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New York Times, Thursday, October 2, 1997

Author:
Christopher Hurt
Editor:
Will Shortz
52-Across : Like a hermit
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
117/19/199412/23/19981
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2013410
ScrabDebutFresh
1.607363%
Christopher Hurt

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FVXZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Hurt. Thursday freshness: 33%
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© 1997, The New York Times10/2/97 ( No. 17,495 )
Across
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Petit chapeau : TOQUE
6
Crosswordy ratite : EMU
9
Theater box : LOGE
13
Its capital is Oranjestad : ARUBA
14
"___ Life of Johnson" (classic biography) : BOSWELLS
16
___ Caesar (Caligula) : GAIUS
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Genius : BRAINIAC
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Teetotalers : DRYS
20
Torso's washboard : ABS
21
British baby bearer : PRAM
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___ Domini : ANNO
25
French number with three 0's : MILLE
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Ones, when marching : HEPS
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Mrs. John Quincy Adams and others : LOUISAS
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Wraps : ENCASES
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Actress Penelope ___ Miller : ANN
33
Use clippers : TRIM
35
Turtle dove : HON
36
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"___ questions?" : ANY
43
Bartoli performance : ARIA
44
___ Berg, the intellectual of Baseball : MOE
45
Convertibles : RAGTOPS
49
Collected works : OMNIBUS
51
Substance from which the universe was created : YLEM
52
Like a hermit : ALONE
54
Robin's residence : NEST
55
It towers over Taormina : ETNA
56
0 : NIL
57
Univ. recruiter : ROTC
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Genius : EINSTEIN
62
Kind of board : OUIJA
65
Hotel chain : RADISSON
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Like a carpet : PILED
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Associate with riffraff : SLUM
68
Lao-___ : TSE
69
Hot pot and others : STEWS
Down
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It plays it : TAG
2
Mouths, to 16-Across : ORA
3
One who'd like to know more : QUIDNUNC
4
Classic 1896 Alfred Jarry play : UBUROI
5
"No sweat!" : EASY
6
Tidal movement : EBB
7
Upright : MORAL
8
In working order : USABLE
9
Writer Deighton : LEN
10
Op-ed artist Pat : OLIPHANT
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Expresses anger, in a way : GLARES
12
Pleasant distraction : ESCAPE
15
Know-it-all : WISENHEIMER
19
Know-it-all : SMARTYPANTS
22
Submissions to S. & S. : MSS
23
Brand of daminozide : ALAR
24
It's outlawed : NONO
26
Horned goddess : ISIS
29
Shorthander, for short : STENO
31
First name in late-night TV : CONAN
34
1990 Matsushita acquisition : MCA
37
Nepalese capital : KATMANDU
38
Press : IRON
39
One who doesn't know much : IMBECILE
40
___-chef : SOUS
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Toe in the water : TEST
45
Manhattan ingredient : RYE
46
Changes a suit : ALTERS
47
Agreeable : GENIAL
48
Most artful : SLIEST
50
Just know : INTUIT
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Medleys : OLIOS
58
Butterfingers' remark : OOPS
60
Actor Alastair : SIM
61
22.5 degrees : NNE
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Maimonides, for one : JEW
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Spots : ADS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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