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New York Times, Tuesday, March 25, 1997

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
23-Across : Philosopher John
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1938/7/199612/22/202321
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385152119522716
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
531.631,16472%
Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Quigley. Tuesday freshness: 63%
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© 1997, The New York Times3/25/97 ( No. 17,304 )
Across
1
It's hailed by city dwellers : TAXI
5
"The final frontier" : SPACE
10
Philosopher David : HUME
14
Plow pullers : OXEN
15
Director Welles : ORSON
16
Ukraine's Sea of ___ : AZOV
17
One socially challenged : NERD
18
Scottish estate owner : LAIRD
19
"Oh, my!" : YIPE
20
Bad news : GLOOMANDDOOM
23
Philosopher John : LOCKE
24
It comes from the heart : AORTA
28
Tampa neighbor, informally : STPETE
31
Maladroit : AWKWARD
33
"Common Sense" pamphleteer : PAINE
34
Equestrian's handful : MANE
36
Smidgen : TAD
37
Lots of activity : HUSTLEANDBUSTLE
41
Baseball stat : ERA
42
Like Superman's vision : XRAY
43
Less tanned : PALER
44
Kickoff response : RUNBACK
47
TV journalist Poussaint et al. : RENEES
48
Highway curves : ESSES
49
Window cover : BLIND
51
Like some chicken : SHAKEANDBAKE
57
Talk : CHAT
60
Alternatives to suspenders : BELTS
61
Keen : AVID
62
One for the road : AUTO
63
$100 bill : CNOTE
64
Reply to the Little Red Hen : NOTI
65
"That was a close one!" : PHEW
66
Planted : SOWED
67
Word with high or hole : KNEE
Down
1
Chinese dynasty : TONG
2
Skater's move : AXEL
3
Dry: Prefix : XERO
4
Slothful : INDOLENT
5
Comfort giver : SOLACE
6
Short-sheeting a bed, e.g. : PRANK
7
Stage remark : ASIDE
8
Part of a parachute : CORD
9
Prefix with -morph : ENDO
10
Upper part of a barn : HAYMOW
11
Terrorist's weapon : UZI
12
Swab : MOP
13
"The Three Faces of ___" : EVE
21
"Psycho" setting : MOTEL
22
Sturdy furniture material : OAK
25
Tot's noisemaker : RATTLE
26
Rose's home, in song : TRALEE
27
Common vipers : ADDERS
28
Globe : SPHERE
29
Ford model : TAURUS
30
Galileo's kinsmen : PISANS
31
Amos's partner : ANDY
32
Part of "www" : WEB
34
Luke preceder : MARK
35
Santa ___, Calif. : ANA
38
First-rate: Abbr. : EXC
39
Flip over : UPEND
40
Shoal : SANDBANK
45
Confer (upon) : BESTOW
46
Volcano detritus : ASH
47
Got the suds out : RINSED
49
"Look out ___!" : BELOW
50
Starbucks serving : LATTE
52
Kindergarten instruction : ABCS
53
Gambling game : KENO
54
The Bard's river : AVON
55
Toy with a tail : KITE
56
Singer Brickell : EDIE
57
Beret : CAP
58
"Come again?" : HUH
59
Noshed : ATE

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

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