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New York Times, Tuesday, July 1, 1997

Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
65-Across : Soccer shoe
TotalDebutLatest
15411/22/19939/1/2024
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
11.5550233%
Fred Piscop

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {VXZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 32 for Mr. Piscop. Tuesday freshness: 57%
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© 1997, The New York Times7/1/97 ( No. 17,402 )
Across
1
The Hatfields or the McCoys : CLAN
5
Trip to Mecca : HADJ
9
Quench : SLAKE
14
Any one of three English rivers : OUSE
15
"Summertime," e.g., in "Porgy and Bess" : ARIA
16
Jazzman's cue : HITIT
17
Woolen wear : CASHMERESWEATER
20
Bizarre : OUTRE
21
Small ball : SPHERULE
22
Makes certain : ASSURES
25
Long, long time : EON
26
Toyota model : SUPRA
28
Govt. agent : TMAN
32
Fortify, as a town : EMBATTLE
37
Brit's reply in agreement : QUITE
38
Spot in a supermarket : CHECKOUTCOUNTER
41
Cowboys' entertainment : RODEO
42
Said again : REPEATED
43
Not new : USED
44
Scold : CHIDE
46
Court : WOO
47
Riddles : ENIGMAS
53
Names : APPOINTS
58
A lot of Shakespeare's writing : DRAMA
59
Ambassador's stand-in : CHARGEDAFFAIRES
62
You can dig it : DITCH
63
Island near Kauai : OAHU
64
Touches lightly, as with a hanky : DABS
65
Soccer shoe : CLEAT
66
Ending with cable or candy : GRAM
67
Command to Fido : STAY
Down
1
Drink served with marshmallows : COCOA
2
Hawaiian feasts : LUAUS
3
Aides-de-camp: Abbr. : ASSTS
4
India's first P.M. : NEHRU
5
"Scots Wha ___" (Burns poem) : HAE
6
Sheet music abbr. : ARR
7
Goes kaput : DIES
8
Quartz variety : JASPER
9
Oft-televised bishop : SHEEN
10
Polygraph flunker : LIAR
11
Westernmost Aleutian : ATTU
12
Canal to the Baltic : KIEL
13
Raison d'___ : ETRE
18
Debussy's "La ___" : MER
19
Rider's "Stop!" : WHOA
23
"What's this, Pedro?" : ESTO
24
"Star Trek" helmsman : SULU
27
Kind of lab dish : PETRI
28
Melt ingredient : TUNA
29
Catcher's catcher : MITT
30
Suit to ___ : ATEE
31
Taped eyeglasses wearer : NERD
32
Very light brown : ECRU
33
Conductance units : MHOS
34
"Venerable" English writer : BEDE
35
Passed with flying colors : ACED
36
Bout outcome, in brief : TKO
37
"___ Sera, Sera" : QUE
39
Give up : CEDE
40
Begin bidding : OPEN
44
Baskin-Robbins purchase : CONE
45
Show off on the slopes : HOTDOG
46
Isle of ___ : WIGHT
48
Sweet-as-apple-cider girl : IDA
49
Diagrams : GRIDS
50
French Revolution figure Jean Paul : MARAT
51
Microscopic creature : AMEBA
52
Giving a little lip : SASSY
53
Electrical letters : ACDC
54
Sen. Gramm : PHIL
55
Noggin : PATE
56
Killer whale : ORCA
57
Coal-rich European region : SAAR
60
Home-financing org. : FHA
61
"Fe fi fo ___!" : FUM

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

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