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New York Times, Thursday, December 11, 1969

25-Down : Time period.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,425
Across
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Rents. : LETS
5
Gusty. : BLOWY
10
Philippine volcano. : TAAL
14
Smell ___. : ARAT
15
Fiber plant. : RAMIE
16
Thessalian mountain. : OSSA
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Falsely attributed. : PSEUDEPIGRAPHIC
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Mus. piece. : SEL
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Voice. : EMIT
22
Fowl. : GEESE
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Cheers. : OLES
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Carrier: Suffix. : PHOR
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Flower part. : STAMEN
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Excites. : AROUSES
32
Somewhat. : ORSO
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Caster's quest. : TROUT
34
Chinese tea. : CHA
36
Worrywartish, in a way. : HYPOCHONDRIACAL
40
Abode, in 26 Down. : OME
41
Fighter Joe. : LOUIS
42
Woes. : ILLS
43
Slow, in music. : ANDANTE
45
___ order. : MADETO
47
Flatboats. : ARKS
48
Withered. : SERE
49
Holy: Fr. : SACRE
52
Matted hair. : SHAG
53
Wheat: Fr. : BLE
56
Producing weird effects. : PHANTASMAGORIAL
60
Give up. : CEDE
61
Prig. : PRUDE
62
Poetic foot. : IAMB
63
During. : AMID
64
Addendum to three cheers. : TIGER
65
On the briny. : ASEA
Down
1
Folds. : LAPS
2
Gaelic. : ERSE
3
Weight of Far East. : TAEL
4
Symington, to friends. : STU
5
German port. : BREMEN
6
Stone: Lat. : LAPIS
7
Leave undone. : OMIT
8
Head covering. : WIG
9
Suffix for law or saw. : YER
10
Sots. : TOPERS
11
Tennis champ. : ASHE
12
Merchandise sign. : ASIS
13
Shoe part. : LACE
18
Remove. : DELE
19
Cavy. : AGOUTI
23
Melville title. : OMOO
24
Goads. : PRODS
25
Time period. : HOUR
26
London area. : SOHO
27
Walnut half. : TRYMA
28
Colorado resort. : ASPEN
29
Nickname in golf. : ARNIE
30
Woodpecker, in England. : ECCLE
31
Commandment word. : SHALT
33
Self-chosen advisers. : TOUTS
35
Additionally. : ALSO
37
Bordeaux. : CLARET
38
Barnyard sound. : HONK
39
Military man. : AIDE
44
Did mending. : DARNED
45
Thin. : MEAGER
46
Southern constellation. : ARGO
48
Elms' forte. : SHADE
49
Friend of dogs and cats: Abbr. : SPCA
50
Attention-getting sound. : AHEM
51
Moslem judge. : CADI
52
Self-satisfied. : SMUG
53
Bent. : BIAS
54
Fabric. : LAME
55
Italian island. : ELBA
57
Inclined. : APT
58
Indian title of respect. : SRI
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Inlet. : RIA

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

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