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New York Times, Thursday, July 31, 1997

Author:
Trip Payne
Editor:
Will Shortz
43-Across : Rx items
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
464/10/19948/3/20211
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1034463133
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
421.5333861%
Trip Payne

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Payne. Thursday freshness: 14%
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L
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A
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N
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G
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X
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J
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M
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R
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K
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L
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P
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© 1997, The New York Times7/31/97 ( No. 17,432 )
Across
1
"Blue Sky" Oscar winner : LANGE
6
Derbies : HATS
10
Washstand item : EWER
14
Emblazon : ADORN
15
Gillette product : ATRA
16
Inner vision : XRAY
17
Lose it : GOMAD
18
Moistened clay : LOAM
19
Worry : CARE
20
Start of a quip : SOMEOFMYPLAYS
23
It's frequently 72 : PAR
24
Eastern European : SLAV
25
Speaker of the quip : JMBARRIE
30
"Daniel Boone" actor : EDAMES
34
Vichy water : EAU
35
Long-necked lute : SITAR
37
Play for time : STALL
38
Tenor in "The Flying Dutchman" : ERIK
40
Brazilian seaport : NATAL
42
I-79's northern terminus : ERIE
43
Rx items : PILLS
45
Manila's island : LUZON
47
Revolutionary nickname : CHE
48
Go forth : SETOUT
50
Part 2 of the quip : PETEROUT
52
"Camelot" actor Franco : NERO
54
Jack of "Barney Miller" : SOO
55
End of the quip : ANDSOMEPANOUT
61
Prefix with distant : EQUI
62
Tennis star Novotna : JANA
63
"___ Grows in Brooklyn" : ATREE
65
History, according to Ford : BUNK
66
Shortly : ANON
67
Loose-fitting dresses : TENTS
68
Cornerstone : BASE
69
Cleo's lane : NILE
70
Car bomb? : EDSEL
Down
1
Trail : LAG
2
Hurly-burlies : ADOS
3
Dodgers pitcher Hideo : NOMO
4
Nana's husband : GRAMPA
5
Makes beloved : ENDEARS
6
50 percent : HALF
7
Physicist's concern : ATOM
8
Parts of airplane seats : TRAYS
9
Taste : SAMPLE
10
Mine : EXCAVATE
11
"King Kong" star : WRAY
12
What otoscopes examine : EARS
13
Manhattan ingredient : RYE
21
Sen. Hatch : ORRIN
22
Fellas : LADS
25
Off-road vehicles : JEEPS
26
Actress Wilson : MARIE
27
Put up : BUILT
28
Underlining equiv. : ITAL
29
Consume : EATUP
31
First name in exploration : MARCO
32
Donor Yale : ELIHU
33
Winter forecast : SLEET
36
Flatten : RAZE
39
Solitaire game : KLONDIKE
41
"___ luck!" : LOTSA
44
Petitions : SUES
46
Newborn : NEONATE
49
Hector was one : TROJAN
51
Searched for truffles, maybe : ROOTED
53
Muscat native : OMANI
55
Greenish-blue : AQUA
56
Cloistresses : NUNS
57
Chemical compound : ENOL
58
Glazier's item : PANE
59
Coffee brewers : URNS
60
French bean? : TETE
61
Abate : EBB
64
Immigrant's course: Abbr. : ESL

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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