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New York Times, Tuesday, February 18, 1997

Author:
F. Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
14-Across : Hold, as the attention
TotalDebutLatest
15411/22/19939/1/2024
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1425262552948
RebusScrabDebutFresh
11.5550233%
Fred Piscop

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is puzzle # 28 for Mr. Piscop. Tuesday freshness: 31%
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G
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O
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© 1997, The New York Times2/18/97 ( No. 17,269 )
Across
1
Scores for the Maple Leafs : GOALS
6
Heavyweight champ dethroned by Braddock : BAER
10
In this way : THUS
14
Hold, as the attention : RIVET
15
Any of three English rivers : OUSE
16
Wax's opposite : WANE
17
In solitary : ALONE
18
Dressed : CLAD
19
As before, in footnotes : IBID
20
Batman and Robin, e.g. : DYNAMICDUO
22
Evening, informally : NITE
23
G.I. dinner : MRE
24
Kitty ___ : LITTER
26
Where to find Chile powder? : ANDES
29
Vinegar: Prefix : ACETO
31
Statement of belief : CREED
32
Obliquely : SLANTWISE
36
Diamond Head locale : OAHU
37
Kind of mill : GRIST
38
Within: Prefix : ENTO
39
It's about thyme! : SPICERACK
41
Impels : URGES
42
Expunge : ERASE
43
Miniature map : INSET
44
50's-60's pitcher Don : LARSEN
47
Einstein's birthplace : ULM
48
Declare : AVOW
49
Tinkers-Evers-Chance forte : DOUBLEPLAY
56
New Zealander : KIWI
57
Cartoonist Peter : ARNO
58
Tylenol competitor : ALEVE
59
Mideast carrier : ELAL
60
___ Hari : MATA
61
Wouk work : NOVEL
62
Beach, basically : SAND
63
Kind of car : SLOT
64
Handle a baton : TWIRL
Down
1
Mortarboard wearer : GRAD
2
Overly smooth : OILY
3
View from Stratford : AVON
4
Horne who sang "Deed I Do" : LENA
5
Restrained, as a flow : STEMMED
6
Game with wooden balls : BOCCE
7
"___ Lang Syne" : AULD
8
Jacob's twin : ESAU
9
Aromatic : REDOLENT
10
Prominent Manhattan sight : TWINTOWERS
11
Equestrian's garb : HABIT
12
Bring together : UNITE
13
Jewish feast : SEDER
21
Apr. payee : IRS
25
Communications corp. : ITT
26
Give ___ (care) : ARAP
27
Royal Crown Cola brand : NEHI
28
Condition in kids' card games : DEUCESWILD
29
___ B. Toklas : ALICE
30
Amontillado holder : CASK
31
Subjects for Barron's: Abbr. : COS
32
Sp. ladies : SRAS
33
"Picnic" writer : INGE
34
Manuscript mark : STET
35
Dawn goddess : EOS
37
Sporty Pontiacs : GRANDAMS
40
Palindromic preposition : ERE
41
Not intentional : UNMEANT
43
"Well, ___ be!" : ILL
44
Aral and Caspian Seas, really : LAKES
45
Spanish tourist center : AVILA
46
"Laugh-In" co-host : ROWAN
47
W.W. II predator : UBOAT
50
Kind of thermometer : ORAL
51
Biblical preposition : UNTO
52
Farm need : PLOW
53
___ Strauss jeans : LEVI
54
Swear : AVER
55
"Gimme a C...!" is one : YELL

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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