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New York Times, Tuesday, April 15, 1997

Author:
Jonathan Schmalzbach
Editor:
Will Shortz
63-Down : Brit. sports cars
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
312/15/19945/16/20181
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.5211218%
Jonathan Schmalzbach

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QVXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 24 for Mr. Schmalzbach. Tuesday freshness: 79%
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© 1997, The New York Times4/15/97 ( No. 17,325 )
Across
1
The beans in refried beans : FRIJOLES
9
Snail ___ (endangered fish) : DARTER
15
City south of Tijuana : ENSENADA
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Register : ENROLL
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Battle site where the Athenians routed the Persians : MARATHON
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Ford flops : EDSELS
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Scene of Operation Overlord : NORMANDY
21
Old paper currency : SCRIP
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Gaffer's assistant : BESTBOY
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Friends' pronoun : THEE
30
Pound part : OUNCE
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Druidic worship sites : OAKS
34
Science shop : LAB
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In ___ (properly placed) : SITU
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When Browning wanted to be in England : APRIL
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Montana massacre locale : LITTLEBIGHORN
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Tired of it all : BORED
42
Some nest eggs: Abbr. : IRAS
43
"Take me as ___" : IAM
45
Hill dwellers : ANTS
46
Michael and Peter : TSARS
48
Sunday seats : PEWS
49
Site of many flicks : ASHTRAY
51
Poet Teasdale et al. : SARAS
52
1781 surrender site : YORKTOWN
56
Violinist Menuhin : YEHUDI
60
1862 Maryland battle site : ANTIETAM
64
Obliterates : ERASES
65
Infant : NURSLING
66
Heat up again : REWARM
67
Candidate Harold et al. : STASSENS
Down
1
Opposite of masc. : FEM
2
Genetic inits. : RNA
3
Neighbor of Leb. : ISR
4
Dream girl in a Foster song : JEANIE
5
Where to put the cherry of a sundae : ONTOP
6
"The Wizard of Oz" actor : LAHR
7
Brother of Jacob : EDOM
8
Yemen's capital : SANA
9
Role in TV's "Hunter" : DEEDEE
10
Capp and Gump : ANDYS
11
B.&O. et al. : RRS
12
Boot part : TOE
13
Add-on : ELL
14
"Treasure Island" monogram : RLS
20
Peacock network : NBC
21
Letters on a Cardinal's cap : STL
22
Where Attila was defeated, 451 : CHALONS
23
Religious experience : REBIRTH
25
"___ the mornin'!" : TOPO
26
Obstacle : BARRIER
27
1945 island dogfight site : OKINAWA
28
Couturier initials : YSL
30
Heating fuel : OIL
31
Southwestern Indian : UTE
32
Ancient kingdom on the Nile : NUBIA
35
Criterion: Abbr. : STD
36
Cries of delight : AHS
38
Exam : TEST
39
Like "to be": Abbr. : IRR
40
Heating fuel : GAS
41
Flock sound : BAA
44
What eds. edit : MSS
46
Oriental philosophy : TAOISM
47
Hafez al-Assad's land: Abbr. : SYR
48
Juries : PANELS
50
Actress Winona : RYDER
51
Kind of cheese : SWISS
53
Okla. neighbor : KANS
54
Carpenter's fastener : TNUT
55
Other: Sp. : OTRA
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"Get ___ Ya-Ya's Out!" (Stones album) : YER
57
Poet's "before" : ERE
58
Turn left : HAW
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"Land of the free": Abbr. : USA
61
Knot : TIE
62
Raggedy doll : ANN
63
Brit. sports cars : MGS

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

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