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New York Times, Thursday, September 29, 1966

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 252 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,256
Across
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Columbus's starting point. : PALOS
6
Mountain ranges of southern India. : GHATS
11
Disconcerted. : PUTOUT
12
Praise. : TRIBUTE
14
Entice. : ALLURE
15
Enjoyed exceedingly: Slang. : HADABALL
17
Diminutive suffix. : ULA
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Withdraws. : SECEDES
20
City in SW France. : PAU
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Pride and its retinue. : SINS
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Great name in the theater. : DUSE
24
Vent. : SLIT
25
Start. : ENTER
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Cradles. : BEDS
29
Smooth, in phonetics. : LENE
30
Living statue of legend. : GALATEA
32
Certain winds. : TRADES
34
Evergreens. : FIRS
35
Connery. : SEAN
36
Thin flake, as of metal. : LAMINA
39
First-rate. : CAPITAL
42
Top performers. : ACES
43
Vehicle of a sort. : PRAM
45
Overalls. : LEVIS
47
Scene in "A Study in Scarlet." : UTAH
48
Body of traditional poetry. : EPOS
50
Native of Fyn. : DANE
51
Mail-order item. : GUN
52
Approaches and speaks to. : ACCOSTS
55
Mountain in Crete. : IDA
56
Talked over differences: Colloq. : HADITOUT
58
Store. : OUTLET
60
Address. : LECTURE
61
Smooths. : PREENS
62
Harvests. : REAPS
63
Beach. : SANDS
Down
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Attracting. : PULLING
2
"Gate City." : ATLANTA
3
Gehrig. : LOU
4
Possessive pronoun. : OURS
5
Palfrey. : STEED
6
Rated for quality. : GRADED
7
Cover up. : HIDE
8
Arabian garments. : ABAS
9
Clumsy boat. : TUB
10
Fastened together. : STAPLED
11
Hesitate. : PAUSE
12
"___ Wolf." : THESEA
13
Relative of Helen. : ELAINE
16
Guitars of old. : LUTES
19
Solid squares. : CUBES
22
Egotistical. : SELFISH
24
Showing a biased opinion. : SLANTED
26
Shower. : RAIN
28
Chassé. : STEP
31
Hazard, on the links. : TRAP
33
Kind of road. : RAIL
35
Greek island. : SAMOS
36
Chortle. : LAUGH
37
True. : ACTUAL
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Stroll aimlessly. : MEANDER
39
Best-selling author. : CAPOTE
40
Was of use (to). : AVAILED
41
Basswood trees. : LINDENS
44
Happens again. : RECURS
46
Passengers' concerns. : SEATS
49
Passengers' concerns. : STOPS
52
Sweetsop tree. : ATTA
53
Clever stratagem. : COUP
54
Chapter of the Koran. : SURA
57
Light summer dessert. : ICE
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Lacrosse team. : TEN

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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