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New York Times, Thursday, September 15, 1960

19-Across : Safe.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,080
Across
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Call on. : SEE
4
Parts of filing cards. : TABS
8
More abject. : BASER
13
Part of the leg. : SHIN
14
Dismounted. : ALIT
15
Ne plus ___ (highest point of perfection). : ULTRA
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Cabin material. : LOGS
17
Tales. : NARRATIONS
19
Safe. : UNHURT
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Canal. : DUCT
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Vigor: Colloq. : PEP
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Sunset bugle signal. : RETREAT
25
Baobab, for one. : TREE
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Branch of the Treasury Dep't. : SECRETSERVICE
32
___ Beta Kappa. : PHI
34
Chancellor of Austria. : RAAB
35
Sub-detecting device. : SONAR
36
Dickens' "Barnaby ___." : RUDGE
38
Ribbed fabric. : REP
40
Yields. : CEDES
41
Beethoven's "Fidelio." : OPERA
42
Choir voice. : ALTO
44
Chemical suffix. : ENE
45
Used very wisely. : MADETHEMOSTOF
49
German name for Vienna. : WIEN
50
Clamorous censure. : DECRIAL
53
Book of the Bible: Abbr. : PSA
56
Loyality ___. : OATH
58
From that place. : THENCE
59
Ends. : INTENTIONS
62
Encircled. : GIRT
63
Aleutian garment. : PARKA
64
Saratoga speciality. : RACE
65
Air Force base on Cape Cod. : OTIS
66
Talk: Slang. : SPIEL
67
Psyche's beloved. : EROS
68
Man's nickname. : NED
Down
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Coruscated. : SHONE
2
Like an octagon. : EIGHTSIDED
3
Guarantee. : ENSURE
4
Fanfare. : TANTARA
5
Between Miss. and Ga. : ALA
6
Albatross. : BIRD
7
Majorettes' steps. : STRUTS
8
A confection. : BUTTERSCOTCH
9
"Kim" character. : ALI
10
Leave off. : STOP
11
River in Ulster. : ERNE
12
Type of file. : RASP
13
Innuendo. : SLUR
18
Parcel of land. : ACRE
20
Describing Disneyland. : RECREATIONAL
24
Go like sixty. : TEAR
26
Bacchanal cry. : EVOE
28
Metal bar. : TBEAM
29
Vague. : INDEFINITE
30
City in Normandy. : CAEN
31
Gaelic. : ERSE
32
Coed's topic. : PROM
33
California Indian. : HUPA
37
Waxed. : GREW
39
Walk wearily. : PLOD
43
African insects. : TSETSES
46
Topic in the tropics. : HEAT
47
Whole. : ENTIRE
48
Where Lake Wallowa is. : OREGON
51
Bitter. : ACRID
52
Inviting word. : LETS
53
Spots on playing cards. : PIPS
54
Vigor. : SNAP
55
"The Bell of ___." : ATRI
57
Ancient. : HOAR
60
Also: Archaic. : EKE
61
Army man. : NCO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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