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New York Times, Thursday, July 14, 1966

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 36.4
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,179
Across
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Prospero's slave. : CALIBAN
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London section. : ADELPHI
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Miser's forte. : AVARICE
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Wined and dined. : REGALED
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Hush up. : SILENCE
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Cloture of a kind. : GAGRULE
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Hubbub. : ADO
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Ball player. : DODGER
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Etats ___. : UNIS
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Exercise. : LESSON
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Sustained. : FED
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Convoy. : ESCORT
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Another: Sp. : OTRO
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Sprite. : ELF
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Blue Ridge caverns. : LURAY
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Willow. : OSIER
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Inlet. : RIA
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Preposition. : UPON
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Direction. : TREND
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Nexus. : LINK
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Jardin ___ Plantes. : DES
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End. : CEASE
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Irish dramatist. : SYNGE
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Common suffixes. : ERS
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Torn. : RENT
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Combine. : MERGER
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Elfin. : FEY
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City on the Rhone. : GENEVA
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Nickname for a thin man. : SLIM
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Garden flower. : LUPINE
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35 years hence. : MMI
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Largest flatfish. : HALIBUT
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Fur. : CARACUL
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Byrd's Little ___. : AMERICA
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Part of a 1789 motto. : EGALITE
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Historic "Purchase," 1863. : GADSDEN
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Experiences again. : RELIVES
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Tia's dwelling. : CASA
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Eager. : AVID
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French composer. : LALO
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Fury. : IRE
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Part of a printing plant. : BINDERY
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Greet first. : ACCOST
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Of necessity. : NEEDS
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S. American region. : ARGENTINE
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Precious. : DEAR
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___ roll. : EGG
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The street, in Paris. : LARUE
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Spoliative. : PLUNDERING
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Sun: Prefix. : HELI
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March time. : IDES
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Military gait. : GOOSESTEP
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___ shark. : LOAN
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In place of. : FOR
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Circumvent. : ELUDE
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Great: Slang. : SUPER
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Ran on two tickets. : CROSSFILED
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Claret. : RED
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French fabric. : LINGE
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Quack's cousin. : FAKER
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Sumatran ape. : ORANGUTAN
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Letter. : TEE
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Constellation. : LYRA
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Rallying call. : CRY
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Various. : SEVERAL
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Household. : MENAGE
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Descendants of Mohammed. : EMIRS
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More agreeable. : NICER
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Dance step. : SHAG
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Monk. : LAMA
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Former ambassadress. : LUCE
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12th cen. date. : MCIV
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Device used by horn blowers. : MUTE
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Parts of France. : ILES
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Bridge term. : BID
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Eastern name. : ALI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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