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New York Times, Saturday, September 13, 1969

43-Down : Skeptical words.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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A
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,336
Across
1
Leeward island. : SABA
5
Research rooms. : LABS
9
Feature of 1 Across. : CLIFF
14
___ for one's money. : ARUN
15
Spread. : OLEO
16
Whitewashed. : LIMED
17
Part of a tongue twister. : BABYBUGGYBUMPER
20
Period of decline. : EBBTIDE
21
Performer. : ARTIST
22
Ships. : LINERS
24
Calendar abbreviation. : OCT
25
Clark Gable type. : HEMAN
26
Superior officer. : HIGHERUP
31
Lama land. : TIBET
32
Glockenspiel. : LYRA
33
Stand. : RISE
34
___ loss. : ATA
35
Flowing forth. : EMANANT
38
Golly! : GEE
39
The two. : BOTH
41
Sign. : OMEN
42
Yellow pigment. : OCHER
44
Overthrows. : UNHORSES
46
Pigeonholes. : SLOTS
47
Pyramid builder, for short. : TUT
48
Outline. : SCHEMA
50
Fall-blooming annual. : COSMOS
53
Mice. : RODENTS
56
58
Violet, for one. : COLOR
59
Expel. : OUST
60
Port near Vladivostok. : OLGA
61
Applies lightly. : DUSTS
62
Money in Taxco. : PESO
63
Writer Morris. : WEST
Down
1
"Quién ___?" : SABE
2
Bedouin. : ARAB
3
Perfume of a sort. : BUBBLEBATH
4
Whenever. : ANYTIME
5
Grow audible. : LOUDEN
6
Horatio. : ALGER
7
___ the question. : BEG
8
Bean. : SOYA
9
Kind of purse. : CLUTCH
10
Electronic device. : LIMITER
11
Little devils. : IMPS
12
Distances. : FEET
13
White House initials. : FDR
18
Double. : BINATE
19
Heavy shoe. : BROGAN
23
Modesty. : SHYNESS
25
Come across. : HITON
27
Shah country. : IRAN
28
90 degrees. : RIGHTANGLE
29
Ones for whom suits are brought. : USEES
30
Noble. : PEER
31
Verboten. : TABU
32
Gold cloth. : LAME
36
Make the ___. : MOSTOF
37
Fine sword. : TOLEDO
40
Nightclub. : HOTSPOT
43
Skeptical words. : COMENOW
45
Bits of gossip. : RUMORS
46
___ pieces. : SHOTTO
49
Salad plant. : CRESS
50
Nail: Fr. : CLOU
51
Stock market grouping. : OILS
52
Street sign. : STOP
54
Harbor craft. : TUGS
55
Plane space. : SEAT
56
Graduate degree. : SCD
57
Color. : HUE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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