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New York Times, Saturday, August 16, 1997

Author:
Matt Gaffney
Editor:
Will Shortz
22-Across : Shortens
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
587/24/19949/6/20001
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1401615157
ScrabDebutFresh
1.6152461%
Matt Gaffney

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FJKQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 37 for Mr. Gaffney. Saturday freshness: 12%
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© 1997, The New York Times8/16/97 ( No. 17,448 )
Across
1
Path, to Pu Yi : TAO
4
Comme ca : THUS
8
Immure : SEALIN
14
Prepared introduction? : ILL
15
Comme ci, comme ca : SOSO
16
1987 Kim Basinger film : NADINE
17
Antiquity : ELD
18
Asian border river : AMUR
19
Marsh denizens : EGRETS
20
"Shiny Happy People" band : REM
21
Stern : REAR
22
Shortens : ELIDES
23
Boosted items : EGOS
25
Elizabeth Seaman's pen name : BLY
26
Designer of Massachusetts' state symbol : REVERE
27
Naysayer : DENIER
29
Where to see shooting stars : WESTERNS
31
Gone : DEPLETED
33
Flip side of 7-Down : YESWEREOPEN
38
Escort service? : RENTACAR
40
Rampant : EPIDEMIC
46
Start of two Henry Miller titles : TROPIC
48
Heavy silk fabric : SAMITE
49
Pathet ___ (Asian party) : LAO
51
Stellar phenomenon : NOVA
52
Covets : CRAVES
53
Division of Labor, briefly : OSHA
55
Guff : LIP
56
Dingers, in sports lingo : HOMERS
57
Chulalongkorn's land : SIAM
58
Pike ___ : EEL
59
Tennyson maid : ELAINE
60
Lingering effect : ECHO
61
Mined-over matter : ORE
62
French city where Dreyfus was retried : RENNES
63
Retreats : DENS
64
Basketball Hall-of-Famer Holman : NAT
Down
1
Stacked : TIERED
2
Lacking conviction : ALLEGED
3
Blue bloods, so to speak : OLDMONEY
4
Alexis, e.g. : TSAR
5
Bathtub suds? : HOMEBREW
6
Regular : USUAL
7
Flip side of 33-Across : SORRYWERECLOSED
8
Derisive reactions : SNEERS
9
Young raptor : EAGLET
10
Main slot for disks : ADRIVE
11
Songs : LIEDER
12
Resident : INTERN
13
Promontories : NESSES
24
A.F.C. passing leader, 1980 : SIPE
28
Two-time U.S. Open winner : ELS
30
Author Phillpotts : EDEN
32
Gene's "Young Frankenstein" co-star : TERI
34
A discoverer of nuclear fission : OTTOHAHN
35
It's normal for 28-Down : PAR
36
Capital subj. : ECON
37
Continental system proponent : NAPOLEON
39
Nice location : RIVIERA
40
"Relativity" artist : ESCHER
41
Pen release mechanism? : PAROLE
42
Bo Diddley hit remade by the Yardbirds : IMAMAN
43
"Mangia!" : DIVEIN
44
Nev'r-ending : ETERNE
45
Pickles : MESSES
47
Pill variety : CAPLET
50
"Cold ___" (Foreigner hit) : ASICE
54
Book after Joel : AMOS

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1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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