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New York Times, Friday, January 10, 1997

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Will Shortz
67-Across : Eighty-sixes
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A. J. Santora

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQVX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 219 for Mr. Santora. Friday freshness: 28%
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© 1997, The New York Times1/10/97 ( No. 17,230 )
Across
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Where NaCl is collected : SALTPIT
8
First name in German politics : HELMUT
14
Noted Ojibwa of fiction : HIAWATHA
16
1955 title heroine : ELOISE
17
Classic adventurer : ARGONAUT
18
Fan : ROOTER
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Where the Mikado once lived : KYOTO
20
Relative of "Fudge!" : DRAT
22
"Show Boat" composer : KERN
23
Focal point : HUB
25
Politico Bella : ABZUG
27
Overly strict : PURITANIC
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Kind of buddy : BOSOM
35
Rate ___ (be perfect) : ATEN
36
Vote in Quebec : NON
37
"Life of Christ" painter : GIOTTO
38
Diana of "The Avengers" : RIGG
39
46-Across, e.g. : DRAMA
41
Senior member : DEAN
42
Abbey Theater name : OCASEY
44
Brigitte is one : NOM
45
About : INRE
46
Four-time Emmy-winning series : LALAW
47
Elimination game : ODDMANOUT
49
Detectives' info, possibly : LEADS
51
Health grp. : AMA
52
"Heartbreak House" writer : SHAW
55
Transportation Secretary beginning 1993 : PENA
57
Wouldn't hurt ___ : AFLEA
61
He coined the phrase "Harmony in discord" : HORACE
63
Holdings : OPINIONS
65
Compliant one : OBEYER
66
Lifting device : WINDLASS
67
Eighty-sixes : TOSSES
68
Defrauded : SCAMMED
Down
1
Common quotation attribution: Abbr. : SHAK
2
Insubstantial : AIRY
3
Italian body of water : LAGO
4
With 10- and 15-Down, a Fellini quote : TWOTHINGSALWAYS
5
Prove to be successful : PANOUT
6
Suffix with senor : ITA
7
None-too-gentle landing : THUD
8
Frequency unit : HERTZ
9
Jeff Lynne's rock grp. : ELO
10
See 4-Down : LOOKGOODINAFILM
11
Wee parasite : MITE
12
Client : USER
13
Cousin of a gull : TERN
15
See 4-Down : ATRAINANDSNOW
21
Epitome of simplicity : ABC
24
Exchange : BANDY
26
Where: Lat. : UBI
27
Utterance : PAROL
28
Mohawk River city : UTICA
29
Splendid : REGAL
30
Easter start : NOR
32
Office assistant : STENO
33
Japan's ___ Bay : OTARU
34
"Terrace at Le Havre," e.g. : MONET
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Kind of radiation : GAMMA
40
Hardly old-fashioned : MOD
43
Farm animal : EWE
47
Schoenberg's "___ to Napoleon" : ODE
48
"Melrose Place" role : AMANDA
50
Impersonators : APERS
52
Worn out : SHOT
53
Wanderer : HOBO
54
"Iliad" figure : ARES
56
Sacred bull of Egyptian myth : APIS
58
Some soil : LOAM
59
Start of Massachusetts' motto : ENSE
60
Made a tax valuation: Abbr. : ASSD
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Medium grade : CEE
64
Forbes rival : INC

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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