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New York Times, Saturday, October 4, 1997

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
42-Across : Comfort, in a way
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Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 33 Missing: {JX} This is puzzle # 67 for Mr. Norris. Saturday freshness: 69%
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© 1997, The New York Times10/4/97 ( No. 17,497 )
Across
1
Righteousness to a fault : MORALISM
9
Market grp. : NASDAQ
15
Schubert song : AVEMARIA
16
City near Syracuse : ONEIDA
17
Judged, in a way : REFEREED
18
Denver athlete : NUGGET
19
Storage areas : TRUNKS
20
Ref. book : DICT
22
70's extremist grp. : SLA
23
"___ Three Lives" : ILED
24
Former TV co-host : TESH
25
Funeral stand : BIER
26
Cyberspace abbr. : AOL
27
Fakes : CHARLATANS
30
Ship's heading : NNE
31
___ Hill (James Monroe's home) : OAK
32
Ashby of the 80's Astros : ALAN
33
Fat, in France : GROSSE
35
North Dakota native or city : MANDAN
38
Mother of Levi and Judah : LEAH
39
Bank acct. entry : INT
40
Not classical : POP
42
Comfort, in a way : REACHOUTTO
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Cinch : ICE
46
Not : NARY
47
Hungarian patriot Nagy : IMRE
48
Bangkok money : BAHT
49
Germany's Dortmund-___ Canal : EMS
50
Quite a while : AGES
51
Actress North : SHEREE
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Fortune : WEALTH
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Less relaxed : UNEASIER
57
Japanese floor covering : TATAMI
58
Olympics sport discontinued after 1908 : LACROSSE
59
Hit song of 1968 : SUZIEQ
60
Swore : ATTESTED
Down
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Sci-fi enemy : MARTIAN
2
Like some speeches : OVERLONG
3
Airport employee, at times : REFUELER
4
Fix : AMEND
5
Caper : LARK
6
More than upsets : IRES
7
German pronoun : SIE
8
More angry : MADDER
9
Cool : NONCHALANT
10
"...some kind of ___?" : ANUT
11
Line part: Abbr. : SEG
12
Eats with enthusiasm : DIGSIN
13
Astaire and others : ADELES
14
Its capital is Doha : QATAR
21
Iraqi, most likely : ISLAMITE
24
Net : TAKEHOME
25
Join : BAND
27
Trig function : COSEC
28
Is smart : HASAHIGHIQ
29
So much, musically : TANTO
34
Oil of ___ : OLAY
36
Beekeeper : APIARIST
37
Fast food request : NOCHEESE
41
Faded (out) : PETERED
42
"Hippolyte et Aricie" composer : RAMEAU
43
Sham : ERSATZ
44
Phoebe's sister on "Friends" : URSULA
46
Salamanders : NEWTS
48
Castilian kisses : BESOS
50
"Look ___..." : ATME
51
Faction : SECT
52
Wonderland character : HARE
54
Chou En-___ : LAI
56
A Turner : NAT

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

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