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New York Times, Thursday, December 4, 1997

Author:
Eileen Lexau
Editor:
Will Shortz
9-Across : Cottonwood trees
TotalDebutLatest
2712/17/196212/4/2000
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0655254
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.56261746%
Eileen Lexau

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 35 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 24 for Ms. Lexau. Thursday freshness: 84%
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© 1997, The New York Times12/4/97 ( No. 17,558 )
Across
1
Flattery : SOFTSOAP
9
Cottonwood trees : ALAMOS
15
Song thrush : THROSTLE
16
Teatro alla Scala site : MILANO
17
Liz Taylor movie "___ County" : RAINTREE
18
Kid-helping org. : UNICEF
19
Cartoonist Peter : ARNO
20
Combat : OPPOSE
22
On a roll : HOT
23
Tongues do it : WAG
24
Take on : HIRE
25
Current administration : INS
26
Future viewers : SEERS
30
Zip : NADA
32
Kabuki kin : NOH
33
Plan : DESIGN
35
Pool party? : STENO
37
Made an effort : STRIVEN
40
River to Lake Ontario : GENESEE
42
Declaim : ORATE
43
100 agorot : SHEKEL
45
Worthless amount : FIG
46
Make a video : TAPE
48
"Wall Street" theme : GREED
51
Credit-tracking co. : TRW
52
Ramble : ROAM
54
Collarless shirt : TEE
56
Very early : WEE
57
British bishops' headdresses : MITRES
59
Checked item : COAT
60
One-cellers : AMEBAS
62
Rather high : STEEPISH
64
Fixed over : REDONE
65
Spread disinformation : TOLDALIE
66
Lamb output : ESSAYS
67
Low-pressure pitch : SOFTSELL
Down
1
Backbreaker? : STRAW
2
The Wilkeses' neighbors : OHARAS
3
Periphery : FRINGE
4
Up ___ good : TONO
5
J.F.K. lander : SST
6
Other, to Pedro : OTRO
7
Hebrew starter : ALEPH
8
Taking a glimpse : PEEPING
9
Smiling, evidently : AMUSED
10
Betting odds : LINE
11
"When We Were Kings" subject : ALI
12
Luddites' targets : MACHINES
13
Mano a mano : ONEONONE
14
Some dancing : SOFTSHOE
21
Poet's least favorite fruit : ORANGE
27
Go over proofs : EDIT
28
Build an embankment : REVET
29
Compass pt. : SSE
31
"The Bronx Zoo" star : ASNER
34
Popular place : INSPOT
36
TV part : TELE
37
Programming : SOFTWARE
38
Galleys of yore : TRIREMES
39
Troublesome plants : RAGWEEDS
41
Hosp. test : EKG
44
Father and son publishers : HEARSTS
47
Rebels : ARISES
49
Prima ballerina : ETOILE
50
Clockwise : DEASIL
53
"Ditto" : METOO
55
One of the Kennedys : ETHEL
57
Umpteen : MANY
58
Women's magazine : SELF
59
I.R.S. employees : CPAS
61
Long squeezer : BOA
63
D.C. summer setting : EDT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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