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New York Times, Friday, March 28, 1997

Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Will Shortz
56-Across : Like Oedipus's curse in "Oedipus Rex"
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Jim Page

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 31 Missing: {JQVXY} This is puzzle # 100 for Mr. Page. Friday freshness: 72%
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© 1997, The New York Times3/28/97 ( No. 17,307 )
Across
1
At first : ONBASE
7
Nudists : ADAMITES
15
Sarge's superiors : LOOIES
16
Not to mention : LETALONE
17
Practice pieces : ETUDES
18
I.B.M. laptop : THINKPAD
19
"___ dieu!" : MON
20
Pet-carrier feature : AIRHOLE
22
Wee, to Burns : SMA
23
Bygone empire : INCA
25
Critic Roger : EBERT
26
Lampblack : SOOT
27
Trail : SCENT
29
"At Seventeen" singer : IAN
30
Hobbits' home, with "The" : SHIRE
31
Late pop singer Franchi et al. : SERGIOS
33
Whirlpools : SWIRLS
35
Bar degree : LLD
36
"Unaccustomed ___..." : ASI
37
Knight mares? : STEEDS
40
Scale : CLIMBUP
44
Family of Danish physicists : BOHRS
45
Certain suckler : EWE
47
Lake Tanganyika discoverer John : SPEKE
48
Cries for Joselito : OLES
49
Skating event : PAIRS
51
Lith. and Lat., once : SSRS
52
Battle of Britain grp. : RAF
53
Compared : LIKENED
55
Daisy ___ : MAE
56
Like Oedipus's curse in "Oedipus Rex" : IRONICAL
58
Flip out : LOSEIT
60
Nonuple : NINEFOLD
61
"FoxTrot" pet, in the funnies : IGUANA
62
Masthead names : GAZETTES
63
Types : GENRES
Down
1
The Rebels : OLEMISS
2
Never : NOTONCE
3
Disco feature : BOUNCER
4
Auxiliary : AID
5
"Did You Ever ___ Lassie?" : SEEA
6
"Ah, Wilderness!" mother : ESSIE
7
Gibson of tennis : ALTHEA
8
Renders harmless, in a way : DEHORNS
9
Listing : ATILT
10
Long hair : MANE
11
Nature : ILK
12
Bulb cover : TOPSOIL
13
Bewitches : ENAMORS
14
Put under : SEDATE
21
Results of cleanup work? : RBIS
24
Bass players? : ANGLERS
26
Cocktail contents : SHRIMPS
28
Gamepieces : TILES
30
O.K.s, in Toledo : SISIS
32
"Hmm...!?" : ODD
34
___-Mart : WAL
37
Glassed-in porches : SOLARIA
38
Winkler role : THEFONZ
39
Potted maritime plant : SEAKALE
40
Geneva research ctr. : CERN
41
Tarnish : BESMEAR
42
Chernobyl setting : UKRAINE
43
Spanish cabbage : PESETAS
44
Ho-hum : BORING
46
Handles : WIELDS
49
Ornamental loop : PICOT
50
Baseball exec Bud : SELIG
53
Ride : LIFT
54
Venetian V.I.P. : DOGE
57
Name-dropper's word : NEE
59
It rises at dawn : SUN

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1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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