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New York Times, Tuesday, May 6, 1997

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
23-Across : Scott Adams's put-upon comics hero
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1938/7/199612/22/202321
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RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
531.631,16472%
Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QWXZ} This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Quigley. Tuesday freshness: 72%
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© 1997, The New York Times5/6/97 ( No. 17,346 )
Across
1
Procter & Gamble bar : CAMAY
6
Native Alaskan : ALEUT
11
Spoil : MAR
14
Midwest airport hub : OHARE
15
Sergeant at TV's Fort Baxter : BILKO
16
Diamonds : ICE
17
Place to place a wallet or handkerchief : PANTSPOCKET
19
___ Na Na : SHA
20
Thanksgiving meat request : DARK
21
"Entry of Christ Into Brussels" painter James : ENSOR
23
Scott Adams's put-upon comics hero : DILBERT
27
Nautical spar : JIBBOOM
29
Body parts shaped like punching bags : UVULAS
30
W.W. II Philippine battle site : BATAAN
31
Horse in a harness race : PACER
32
1924 Ferber novel : SOBIG
33
Little newt : EFT
36
It's NNW of Oklahoma City : ENID
37
Rounded lumps : GLOBS
38
Nicholas I or II, e.g. : TSAR
39
Mule of song : SAL
40
Nash's two-l beast : LLAMA
41
Hardly elegant : TACKY
42
Easy two-pointers : LAYUPS
44
Concert halls : VENUES
45
Starts of tourneys : PRELIMS
47
Last course : DESSERT
48
Peres's predecessor : RABIN
49
"___ That a Shame" : AINT
50
Eggs : OVA
51
"Come on!" : GIMMEABREAK
58
___ canto (singing style) : BEL
59
Characteristic : TRAIT
60
Confuse : ADDLE
61
Right-angle joint : ELL
62
Steinbeck migrants : OKIES
63
Dapper : NATTY
Down
1
___ a plea : COP
2
"Now I see!" : AHA
3
Beatnik's exclamation : MAN
4
Skill : ART
5
Sweetheart's assent : YESDEAR
6
Cancel, as a launch : ABORT
7
Drub : LICK
8
Lodge member : ELK
9
Luau instrument : UKE
10
Alternative to a purse : TOTEBAG
11
Err on stage : MISSONESCUE
12
Cause for blessing? : ACHOO
13
Get ready for battle again : REARM
18
Average figures : PARS
22
Org. for Bulls and Bullets : NBA
23
Fools : DUPES
24
Ex-Mrs. Trump : IVANA
25
Four-time Emmy-winning comedienne : LUCILLEBALL
26
Ran, as colors : BLED
27
___ the Hutt, of "Star Wars" : JABBA
28
Medical suffix : ITIS
30
Certain mikes : BOOMS
32
Knee hits : SLAPS
34
Mountebank : FAKER
35
Lovers' engagement : TRYST
37
Rather morose : GLUM
38
Suns : TANS
40
Deceiving : LYINGTO
41
Nuclear treaty subject : TESTBAN
43
"The Greatest" : ALI
44
___ cava (path to the heart) : VENA
45
Explore : PROBE
46
"Bolero" composer : RAVEL
47
They're losing propositions : DIETS
49
French friend : AMIE
52
Bother : IRK
53
___ tai (drink) : MAI
54
Nutritional abbr. : RDA
55
N.Y.C. summer clock setting : EDT
56
Model Carol : ALT
57
Lock opener : KEY

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later.

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