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New York Times, Monday, October 6, 1997

Author:
Barbara Campitelli
Editor:
Will Shortz
11-Down : Imperfection
TotalDebut
110/6/1997
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0100000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.57128%
Barbara Campitelli

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JKQX} Spans: 3 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Campitelli. Monday freshness: 72%
1
G
2
I
3
B
4
B
5
S
6
E
7
B
8
B
9
B
10
O
11
F
12
F
13
O
14
A
D
E
L
A
15
R
I
A
16
E
N
L
A
I
17
B
O
G
A
R
18
T
A
N
D
19
B
A
C
A
L
L
20
L
L
A
M
A
S
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G
A
T
E
W
A
Y
22
E
S
T
E
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O
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M
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B
E
R
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N
O
I
R
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M
28
A
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A
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M
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S
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S
33
A
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L
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I
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N
G
E
R
37
R
O
B
B
I
E
38
T
R
A
C
Y
A
N
D
39
H
E
P
B
U
R
N
40
A
C
C
E
S
S
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D
E
F
E
A
T
E
D
42
T
H
E
S
E
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B
O
I
L
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E
A
G
L
E
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L
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O
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O
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M
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E
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S
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T
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E
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V
E
Z
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C
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L
A
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R
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B
U
R
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N
A
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N
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D
T
A
Y
L
O
R
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A
M
A
T
I
60
A
I
D
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T
E
E
N
Y
62
N
O
P
A
R
63
R
T
E
64
E
R
R
O
L
© 1997, The New York Times10/6/97 ( No. 17,499 )
Across
1
The Bee Gees brothers : GIBBS
6
Subside : EBB
9
Big hit, in Variety slang : BOFFO
14
Journalist ___ Rogers St. Johns : ADELA
15
Inlet : RIA
16
Zhou ___ : ENLAI
17
Classic film duo : BOGARTANDBACALL
20
Andean animals : LLAMAS
21
Entrance : GATEWAY
22
Villa d'___ : ESTE
23
Old card game : OMBER
26
Film ___ : NOIR
27
Sirs' counterparts : MAAMS
32
"Catcher in the Rye" author : SALINGER
37
"My Three Sons" son : ROBBIE
38
Classic film duo : TRACYANDHEPBURN
40
The "A" in RAM : ACCESS
41
Vanquished : DEFEATED
42
Nearby things : THESE
43
Go over 212 degrees : BOIL
44
Bird on a U.S. coin : EAGLE
45
Weaving machine : LOOM
49
Actor Emilio : ESTEVEZ
54
Old-time actress Ina : CLAIRE
56
Classic film duo : BURTONANDTAYLOR
59
Stradivari's mentor : AMATI
60
Help : AID
61
Itsy-bitsy : TEENY
62
Without face value, as stock : NOPAR
63
Numbered hwy. : RTE
64
Swashbuckling Flynn : ERROL
Down
1
Bit of Gothic architecture : GABLE
2
False gods : IDOLS
3
Fathered, biblical-style : BEGAT
4
Hold responsible : BLAME
5
F.D.R.'s mother : SARA
6
Cenozoic, e.g. : ERA
7
Coal container : BIN
8
Nag, nag, nag : BADGER
9
Vanquished : BEAT
10
A single time : ONCE
11
Imperfection : FLAW
12
F.D.R.'s pooch : FALA
13
Unctuous : OILY
18
Former Presidential aspirant Paul : TSONGAS
19
Tollbooth part : BAR
24
Popular brand of faucet : MOEN
25
Spaniel, for one : BIRDDOG
27
Look dejected : MOPE
28
With 49-Down, former Israeli statesman : ABBA
29
Border : ABUT
30
Bog : MIRE
31
Fedex, e.g. : SEND
32
Suffix with thermo- : STAT
33
Part of the foot : ARCH
34
Shoestring : LACE
35
Boardwalk coolers : ICES
36
Where bulls and bears run: Abbr. : NYSE
37
Mirror : REFLECT
39
Greeting to Hitler : HEIL
43
Charity event : BAZAAR
44
Poet's period after dusk : EEN
45
Cake part : LAYER
46
Long-spouted can : OILER
47
University of Maine town : ORONO
48
Streep of "Out of Africa" : MERYL
49
See 28-Down : EBAN
50
Japanese wrestling : SUMO
51
Golf hazard : TRAP
52
Jazz singer ___ James : ETTA
53
To see, in Marseille : VOIR
55
Overdue : LATE
57
Small point to criticize : NIT
58
J.F.K.'s predecessor : DDE

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

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