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New York Times, Friday, October 10, 1997

Author:
Shannon Burns
Editor:
Will Shortz
30-Down : Succumbed to a swindle
TotalDebutLatest
102/10/19972/9/2008
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0300241
ScrabDebutFresh
1.645356%
Shannon Burns

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 32 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 6 for Ms. Burns. Friday freshness: 58%
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© 1997, The New York Times10/10/97 ( No. 17,503 )
Across
1
Scrap : FRACAS
7
Makes merry : CAVORTS
14
Output : PRODUCT
15
Old-time buffalo hunter : ARAPAHO
16
Pump worker, perhaps : RESOLER
17
Magic, once : LALAKER
18
R.O.T.C. relative : OTS
19
Home built in a day? : PREFAB
21
Hit the road : LEFT
22
"Yeah, right!" : ASIF
24
Source of relief : BALM
25
Self-questioning reply : DOI
26
Rage : MANIA
28
"Yes, ___" : MAAM
30
Current line : WIRE
31
Blot : STIGMA
33
Industrial fuels : PROPANES
35
Horseplay : HIGHJINKS
37
Some parasites : BACTERIA
40
Shocked : AGHAST
44
Hazzard County lawman : ENOS
45
Mischievous : ARCH
47
Overly sentimental : SAPPY
48
Small, for short : LIL
49
Scratches (out) : EKES
51
Esoteric : DEEP
52
Melville work : OMOO
54
Lorraine's partner : ALSACE
56
Bloomers worn around the neck : LEI
57
Rock's Milli ___ : VANILLI
59
Tums alternative : ROLAIDS
61
Annual, as Mediterranean winds : ETESIAN
62
Tchotchke : TRINKET
63
Striking out : DELEING
64
Roscoe : HEATER
Down
1
Is worried about : FRETSAT
2
"Moses in Egypt" composer : ROSSINI
3
Flap : ADO
4
"PT 109" actor : CULP
5
Biting : ACERB
6
Flow : STREAM
7
Zuppa di pesce ingredient : CALAMARI
8
League member : ARAB
9
Batman before George : VAL
10
Hyalite, e.g. : OPAL
11
Collected abundantly : RAKEDIN
12
Position of prominence : THEFORE
13
Forays : SORTIES
14
Some tournaments : PROAMS
20
Diner stack : FLAPJACKS
23
Doesn't give up : FIGHTS
27
Paris pal : AMIE
29
"Who's the Boss?" role : MONA
30
Succumbed to a swindle : WASHAD
32
Uttar Pradesh city : AGRA
34
Xmas armfuls: Abbr. : PKGS
36
Flunky : HIRELING
37
Dear : BELOVED
38
Fire : ANIMATE
39
Silver eagle wearer : COLONEL
41
Simian : APELIKE
42
One over the limit : SPEEDER
43
Keyboard whiz : TYPIST
46
Home : HEARTH
50
Noted script? : SCORE
53
Seine feeder : OISE
54
Economist Greenspan : ALAN
55
Three-time director for Marlon : ELIA
58
Number of weeks per annum : LII
60
Army member : ANT

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

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