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New York Times, Friday, May 16, 1997

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
37-Across : Eden and others, for short
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1938/7/199612/22/202321
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
385152119522716
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
531.631,16472%
Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Quigley. Friday freshness: 90%
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© 1997, The New York Times5/16/97 ( No. 17,356 )
Across
1
Like topiary : SHAPED
7
"The never failing vice of fools": Pope : PRIDE
12
Went into hiding : HOLEDUP
14
Brawl activity : SHOVING
16
Not in yet : ONORDER
17
Stirs : COMESTO
18
1993 musical with the Best Original Score : TOMMY
19
Product once pitched by Grace Kelly : IPANA
21
Pandowdy, e.g. : PIE
22
Parseghian et al. : ARAS
23
Multitude : HORDE
24
Thomas Moore ballad locale : TARA
25
Artist Gerard ___ Borch : TER
26
Eminent Washington family : GORES
27
Shakespearean female roles : KATES
28
"Shiloh" novelist Shelby : FOOTE
29
Strong : MUSCLY
30
Standup comic with a sitcom : JEFFFOXWORTHY
33
"G.W.T.W." extras : BELLES
34
Whoop it up : PARTY
35
In the back : AREAR
36
Bristol-Myers Squibb brand : NODOZ
37
Eden and others, for short : PMS
40
Following : SECT
41
Surged : RISEN
42
Stay fresh : KEEP
43
911 responder : EMT
44
3-D graph lines : ZAXES
45
Dame's introduction : NOTRE
46
Raphael's "___ Madonna" : SISTINE
48
Victory site of March 1945 : IWOJIMA
50
Japanese mats : TATAMIS
51
Veto : NEGATER
52
Navajo home : HOGAN
53
City dweller's pocketful : TOKENS
Down
1
Barraged : SHOTAT
2
Caricaturist Daumier : HONORE
3
Baseball's Sandy : ALOMAR
4
Salon orders : PERMS
5
Go round and round : EDDY
6
Anticipated : DUE
7
Ring up : PHONE
8
1990 World Cup site, locally : ROMA
9
"___ had it!" : IVE
10
Alacrity : DISPATCH
11
100% : ENTIRELY
13
Before : PRIORTO
14
Lots : SCADS
15
Let up : GOEASY
20
Condition ahead of time, as film : PREEXPOSE
23
Goes by foot, with "it" : HOOFS
24
Palatable : TASTY
26
Summer intern, maybe : GOFER
27
Tony winner Swoosie : KURTZ
28
E : FFLAT
29
Idiot : MORON
30
Old Testament book : JEREMIAH
31
Makes a choice : ELECTSTO
32
Enters, as a controversy : WADESIN
33
Most inferior : BASEST
36
Quashes : NIXES
37
Dress size : PETITE
38
Sea creatures of myth : MERMEN
39
Catches, in a way : SPEARS
41
Arrived breathlessly : RANIN
42
13th Precinct lieutenant : KOJAK
44
Coors product since 1992 : ZIMA
45
Canceled : NOGO
47
Moniker : TAG
49
Showery : WET

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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