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New York Times, Tuesday, August 26, 1997

Author:
Stephanie Spadaccini
Editor:
Will Shortz
22-Across : Clear tables and such
TotalDebutLatest
441/27/197710/5/1999
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Stephanie Spadaccini

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FJQVXZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 30 for Ms. Spadaccini. Tuesday freshness: 33%
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© 1997, The New York Times8/26/97 ( No. 17,458 )
Across
1
Dateless : STAG
5
Chitchat : TALK
9
Chorus voice : BASSO
14
Pasty : PALE
15
Prince William's school : ETON
16
Cancel : ANNUL
17
"___ me." : ALITTLEBIRDTOLD
20
Stop working : RETIRE
21
Pull a con : SCAM
22
Clear tables and such : BUS
23
Where le nez is : TETE
25
Door opener : KNOB
27
Do film work : ACT
30
Pillow cover : SHAM
32
Coercion : DURESS
36
Bikini tops : BRAS
38
Provo neighbor : OREM
40
Medicine for what ails you : TONIC
41
"___ me!" : YOUCANTDOTHISTO
44
Lethargy : SOPOR
45
Second of three virtues : HOPE
46
Where to see a hula : LUAU
47
Draw : SKETCH
49
Dick Francis book "Dead ___" : CERT
51
Make a mistake : ERR
52
Unopened : SHUT
54
Porn : SMUT
56
Nothing's alternative : ALL
59
"Phooey!" : DRAT
61
Gets used (to) : INURES
65
"___ me?" : HEYBUTWHATABOUT
68
Eskimo boat : UMIAK
69
Christen : NAME
70
Suffix with billion : AIRE
71
Stately place : MANSE
72
Barks : YIPS
73
Pig food : SLOP
Down
1
Practice with Rocky : SPAR
2
Saga : TALE
3
Got down : ALIT
4
"Understand?" : GETIT
5
TV money-raiser : TELETHON
6
Gobbled up : ATE
7
Passing shots : LOBS
8
New York hoopster : KNICK
9
Disparage : BADMOUTH
10
Hard-working insect : ANT
11
Snooty one : SNOB
12
"Star Trek" character : SULU
13
Auto maker Ransom E. ___ : OLDS
18
Very, in Valence : TRES
19
Currency, in Capetown : RAND
24
"Planet of the Apes" planet : EARTH
26
Range choice : BROIL
27
Gaping pit : ABYSS
28
Bo-peep's staff : CROOK
29
Brownish gray : TAUPE
31
French wine district : MEDOC
33
Follow : ENSUE
34
Sound of the 60's : SITAR
35
Scrub : SCOUR
37
Glaswegians, e.g. : SCOTS
39
Is gloomy : MOPES
42
Former Austrian prince : ARCHDUKE
43
Home wreckers : TERMITES
48
Affronted : HURT
50
Star-Kist product : TUNA
53
Lion-colored : TAWNY
55
Oompah instruments : TUBAS
56
Buzzing : AHUM
57
Champagne Tony of golf : LEMA
58
"___ Eyes" (Eagles hit) : LYIN
60
Siamese, now : THAI
62
Stir up : ROIL
63
Prefix with dollar or trash : EURO
64
Escalator part : STEP
66
___-relief : BAS
67
Bit of electricity : AMP

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

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