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New York Times, Saturday, March 1, 1997

Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Will Shortz
36-Across : Dog with a curled tail
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Jim Page

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 33 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is puzzle # 99 for Mr. Page. Saturday freshness: 23%
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© 1997, The New York Times3/1/97 ( No. 17,280 )
Across
1
Backs : SPONSORS
9
Deceives : FLAMS
14
Aspen unit : SKIPATROL
15
Sublease : RELET
16
Symposium, originally : WINEPARTY
17
Novelist Brookner : ANITA
18
Former crown colony : ADEN
19
"Turandot" role : LIU
20
Necessitate : ENTAIL
21
"Rocky III" actor : MRT
22
TV ___ : DINNER
24
Psychiatrist's response : ISEE
25
Like granola : OATEN
27
Participles, sometimes : DANGLERS
29
Call it a day on the set : WRAP
30
Black ___ (paddy wagon) : MARIA
31
Time-saving means of travel : SST
32
Lake at the foothills of the Alps : COMO
34
Comparative form of little : LESS
36
Dog with a curled tail : PUG
39
Classic kids' game : SORRY
41
It may be critical : MASS
44
"Blossom Time," e.g. : OPERETTA
46
Alternative to Russian : RANCH
47
Bone: Prefix : OSTE
48
Connective tissue : TENDON
50
Rage : IRE
52
Covers (up) : HUSHES
54
Mythical flier : ROC
55
Actor Elliott of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" : REID
56
Stomach : BROOK
57
Kindergarten outlay : MILKMONEY
59
Be consistent : AGREE
60
Mission souvenirs : MOONROCKS
61
Minds : HEEDS
62
Plays up : STRESSES
Down
1
Lush setting? : SKIDROW
2
Cause of a 1983 baseball controversy : PINETAR
3
Crack : OPEN
4
Raised fiber : NAP
5
Infamous Georgian : STALIN
6
Hatch out of Utah : ORRIN
7
Hotel lobby, maybe : ROTUNDA
8
Roguish : SLY
9
Pal of Ollie : FRAN
10
Navy bean alternative : LENTIL
11
Rap sheet list : ALIASES
12
Fields : METIERS
13
Least newsworthy : STALEST
14
Emulated Leander : SWAM
20
Banks of the Cubs : ERNIE
22
Oust : DEPOSE
23
Primitive : EARLY
26
One-third of XXX? : TAC
28
Meter reader : GASMAN
30
Word in a Thomas Malory title : MORTE
33
Miss ___ (Uncle Remus character) : MOTTS
35
___ Gabriel : SAN
36
His title was "Lord High Everything Else" : POOHBAH
37
Rise : UPSURGE
38
Bristle : GETSORE
40
Cut loose : RANRIOT
42
Premed focus : SCIENCE
43
Horror film sounds : SHRIEKS
45
Went over the same ground? : REHOED
46
1940 O'Brien part : ROCKNE
49
Grief : DOLOR
51
Ice cream brand : EDYS
53
Stretches, with "out" : EKES
55
Outback hoppers : ROOS
57
Music degrees : MMS
58
"___ Parkington" (Greer Garson film) : MRS

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

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