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New York Times, Wednesday, September 24, 1997

Author:
Wayne Robert Williams
Editor:
Will Shortz
65-Across : Shot out beams
TotalDebutLatest
384/30/19943/5/1998
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
44312843
RebusScrabDebutFresh
21.5516243%
Wayne Robert Williams

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQVZ} This is puzzle # 36 for Mr. Williams. Wednesday freshness: 51%
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© 1997, The New York Times9/24/97 ( No. 17,487 )
Across
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Flaccid : LIMP
5
Writer Ferber : EDNA
9
Port of Iraq : BASRA
14
Neighborhood : AREA
15
Picture of a physician : XRAY
16
Old-time strongman : ATLAS
17
Alternative to a tuning fork : PITCHPIPE
19
New York city or its college : UTICA
20
Mil. entertainers : USO
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"Sorry 'bout that!" : OOPS
22
Some binary compounds : OXIDES
23
Apollo as god of the sun : PHOEBUS
25
Preserved for later : ONICE
26
Wasn't fast...or was fast? : RAN
27
Joke's target : BUTT
28
Darling of baseball : RON
31
Car crime : HITANDRUN
35
Practice piece : ETUDE
37
Folk singer Phil : OCHS
38
"___ I Don't Have You" (1959 hit) : SINCE
40
Holm oak : ILEX
41
Makes holes : BORES
43
Practical experiment : FIELDTEST
45
Lennon's widow : ONO
46
Potter's need : KILN
48
Guy's date : GAL
49
"Missing You" singer John : WAITE
51
Stanches : ARRESTS
55
Some T-shirts : SMALLS
57
Piano-violin piece : DUET
58
Stage signal : CUE
59
Masseur's offering : TOWEL
60
Get sick in the winter : CATCHCOLD
62
Lacking sense : INANE
63
Melville novel : OMOO
64
Church area : APSE
65
Shot out beams : RAYED
66
Actress Armstrong : BESS
67
Symbol on California's flag : BEAR
Down
1
Drink like a cat : LAPUP
2
___ Sweeps Derby : IRISH
3
"I want to, as well" : METOO
4
It washes Wash. : PAC
5
Explains in detail : EXPOUNDS
6
Nerds : DRIPS
7
Siestas : NAPS
8
Nautical assent : AYE
9
Principal ore of aluminum : BAUXITE
10
Room at the top : ATTIC
11
Obsolete math aid : SLIDERULE
12
Family of man : RACE
13
Gray and others : ASAS
18
White House architect James : HOBAN
22
Neighbor of Man. : ONT
24
Expunge : ERASE
25
Light weight : OUNCE
27
Russian novelist Ivan : BUNIN
29
Some old poetry : ODES
30
Waiting room call : NEXT
31
Wandering soul : HOBO
32
Computer image : ICON
33
Dispose of : THROWAWAY
34
Search messily : RIFLE
36
Library catalogue heading : TITLE
39
"View of Toledo" and "Adoration" : ELGRECOS
42
Adept : SKILLED
44
Vader of "Star Wars" : DARTH
47
"___ a Living" : ITS
50
Coeur d'___, Idaho : ALENE
51
Cars : AUTOS
52
Purview : SCOPE
53
Oklahoma city : TULSA
54
Passover meal : SEDER
55
Be up and about : STIR
56
Actress Washbourne : MONA
57
Lady's title : DAME
60
Male swan : COB
61
Semi part : CAB

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

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