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New York Times, Saturday, March 29, 1997

Author:
Fran and Lou Sabin
Editor:
Will Shortz
37-Across : Soft silk fabric
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2510/5/19949/15/200925
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5444422
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5112039%
Fran Sabin
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1378/3/19559/15/200926
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19222525221410
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.4913710838%
Lou Sabin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 29 Missing: {JQWX} This is puzzle # 15 for Ms. Sabin. This is puzzle # 126 for Mr. Sabin. Saturday freshness: 23%
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M
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© 1997, The New York Times3/29/97 ( No. 17,308 )
Across
1
Kid stuff : ABCS
5
"On the Town" theme : SHORELEAVE
15
Lightweight garment : SARI
16
We, the people : POPULATION
17
Tonsorial work : TRIM
18
They're sometimes upset : APPLECARTS
19
No more than : ATMOST
21
Cassette button: Abbr. : REC
22
One of the hunters in "The Deer Hunter" : STAN
23
Actress Davis : GEENA
24
"The hell with it!" : NERTS
26
Man-mouse divider : ORA
27
Time frame : ERA
28
Hollywood figure : GROSS
30
Strike ___ deal : AFAIR
32
Products at a charcuterie : MEATS
33
Popular cigar brand : MURIEL
34
Bandleader Tito : PUENTE
36
Kitchen gizmos : DICERS
37
Soft silk fabric : PONGEE
38
Arctic : GELID
39
1981 Literature Nobelist Canetti : ELIAS
40
Simpletons : GEESE
41
Make a dent in : MAR
44
Father, for short : REV
45
Sharpen : STROP
47
Word of reproach : SHAME
49
End ___ : USER
51
Rhine feeder : AAR
52
Captives' camp : STALAG
53
Very much : STRIKINGLY
56
Knock for a loop : DAZE
57
Malay, e.g. : EASTINDIAN
58
Service edge : ADIN
59
Groups of stars? : DREAMTEAMS
60
Intensive care room sight : TENT
Down
1
"A kingdom for ___": "Henry V" : ASTAGE
2
Simple commerce : BARTER
3
Where the Light Brigade charged : CRIMEA
4
Half a publishing duo : SIMON
5
Bad exchange : SPAT
6
Infield bounce : HOP
7
Give a hard time : OPPRESS
8
Line gauges : RULERS
9
Go for : ELECT
10
Insect secretion : LAC
11
Sorority letters : ETAS
12
Kind of missile : AIRTOAIR
13
Fans : VOTARIES
14
Get into a jam : ENSNARL
20
Nestor's trait : SAGENESS
24
It can fall flat : NOTE
25
Most forward : SAUCIEST
29
Tempo : RATE
31
Oscar-winning film director Zinnemann : FRED
32
Part of MB : MEGA
33
Tiny measures : MILS
34
Guiding light : POLESTAR
35
Whole shebang : UNIVERSE
36
Yawning : DEEP
37
Studied thoroughly : PERUSED
38
Where Walt Frazier and Larry Holmes were born : GEORGIA
40
___ dame : GRANDE
41
Sick, in St.-Lo : MALADE
42
Mets' modifier : AMAZIN
43
Sovereign's stand-in : REGENT
46
"___ so!" : TAINT
48
Tackled : HADAT
50
Romance writer's award : RITA
52
They say the same things: Abbr. : SYNS
54
Kipling's orphan hero : KIM
55
Thrash : LAM

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

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