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New York Times, Friday, June 12, 1998

Author:
Matt Gaffney
Editor:
Will Shortz
23-Across : The people's choice
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
587/24/19949/6/20001
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1401615157
ScrabDebutFresh
1.6152461%
Matt Gaffney

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 31 Missing: {FKQZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 45 for Mr. Gaffney. Friday freshness: 83%
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© 1998, The New York Times6/12/98 ( No. 17,748 )
Across
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First of four Chuck Noll championships : SUPERBOWLIX
12
The Beatles' "___ Mine" : IME
15
Delta shelter of 1978 : ANIMALHOUSE
16
Present location? : BOX
17
Possible police charge : RESISTINGARREST
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Remaining silent, at times : TACT
20
Kind of story : SOB
21
"Cobwebs From an Empty Skull" humorist : BIERCE
22
Cardio : heart :: ___ : ear : OTO
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The people's choice : ELECTION
25
Workout number : REPS
27
Glorify : EXTOL
29
Big name in cartography : RAND
30
Last's correlative : NOTLEAST
32
Paige of stage and screen : JANIS
33
With 34-Across, like some women's shoes : OPEN
34
See 33-Across : TOED
36
Baseball card deals : SWAPS
39
Some new parents : ADOPTERS
43
___ law, in physics : OHMS
44
One who's full of praise : ODIST
45
"And ___ bed": Pepys : SOTO
47
Lens with a crescent-shaped section : MENISCUS
49
Great ball of fire : SUN
50
In order : ARIGHT
51
Unexpectedly come (by) : POP
54
Part of seawater : NACL
55
Proto-helicopter designer : LEONARDODAVINCI
58
Relative of "Mac-" : IBN
59
Unpredictable sort : LOOSECANNON
60
Bards' affirmations : AYS
61
Modern medicine tablet feature : TIMERELEASE
Down
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Tailor, humorously : SARTOR
2
Like leftovers : UNEATEN
3
Onetime Sinatra impersonator : PISCOPO
4
Utter : EMIT
5
Dorm overseers, for short : RAS
6
Diner orders : BLTS
7
Home to Columbus : OHIO
8
Was successful in Vegas : WONBETS
9
Blockhead : LUG
10
Actress Sanford of "The Jeffersons" : ISABEL
11
Having a dry environment : XERIC
12
Basque or Catalan : IBERIAN
13
40's-50's world pool champ Willie : MOSCONI
14
Holds out : EXTENDS
18
Gets rid of a new team acquisition, say : RETRADES
24
Jackpot games : LOTTOS
26
Corner feature : STOPSIGN
27
Bigfoot specification? : EEE
28
"Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree": Coleridge : XANADU
31
Records that may be broken : LPS
32
Black shade : JET
35
Pick : OPT
36
Site of a 1990's U.N. action : SOMALIA
37
Repeated word in a contract : WHEREBY
38
Embryonic membranes : AMNIONS
40
Incline (to) : DISPOSE
41
Toto's 1982 Record of the Year : ROSANNA
42
Wall materials : STUCCOS
44
Old import tax : OCTROI
46
Surfing the Web : ONLINE
48
Ten Commandments word : SHALT
52
Germany's Frankfurt an der ___ : ODER
53
Clip : PACE
54
Excellent-plus rating : NINE
56
Suffix with czar : DOM
57
___-de-Marne, France : VAL

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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