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New York Times, Saturday, November 29, 1997

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
32-Down : Writer's supply: Abbr.
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Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 71 for Mr. Norris. Saturday freshness: 23%
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X
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M
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O
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K
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© 1997, The New York Times11/29/97 ( No. 17,553 )
Across
1
Locale for binoculars : OPERAHOUSE
11
Holly : ILEX
15
Carrie Fisher's "Postcards From the Edge," e.g. : ROMANACLEF
16
Congregational area : NAVE
17
1975 #1 hit for the Doobie Brothers : BLACKWATER
18
Ness and others : TMEN
19
"That's what ___!" : ILIKE
20
Dry : SERE
21
Daughter of Cronus : HERA
22
Chess's Mikhail : TAL
23
"___ Alibi," 1989 film : HER
24
Abbr. on a French letter : MME
26
Words before "on the line" : LAYIT
28
"Up!" : AWAKE
32
Yucatán export : SISAL
35
Sketched : OUTLINED
37
Undervalued : TAKENFORGRANTED
39
Panic-averting admonition : KEEPCALM
40
Contribute to the mix : ADDIN
41
Actor Davis : OSSIE
42
In golf, ahead by as many holes as are left to be played : DORMY
44
"Fables in Slang" author : ADE
46
Beat : TOP
47
A.E.C. successor : NRC
50
Riot : HOWL
53
Radar screen : GRID
55
Writer Marsh : NGAIO
57
Ovid's "others" : ALII
58
Takes : GIVESARIDE
60
Button on the ice : DICK
61
Tied : EVENSTEVEN
62
Crack : JOKE
63
Armada division : DESTROYERS
Down
1
Circle : ORBIT
2
Young hen, to Enrique : POLLA
3
Letters, of a sort : EMAIL
4
Pool device : RACK
5
Huber of women's tennis : ANKE
6
Hesitate : HAW
7
"Mirror in My House" autobiographer : OCASEY
8
Unseen influences : ULTERIORMOTIVES
9
Palmist, e.g. : SEER
10
First name in violinists : EFREM
11
Imminent : INTHEWIND
12
Sorry : LAME
13
By any chance : EVER
14
Lucy Lawless TV role : XENA
23
___ loaf : HALFA
25
Complaint : MALADY
26
Ran through : LANCED
27
Pull : TUG
29
Opponent : ANTI
30
Honed : KEEN
31
Actor Byrnes : EDD
32
Writer's supply: Abbr. : SAES
33
Turner and others : IKES
34
Having gray-brown tones : SEPIALIKE
36
Lady's lover : TRAMP
37
Ref's decision : TKO
38
Dated : OLD
43
Bandicoot, e.g. : RODENT
45
Stirred up, with "on" : EGGED
47
Unaffected : NAIVE
48
Agreement adjustment : RIDER
49
"Fargo" creators Ethan and Joel : COENS
50
One of the Pillars of Islam : HADJ
51
This and that : OLIO
52
Wax insert, perhaps : WICK
54
Tear : RIVE
55
Eisenhower held a 1950 post in it : NATO
56
Earl ___ : GREY
59
One of 15, formerly: Abbr. : SSR

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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