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New York Times, Saturday, January 25, 1997

Author:
R. Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
15-Down : Rural fight
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31.571,11574%
Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 33 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 52 for Mr. Norris. Saturday freshness: 54%
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© 1997, The New York Times1/25/97 ( No. 17,245 )
Across
1
Sports legend with a 20-1 record : MANOWAR
8
Tops : SUPERB
14
Hardin-Simmons University site : ABILENE
15
Ethylene, e.g. : RIPENER
16
Summer time : DOGDAYS
17
Entertainer : ARTISTE
18
Old-style driving iron : CLEEK
19
Tone poem by Liszt : TASSO
21
Singer's syllable : TRA
22
Life support? : AIR
23
Actor Neill et al. : SAMS
24
Act : DEED
25
Pressure meas. : PSI
26
Kind of infection : VIRAL
27
Worry : SWEAT
28
Is generous : SHARESTHEWEALTH
31
Eastern title : AGA
32
Cabinet Dept. : AGR
33
Avoided attention : KEPTALOWPROFILE
42
They're virtually pointless : EPEES
43
Disengages : WEANS
44
Half of a popular cuisine's name : MEX
45
Litter cries : YIPS
46
Chaps : LADS
47
Drivel : PAP
48
Outer, at the outset : ECT
49
TV pioneer John : BAIRD
51
Lowlife : SNAKE
53
Bridge operators? : DEALERS
55
Ushers : LEADSIN
57
Open : UNLATCH
58
Boxed : ENCASED
59
Tea choices : PEKOES
60
Furnace devices : STOKERS
Down
1
Reckless ones : MADCAPS
2
End : ABOLISH
3
Neighbor of Cameroon : NIGERIA
4
From times past : OLDE
5
Implausible : WEAK
6
Even a little : ANY
7
Computer instruction : RESTART
8
Knights : SIRS
9
Ready for : UPTO
10
Kennedy Library architect : PEI
11
Strengthen : ENSTEEL
12
Meditation location : RETREAT
13
Scope : BREADTH
15
Rural fight : RASSLE
20
Oriental housemaid : AMAH
23
Binding material : SISAL
24
Tower over : DWARF
26
1970's-80's Robert Urich series : VEGAS
27
Some lilies : SEGOS
29
Shipper's posting : RATES
30
Gives safety information : WARNS
33
Excited : KEYEDUP
34
Androgynous : EPICENE
35
Half-time event, maybe : PEPTALK
36
Smart-looking : OWLISH
37
Use : WEAR
38
Fraternity house decorations : PADDLES
39
Negotiators' problem : IMPASSE
40
Less secure : LEAKIER
41
Lays out : EXPENDS
49
Jean Renoir film "La ___ Humaine" : BETE
50
Bows : ARCS
51
White Mountains river : SACO
52
State since 1889: Abbr. : NDAK
54
Doctor in a 1964 movie : LAO
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Suffix with respond : ENT

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

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