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New York Times, Saturday, April 19, 1969

49-Down : Sugar source.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,189
Across
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Ladies in Lyons. : MMES
5
Rascal. : SCAMP
10
Partly open. : AJAR
14
Staff member. : AIDE
15
Potato. : TUBER
16
Words of impossibility. : NOGO
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Cheap liquor. : SNEAKYPETE
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Secret society. : KLAN
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Member of the Met. : SINGER
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Brewers. : TEABALLS
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Repute. : ODOR
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Like ghosts and ghouls. : SCARY
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Hairpiece. : CHIGNON
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"Citizen ___." : HEARST
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Odds makers' words. : TOONE
33
Chopper. : DICER
35
Scoreboard trio. : OOO
36
Circle. : RING
37
Low, hard-hit ball. : LINER
38
Predecessor of MVD. : OGPU
39
Article, in Arles : UNE
40
Jurors' group. : PANEL
41
Clumsy. : INEPT
42
Spring time. : EASTER
44
Astronaut's big moment. : REENTRY
46
On ___ (busy). : THEGO
48
Monday mood. : BLAH
49
Wheedling. : CAJOLERY
52
Have ___ on. : ANEDGE
56
Power source. : ATOM
57
Barbecue offerings. : SLOPPYJOES
59
Okinawan city. : NAHA
60
People, poetically. : SOULS
61
African port. : ORAN
62
Austrian town. : ENNS
63
Clothe. : ENDUE
64
Strip. : BARE
Down
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Bulk. : MASS
2
Kind of skirt. : MINI
3
Where figleaf was skirt. : EDEN
4
Maritime. : SEAGOING
5
"Nat Turner" author. : STYRON
6
Sports trophy. : CUP
7
Encourage. : ABET
8
Allots. : METES
9
Oldtime circuit man. : PREACHER
10
Mideast capital. : ANKARA
11
Flag of a sort. : JOLLYROGER
12
"I want ___ just ... " : AGAL
13
Swoboda and others. : RONS
18
Anchor. : KEDGE
22
Boxing champ in 1934. : BAER
24
Famed sculptor. : RODIN
26
To ___ phrase. : COINA
27
Artillery rocket. : HONESTJOHN
28
Forty-___. : NINER
30
Drenched. : SOPPY
31
Self-appointed adviser. : TOUT
32
Precise. : TRUE
34
V.I.P., for short. : CELEB
37
Gifts. : LARGESSE
38
Alert. : ONTHEJOB
40
Strip. : PEEL
41
___ event. : INANY
43
Apostle. : THOMAS
45
Pass. : ELAPSE
47
Popular material. : ORLON
49
Sugar source. : CANE
50
___ impasse. : ATAN
51
___ be surprised. : YOUD
53
Dumb girl. : DORA
54
Equipment. : GEAR
55
Serf. : ESNE
58
Noun form: Abbr. : PLU

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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