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New York Times, Saturday, August 9, 1997

Author:
Raymond Hamel
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : Curiosity
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
271/22/19946/19/20061
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.6015145%
Raymond Hamel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {FJZ} Spans: 6 This is puzzle # 15 for Mr. Hamel. Saturday freshness: 3%
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M
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© 1997, The New York Times8/9/97 ( No. 17,441 )
Across
1
___ boy : MAMAS
6
Early writer on algebra : OMAR
10
Gait : STEP
14
"Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon" author : AMADO
15
Kind of beach : NUDE
16
Tennis star Mandlikova : HANA
17
Sports : HASON
18
George Sand's "___ et lui" : ELLE
19
Maui strummers : UKES
20
Curiosity : INQUISITIVENESS
23
Kind of treat : DUTCH
24
Mountain dweller : IBEX
25
Prefix with -cide : ECO
26
Low shoe with a lace : TIE
27
Halloween prankster's supply : SOAP
29
Corporate giant based in Irving, Tex. : EXXON
31
Regarding : INRE
33
Akershus Castle site : OSLO
35
VCR button : REC
36
Does a legal no-no : LEADSTHEWITNESS
41
Justice Dept. grp. : DEA
42
Big cheese : EXEC
43
Symphony, e.g. : OPUS
44
Lit, so to speak : BEERY
46
Jam : CRAM
48
It can move mountains : TNT
49
Roadie's responsibility : AMP
50
Overture follower : ACTI
53
Ora pro ___ : NOBIS
55
Words before "though some have called thee / Mighty and dreadful" : DEATHBENOTPROUD
59
Mentor : GURU
60
Bandleader Fields : SHEP
61
Site of ancient Smyrna : IONIA
62
Suffix with lay : ETTE
63
Subject, in Spain : TEMA
64
"The Untouchables" villain : NITTI
65
Actors Alejandro and Fernando : REYS
66
Some cutlet cuts : VEAL
67
Misleading interpretation : GLOSS
Down
1
When repeated, a Hawaiian fish : MAHI
2
Trout ___ : AMANDINE
3
Mystery meet? : MASQUERADEPARTY
4
Break point : ADOUT
5
Seattle squad, for short : SONICS
6
"You're the ___ Care For" (1930 song) : ONEI
7
Weekend hot spot : MULTIPLEXCINEMA
8
Robin Williams comment, maybe : ADLIB
9
One of the Canterbury pilgrims : REEVE
10
Forgo : SHUN
11
Find fault with : TAKEEXCEPTIONTO
12
Composer Georges : ENESCO
13
Relay : PASSON
21
"Fiddlesticks!" : SHOOT
22
Put forth : EXERT
26
Up to, informally : TIL
28
Tennis champ who played for U.C.L.A. : ASHE
30
Prefix with phobia : XENO
32
Fulda feeder : EDER
34
One making markers : OWER
37
"Open up!" : SAYAH
38
It is countered with "You must!" : ICANT
39
Warm weather gear : SUNSUITS
40
A fast one : SST
44
University of Wisconsin athlete : BADGER
45
Popular uprising : EMEUTE
47
Depressed : MOPING
51
"I Love Lucy" venue : CBSTV
52
Tickle response : TEHEE
54
Tumult : BROIL
56
Calendar abbr. : TUES
57
Shade of blue : OPAL
58
Performance site : DAIS

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

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