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New York Times, Thursday, February 13, 1997

Author:
F. Longo
Editor:
Will Shortz
61-Across : Where to get fast service?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
9110/29/199411/24/20192
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
150137142922
RebusScrabDebutFresh
41.4868687%
Frank Longo

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Longo. Thursday freshness: 60%
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E
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P
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N
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D
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M
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B
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N
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D
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K
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B
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E
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© 1997, The New York Times2/13/97 ( No. 17,264 )
Across
1
Raises : ERECTS
7
Coal-mining waste : SLAG
11
Interruption : GAP
14
Cores : NUCLEI
15
Grand Prix, for instance : AUTORACE
17
One of the lanthanides : CERIUM
18
Accumulates : STORESUP
19
What's NEW? : UPTOTHEMINUTE
21
Hugs, symbolically : OOO
22
Spanish dramatist ___ de Vega : LOPE
23
What's KNEW? : HADINMEMORY
30
Fragrant resin : ELEMI
31
Member of the flock : EWE
32
Spill the beans : BLAB
36
What's GNU? : AFRICANANTELOPE
40
Opposite of bless : DAMN
41
River to the Mississippi : RED
42
Provincial pronoun : YOUSE
43
What's NU? : GREEKLETTER
46
Athens's home : OHIO
49
Suffix with libel : OUS
50
What's NOUS? : FRENCHPRONOUN
56
"A Raisin in the Sun" writer Hansberry : LORRAINE
57
Quiver contents : ARROWS
60
Support : UNDERLIE
61
Where to get fast service? : TENNIS
62
Derek and Diddley : BOS
63
Honky-___ : TONK
64
Ancient Qumran inhabitant : ESSENE
Down
1
Abbr. at the bottom of a letter : ENC
2
Curse the day : RUE
3
Brown shade : ECRU
4
Illegal block : CLIP
5
German : TEUTONIC
6
Violent Saharan wind : SIMOOM
7
Pane's place : SASH
8
Pear-shaped instrument : LUTE
9
Fermi's fascination : ATOM
10
How horror scenes are often depicted : GORILY
11
Refuel : GASUP
12
Intense : ACUTE
13
"___ Le Moko" (1937 Duvivier drama) : PEPE
16
Slots site : RENO
20
Water tester : TOE
23
Intellect : HEAD
24
___ Romeo : ALFA
25
Skin: Suffix : DERM
26
"___ love!" : IMIN
27
Gettysburg victor : MEADE
28
Have the rights to : OWN
29
No longer active: Abbr. : RET
32
Stain : BLOT
33
Ill-mannered one : LOUT
34
Basilica section : APSE
35
Cold one : BEER
37
Opposite of dep. : ARR
38
Obit word : NEE
39
Trash bins, graffiti, etc. : EYESORES
43
Track speedster : GOCART
44
Chinese diplomat Wellington ___ : KOO
45
Crescent-shaped : LUNATE
46
Down East college town : ORONO
47
Zebra groups : HERDS
48
Pertaining to : INRE
50
Bungle : FLUB
51
Seat of Hawaii County : HILO
52
Nabokov novel : PNIN
53
Stench : REEK
54
Tomb items : URNS
55
Not a lick : NONE
58
Carry the day : WIN
59
Wind dir. : SSE

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

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