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New York Times, Friday, April 25, 1997

Author:
Robert H. Wolfe
Editor:
Will Shortz
39-Across : Suburb of Providence
TotalDebutLatest
833/6/19834/7/2012
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711.454362379%
Robert H. Wolfe

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 33 Missing: {FJKQXZ} This is puzzle # 30 for Mr. Wolfe. Friday freshness: 35%
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© 1997, The New York Times4/25/97 ( No. 17,335 )
Across
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South of the border order : TAMALES
8
"I remember when..." : TIMEWAS
15
Cut off : ISOLATE
16
Spark : ANIMATE
17
Vandal : RAVAGER
18
Had flashbacks about : RELIVED
19
Flaherty's "Man of ___" : ARAN
20
Narrow inlets : RIAS
22
Inscribed pillar : STELA
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Makes tracks? : DUBS
24
First name in gymnastics : NADIA
26
Command to Rex : SIT
27
Conduit fitting : ELL
28
Karolyi who coached 24-Across : BELA
29
Perfectly : TOATEE
32
Hard to grasp : EELY
34
Fake : IMPOSTOR
36
History chapters : ERAS
38
Quod ___ faciendum : ERAT
39
Suburb of Providence : CRANSTON
42
Lacunae : GAPS
45
Poseidon's domain : THESEA
46
Neuwirth of "Chicago" : BEBE
48
Third book of the Bible: Abbr. : LEV
50
Rubbish : ROT
51
Wage earner : PROLE
53
___ avis : RARA
54
Spring : ARISE
57
"That's ___ blow!" : ALOW
58
Emulate Ryan : HURL
59
Spice route procession : CARAVAN
61
Thai towers : PAGODAS
63
Nickel, e.g. : ELEMENT
64
Like an encyclopedist : ERUDITE
65
Minds : RESENTS
66
Governing bodies : SENATES
Down
1
Philippic : TIRADE
2
Ordinarily : ASARULE
3
Not fixed : MOVABLE
4
Actors Hale Sr. and Jr. : ALANS
5
Retardation : LAG
6
Ageless, in poesy : ETERNE
7
Dickens, notably : SERIALIST
8
Ankle bones : TARSI
9
Sex-changing suffix : INE
10
Wire measures : MILS
11
Give off : EMIT
12
Greets from afar : WAVESTO
13
Manet's workplace : ATELIER
14
Reserved : SEDATE
21
"Paradise Lost" character : ADAM
25
Suffix with liquid : ATOR
28
One of "The Usual Suspects" of film : BYRNE
30
Inedible orange : OSAGE
31
Heine poem "___ Troll" : ATTA
33
Settings for idylls : LEAS
35
Faithful wives : PENELOPES
37
Posthaste : ASAP
39
Lutheran hymn : CHORALE
40
Calls it a career : RETIRES
41
Ancient Greek coin : OBOL
43
Expression of approval : PLAUDIT
44
Notched : SERRATE
45
Shipping inquiry : TRACER
47
Meaning of "cave" : BEWARE
49
Ravel works : VALSES
52
Carries on : RANTS
53
70's TV spinoff : RHODA
55
Indistinguishable : SAME
56
What one isn't : EVEN
60
Tiny toiler : ANT
62
Report maker : GUN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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