Parvenus. : UPSTARTS
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Fairway. : SWARD
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Adjusts, as a motor. : TUNESUP
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Arranges and classifies. : ASSORTS
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Genus of frogs. : RANA
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Frankness. : CANDOR
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Popular saint. : SANTA
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Ripener. : AGER
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San ___. : REMO
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Prow. : STEM
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Part of a bowknot. : LOOP
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Bottle. : VIAL
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Being: Fr. : ETRE
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Commercial abbreviation. : RETD
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Number: Fr. : UNE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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