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New York Times, Friday, December 12, 1997

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Down : At risk
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611.571,613877%
Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 28 Missing: {FJQWX} Spans: 4 Grid has supersymmetry. Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 67 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 86%
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© 1997, The New York Times12/12/97 ( No. 17,566 )
Across
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Fit : SUITED
7
Cricket sounds : CHIRRS
13
Ordinary : MUNDANE
14
More available for use : HANDIER
16
Brother of Tamar, in the Bible : ABSALOM
17
Pestiferous : IRKSOME
18
Mathematician's ordinal : NTH
19
"The Lux Show" star of 50's TV : CLOONEY
21
Empty (of) : RID
22
Deadline, sometimes : NOON
24
Jackson and others : ANNES
25
___-Honey (candy bar) : BITO
26
Register : ENROL
28
Map rtes. : STS
29
Apply (for) : PUTIN
30
Comics debut of 3/12/51 : DENNISTHEMENACE
33
Caddie's item : SCORECARD
34
Four-star ratings, say : CRITICALACCLAIM
40
Move, in a way : REPOT
41
Up to, informally : TIL
42
Reddish-orangish brown : HENNA
43
Order on an order : ASAP
44
I.Q. test name : BINET
46
In ___ (undisturbed) : SITU
47
Whup : TAN
48
Card game also called high-low-jack : SEVENUP
50
McDaniel of C&W : MEL
51
Speak for the dead : ELEGIZE
53
Hauling fee : DRAYAGE
55
Make like new : REMODEL
56
Removed by melting, e.g. : ABLATED
57
In Solomon's way : SAGELY
58
Kind of room : ROMPER
Down
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Low sound : SUBTONE
2
Like Samson, before Delilah : UNSHORN
3
Gilbert and Sullivan princess : IDA
4
Sprinkle after a shower : TALC
5
Part of a famous plane name : ENOLA
6
Without reticence : DEMONSTRATIVELY
7
It has a 60-year cycle : CHINESECALENDAR
8
Small game : HARES
9
Very dark : INKY
10
Map rtes. : RDS
11
1942 Abbott and Costello movie : RIORITA
12
Arab, e.g. : SEMITIC
13
Kind of flight : MANNED
15
Not in its original form : REDONE
20
At risk : ONTHELINE
23
Going on and on : NONSTOP
25
___ of joy (newborns) : BUNDLES
27
Permissible : LICIT
29
Toehold? : PERCH
31
Part of A.S.P.C.A.: Abbr. : SOC
32
Big ___ : MAC
34
Hole in the ground : CRATER
35
Antique dealers' deals : RESALES
36
Locale in a 1964 hit : IPANEMA
37
Provide pizazz : ANIMATE
38
Whole thing : INTEGER
39
Bear-clawed : MAULED
44
Automobile headlight holder : BEZEL
45
Certain engine : TURBO
48
Support, with "with" : SIDE
49
Lifeline site : PALM
52
Prince in Ezekiel : GOG
54
Trap : YAP

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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