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New York Times, Thursday, March 13, 1997

Author:
Matt Gaffney
Editor:
Will Shortz
37-Down : Had a dispute
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
587/24/19949/6/20001
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1401615157
ScrabDebutFresh
1.6152461%
Matt Gaffney

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 37 Missing: {FKQZ} This is puzzle # 33 for Mr. Gaffney. Thursday freshness: 18%
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S
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H
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A
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H
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S
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W
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A
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T
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E
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L
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C
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I
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D
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T
E
R
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W
A
D
E
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P
I
A
N
O
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E
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N
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A
R
A
L
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I
B
S
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N
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T
R
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D
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G
P
L
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A
C
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S
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U
N
D
A
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D
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R
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V
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S
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R
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A
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M
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T
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M
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R
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I
L
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E
R
A
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E
V
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R
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Y
A
L
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A
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A
M
S
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R
E
S
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W
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P
A
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I
A
M
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P
A
T
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O
N
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G
R
O
W
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O
L
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E
D
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N
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A
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T
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T
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D
A
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B
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R
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P
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D
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S
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X
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P
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J
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O
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I
L
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X
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D
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D
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V
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N
E
© 1997, The New York Times3/13/97 ( No. 17,292 )
Across
1
1979 exile : SHAH
5
Double or triple, possibly : SWAT
9
"Cantar de Rodrigo" hero : ELCID
14
Actress Hatcher : TERI
15
Plod (through) : WADE
16
Nero's instrument : PIANO
17
Neighbor of Albion : ERIN
18
Kazakh-Uzbek sea : ARAL
19
"Ghosts" writer : IBSEN
20
1983 Eddie Murphy movie : TRADINGPLACES
23
Like some letters : UNDATED
24
Opposite of idles : REVS
27
Run into : RAM
30
Kitchen needs : TIMERS
31
"Would ___?" (sleazeball's question) : ILIE
32
Procter & Gamble brand : ERA
33
Penultimate fairy-tale word : EVER
34
Where 61-Across was "drawn" : YALTA
35
Clock settings : AMS
36
Thing, in law : RES
37
F.D.R. program : WPA
39
"How dry ___" : IAM
40
"Ah, But Your Land is Beautiful" novelist : PATON
42
Wax : GROW
43
Flamenco cheer : OLE
44
Foreign Secretary under Churchill : EDEN
45
Transport to Sugar Hill : ATRAIN
47
Mary's "Ink" co-star : TED
48
Brave : DARE
49
Funnyman David : BRENNER
51
Stock market activity : PLACINGTRADES
56
"Chill" : RELAX
58
Not very bright : PALE
59
Hirt hit : JAVA
60
Sultan Qabus bin Said, e.g. : OMANI
61
The ___-Neisse Line : ODER
62
Holly genus : ILEX
63
Vegas casino, with "The" : DUNES
64
June honorees : DADS
65
Kudzu, for one : VINE
Down
1
Let it stand : STET
2
Title for Mozart : HERR
3
Horne solo : ARIA
4
Caste member : HINDU
5
Graceful descent : SWANDIVE
6
Chess and Risk : WARGAMES
7
Electrical device : ADAPTER
8
Manhattan Project physicist : TELLER
9
"Beowulf," for one : EPIC
10
Oldest republic in Africa : LIBERIA
11
Big Mama : CASSELLIOT
12
Bruckner's Symphony No. 7 ___ : INE
13
Mafia boss : DON
21
Detain during wartime : INTERN
22
Clio winners : ADS
25
Sports commentator Dick : VITALE
26
Like old nylons : SEAMED
27
Cut the mustard? : REAPED
28
Loser of 1588 : ARMADA
29
Overall guide : MASTERPLAN
34
What a bore! : YAWNER
37
Had a dispute : WRANGLED
38
Expert advice : POINTERS
41
Kind of road : ONELANE
42
Island discovered by Columbus : GRENADA
45
Disney acquisition of 1995 : ABC
46
This will help you shoot straight : TRIPOD
50
Indira's son : RAJIV
52
W.W. II side : AXIS
53
Bunuel collaborator : DALI
54
Neck and neck : EVEN
55
Old German duchy name : SAXE
56
Bacillus shape : ROD
57
Big bird : EMU

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

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