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New York Times, Friday, April 18, 1997

Author:
Martin Ashwood-Smith
Editor:
Will Shortz
35-Across : Ne plus ultra
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Martin Ashwood-Smith

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {FJQVZ} Spans: 3, (1 triple stack) This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Ashwood-Smith. Friday freshness: 21%
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© 1997, The New York Times4/18/97 ( No. 17,328 )
Across
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Whisk : CLEAN
6
Comforting words of empathy : ICARE
11
Sound at the door : RAP
14
Barbera's partner in cartoons : HANNA
15
Rover : NOMAD
16
Pueblo pronoun : ESO
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Knock for ___ : ALOOP
18
February birthstones : AMETHYSTS
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Decorates, in a way : WALLPAPERS
22
Cork's place : EIRE
23
Temple of Apollo site : DELPHI
24
"The Jungle Book" setting : INDIA
25
Loser's place? : SPA
28
Bolts over : RELOCKS
30
Pulver, e.g., in "Mister Roberts": Abbr. : ENS
31
Range rovers : HERDS
33
Terminal activity : EMAILING
35
Ne plus ultra : ACME
36
Tip : UPEND
37
Made a great point : ACED
39
Pitcher's place : CAMPSITE
41
Edit : AMEND
42
Portmanteau : BAG
43
1976 Peck-Remick thriller : THEOMEN
45
___-Anne-de-Beaupre, Quebec : STE
46
___ Rogers St. Johns : ADELA
48
Roundabout routes : ORBITS
50
Jaunt : RIDE
51
Reacting to, as a bad joke : GROANINGAT
55
Some Cadillacs : ELDORADOS
57
Kind of fairy : TOOTH
58
Highway warning : SLO
59
In ___ (untidy) : AMESS
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Sharp ridge : ARETE
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Great amount : TON
62
Best Picture of 1955 : MARTY
63
Copy at the office : XEROX
Down
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Tobacco wad : CHAW
2
Syllables meaning "I forgot the words" : LALA
3
Hydroxyl compound : ENOL
4
"You can't teach ___..." : ANOLD
5
Siesta takers : NAPPERS
6
Shipshape : INAPPLEPIEORDER
7
Boomerang : COMEHOMETOROOST
8
Foreign office? : AMERICANEMBASSY
9
"Darn!" : RATS
10
Old English letter : EDH
11
Quarters : RESIDENCES
12
Harsh : ASTRINGENT
13
Impersonate : POSEAS
19
Long : YEN
21
It may come in cases : ALE
24
Man, e.g.: Abbr. : ISL
25
___ Na Na : SHA
26
Slight sin : PECCADILLO
27
Decisive conflict : ARMAGEDDON
29
Fun, so to speak : KID
32
Like one side of the aisle: Abbr. : DEM
34
Cartesian conclusion : IAM
36
Seat, slangily : USH
38
Presidential monogram : DDE
40
Grp. throwing an open house : PTA
41
Loathing levies : ANTITAX
42
Minimum : BAREST
44
"___ Heldenleben" (Strauss opus) : EIN
47
Sign of summer : LEO
49
Overnight sensation? : SNORE
51
Navigator Vasco da ___ : GAMA
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Attendee : GOER
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One-quintillionth: Prefix : ATTO
54
TV's "___-Files" : THEX
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Farm butter : RAM

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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