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New York Times, Monday, September 2, 1968

20-Across : Bud Fisher character.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 233 (avg 1.30)
Open Squares: 44, Cheaters: 20, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,960
Across
1
Party man. : HOST
5
On ___ with. : APAR
9
Garden sights. : POSIES
11
Worked with authors. : EDITED
13
Press agent's work. : RELEASE
14
Butcher's tool. : CLEAVER
16
November winners. : INS
17
Cut, as prices. : SLASHED
19
Little Miss St. Clare. : EVA
20
Bud Fisher character. : MUTT
22
Shorten or lengthen. : ALTER
23
Stuffed shirt. : PRIG
24
Warning. : ALERT
26
___ soda. : SAL
27
Ramp of a kind. : AISLE
28
Pick up the tab. : TREAT
30
Popular casserole dish. : NOODLES
32
Shopper's choice. : BRANDNAME
34
Señorita's name. : DOLORES
36
Addition to a document. : RIDER
39
Claude of art. : MONET
40
Help wanted! : SOS
42
"Whistle While You Work," et al. : TUNES
44
Pyrites, et al. : ORES
45
Dazes. : STUNS
47
Blanch. : PALE
48
Obsession: Colloq. : TIC
49
River phenomenon. : SILTING
51
D. C. agency. : CIA
52
Cracker. : SALTINE
54
Figures of the Spanish Main. : PIRATES
56
Clouds: Fr. : NUAGES
57
Bowling marks. : SPARES
58
Things to eat. : BUNS
59
Peered at. : EYED
Down
1
Wearing apparel in Westerns. : HOLSTER
2
Chemical suffix. : OSE
3
New Mexican Indians. : SIAS
4
Electrical genius. : TESLA
5
Stella of the stage. : ADLER
6
Mottled. : PIED
7
Work ___ job. : ATA
8
Auto gear. : REVERSE
9
Next to the last syllable. : PENULT
10
Validates. : SEALS
11
Airplane formation. : ECHELON
12
Printers' apprentices. : DEVILS
13
Terza ___, Dante's verse form. : RIMA
15
Style wildly popular. : RAGE
18
Is obviously superior. : STANDSOUT
21
Certain voices. : TREBLES
23
Amassed. : PILEDUP
25
Old playing card. : TAROT
27
Concede. : ADMIT
29
Dick Deadeye. : TAR
31
Propeller. : OAR
33
Snuggles. : NESTLES
34
With 50 Down, Oscar Wilde character. : DORIAN
35
Bridge bid. : ONECLUB
37
Passed. : ENACTED
38
Depends (on). : RELIES
39
Some ad libs. : MOTS
41
Cuts. : SNIPS
43
The Red and the Black. : SEAS
45
Math terms. : SINES
46
Bird. : SNIPE
49
"Not working," for example. : SIGN
50
See 34 Down. : GRAY
53
Greek letter. : TAU
55
Common verb. : ARE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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