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New York Times, Saturday, September 27, 1997

Author:
Matt Gaffney
Editor:
Will Shortz
15-Across : They're of no minor concern
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Matt Gaffney

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 40 for Mr. Gaffney. Saturday freshness: 47%
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© 1997, The New York Times9/27/97 ( No. 17,490 )
Across
1
Founder of the Austro-Hungarian empire : FRANZJOSEFI
12
Agosto, for one : MES
15
They're of no minor concern : LIQUORSALES
16
Prefix with biology : EXO
17
Elmer Gantry and others : EVANGELISTS
18
Comics diminutive : LIL
19
The Gray, informally : REBS
20
Get one's points across? : WIN
21
Islamic architectural feature : CUPOLA
23
Getting-off point: Abbr. : STA
24
Four gills : PINT
25
Gaucho : HERDER
26
Dog holder : BUN
27
Oktoberfest entertainment : LIEDER
29
Keep : STRONGHOLD
33
Place for a lecture : DAIS
36
"Hee Haw" co-host, 1969-86 : OWENS
37
Relative of the guillemot : AUK
38
White lion of old cartoons : KIMBA
39
Former Senate leader : DOLE
40
Geneva Convention concern : PRISONCAMP
42
Neckwear : ASCOTS
44
It's revealed when the chips are down : BET
45
Prize : ESTEEM
47
Gust : BLOW
49
Gretzky, nine times: Abbr. : MVP
52
Point of success : THETOP
53
Ring to wear : LEI
54
Hide : VEIL
55
Conned : HAD
56
Asked if one would : REQUESTEDTO
59
Craft : ART
60
Milton Friedman follower : LIBERTARIAN
61
Newcomer, briefly : NEO
62
Best Actress of 1980 : SISSYSPACEK
Down
1
French town near Alençon : FLERS
2
Enrapture : RIVET
3
Jordan's only port : AQABA
4
"The ___ Story" (Audrey Hepburn movie) : NUNS
5
Last king of Albania : ZOG
6
80's TV villain : JREWING
7
K. T. of country music : OSLIN
8
Brett Hull and teammates : SAINTLOUISBLUES
9
Disappearing transports : ELS
10
Got the stick, maybe : FETCHED
11
Gave out : ISSUED
12
Ham production? : MELODRAMA
13
Shah, once : EXILE
14
Kind of panel : SOLAR
22
Guess : PREDICT
24
Groucho Marx specialties : PUNS
26
Folk medicine plant : BONESET
28
Genres : ILKS
29
Ground cover : SOD
30
Brace : TWO
31
Sharing blood with : RELATEDTO
32
"Where or When" lyricist : HART
34
Noted blue chip : IBM
35
Dummy : SAP
38
Didn't guess : KNEW
40
Title location of an 1834 Bulwer-Lytton novel : POMPEII
41
Orchestra trio : OBOISTS
43
Anglo-Saxon freemen : CEORLS
45
"Blue River" author Canin : ETHAN
46
Lot : SHARE
48
Circumspect : LEERY
49
Lifesaver, of a sort : MEDIC
50
Aqua ___ : VITAE
51
Cheap wine, in Britain : PLONK
54
Norm's wife on "Cheers" : VERA
57
Montana and others: Abbr. : QBS
58
It bugs people on the phone : TAP

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

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