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New York Times, Wednesday, May 21, 1997

Author:
John D. Leavy
Editor:
Will Shortz
46-Across : James Bond backdrop
TotalDebutLatest
71/8/19977/15/2002
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John D. Leavy

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {GJQXZ} Spans: 3 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Leavy. Wednesday freshness: 10%
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© 1997, The New York Times5/21/97 ( No. 17,361 )
Across
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Bouquet holder : VASE
5
Bouquet makers : FLORA
10
___ Offensive : TET
13
Deejay Don : IMUS
14
Two-time Grand Slam winner : LAVER
15
Missile housing : SILO
16
"Relax!" : DONTHAVEACOWMAN
19
___ gratia artis : ARS
20
"I have half ___ to..." : AMIND
21
Part of a bouquet : PEONY
22
The Beatles' last movie : LETITBE
24
Brush, so to speak : BEARD
25
Baseball's Charlie Hustle : ROSE
26
Meager : SCANT
28
Monopoly token : IRON
30
Mall component : STORE
31
Legal matter : RES
34
"Relax!" : TAKEADEEPBREATH
38
Be in hock : OWE
39
1977 U.S. Open champ : VILAS
40
Likable : NICE
41
Manipulate : WIELD
42
Predominant : MAIN
44
Chiseler : CHEAT
46
James Bond backdrop : COLDWAR
49
Not so bold : SHYER
50
Former Soviet First Lady : RAISA
52
Guinness specialty : ALE
53
"Relax!" : KEEPYOURSHIRTON
56
Cravings : YENS
57
"The Brady Bunch" housekeeper : ALICE
58
Flying eagle, e.g. : CENT
59
Old polit. cause : ERA
60
Novelist Dostoyevsky: Var. : FEDOR
61
Trojan ally, in the "Iliad" : ARES
Down
1
"Myra Breckinridge" author : VIDAL
2
That's a subject for Dean Martin! : AMORE
3
Summer ailment : SUNSTROKE
4
Therapy fad : EST
5
Like a plum pudding : FLAMBE
6
"C'est ___" : LAVIE
7
Kenmore product : OVEN
8
Crack the books : READ
9
Semicircle : ARC
10
Indonesian island : TIMOR
11
Cousin of a gazelle : ELAND
12
June award : TONY
15
Work like a slave : SWEAT
17
Items at a lost-and-found : HATS
18
First game : OPENER
23
With 49-Down, "Say Anything" co-star : IONE
24
Cutting remark : BARB
26
Lieu : STEAD
27
True-crime TV series : COPS
28
Simpson's criminal-case judge : ITO
29
Vulgar : RAW
30
Peddle : SELL
31
It's found in a runoff : RAINWATER
32
And so on : ETC
33
1967 Monkees song : SHE
35
Zoo section : AVIARY
36
Dr. Atkins's plan : DIET
37
Oklahoma town : ENID
41
Blubbers : WEEPS
42
Participant at a 90's dance club : MOSHER
43
Jai ___ : ALAI
44
Root on : CHEER
45
One raising a howl? : HYENA
46
Pancho's amigo : CISCO
47
Going stag : ALONE
48
Signs a lease : RENTS
49
See 23-Down : SKYE
50
Preside over : RULE
51
Bone-dry : ARID
54
Clod : OAF
55
Admiral competitor, once : RCA

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

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