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New York Times, Wednesday, August 27, 1997

Author:
Jonathan Schmalzbach
Editor:
Will Shortz
32-Across : Hindu goddess of fortune
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.5211218%
Jonathan Schmalzbach

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 27 for Mr. Schmalzbach. Wednesday freshness: 6%
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U
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P
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© 1997, The New York Times8/27/97 ( No. 17,459 )
Across
1
Statesman Eban : ABBA
5
Part of a wolf pack : UBOAT
10
Smidgen : IOTA
14
Recline lazily : LOLL
15
Kin of "shucks" : NERTS
16
Billiard cushion : RAIL
17
1934 Mae West song : MYOLDFLAME
19
Girl lead-in : ATTA
20
Excitement : ADO
21
Need a doctor's care : AIL
22
Elite military unit : ATEAM
23
Account of a trip conducted by Virgil : DANTESINFERNO
28
Pretend : LETON
30
Sail spar : SPRIT
31
Abstract artist Milton ___ : AVERY
32
Hindu goddess of fortune : LAKSHMI
36
Romantic exploit : GEST
37
Repent : ATONE
39
Regatta blades : OARS
41
Ingenue : STARLET
43
Cooper hero : UNCAS
44
Show how : TEACH
46
Weatherman Al : ROKER
47
Cop's question to a speeder : WHERESTHEFIRE
52
Leporine creatures : HARES
53
Actress ___ Dawn Chong : RAE
54
Warriors' org. : NBA
57
Defenseman Bobby et al. : ORRS
58
"Get lost!" : GOTOBLAZES
62
Siouan Indian : OTOE
63
Verdi's "___ Chorus" : ANVIL
64
Leslie Caron role : LILI
65
Sprightly : PERT
66
60's catchword : PEACE
67
Some are split : PEAS
Down
1
Soprano Gluck : ALMA
2
"Hopalong Cassidy" actor : BOYD
3
Marriage prerequisite : BLOODTEST
4
The whole shootin' match : ALL
5
Ill-suited : UNFIT
6
Scarlett O'Hara and others : BELLES
7
___ e sempre (Italian motto) : ORA
8
It goes through withdrawals : ATM
9
Mao or Lao follower : TSE
10
Fuming : IRATE
11
Western : OATER
12
Hyperion, for one : TITAN
13
Col. Bowie's mission, with "the" : ALAMO
18
"___ Boy" (song of 1913) : DANNY
22
P.M. times : AFTS
24
Trunk line : AORTA
25
Large stain : SPLOTCH
26
Country not in Rushdie's travel plans : IRAN
27
Advertiser with a swoosh : NIKE
28
Tarry : LAG
29
Sunset followers : EVES
33
It exists among thieves : HONOR
34
The Yukon's ___ Mountains : MACKENZIE
35
"Dies ___" : IRAE
37
Brews : ALES
38
Suckling spot : TEAT
40
Communist land, once: Abbr. : SSR
42
U.S. 1 and others : RTES
43
Companion of Gabriel : URIEL
45
Brave : HEROIC
47
Victory shout : WHOOP
48
Poker Flat's chronicler : HARTE
49
Gaffe : ERROR
50
Change, as a clock : RESET
51
Epigrammatic tale : FABLE
55
Composer Bartok : BELA
56
How flawed goods are sold : ASIS
58
Disparity : GAP
59
Singleton : ONE
60
Norris Dam's project: Abbr. : TVA
61
Mont Blanc, e.g. : ALP

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

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