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New York Times, Thursday, April 3, 1997

Author:
Richard Hughes
Editor:
Will Shortz
51-Down : "Is that ___?!"
TotalDebutLatest
3511/8/19944/2/2007
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.5113622%
Richard Hughes

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {BJQYZ} This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Hughes. Thursday freshness: 1%
Jim Horne notes:

This exact quote was reused in 2009.

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© 1997, The New York Times4/3/97 ( No. 17,313 )
Across
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Tries to take (out) : ASKS
5
Mischievous : ELFIN
10
Novelist Mario Vargas Llosa's home : PERU
14
Carnival tune : LILT
15
Actor Greene : LORNE
16
40's foe : AXIS
17
Think of it! : IDEA
18
Swiftly : APACE
19
Nicaragua's second-largest city : LEON
20
Start of a quote from Emily Dickinson : ALITTLEMADNESS
23
Direction in music : SEGUE
24
Picks up readings on : SENSES
25
Poet's preposition : ERE
27
Indoor-outdoor rooms : ATRIA
31
Common street name : ELM
34
Part 2 of the quote : INTHESPRING
39
Feeding time sound : MEOW
41
Set of beliefs : CREDO
42
Initial offering? : ANTE
43
Part 3 of the quote : ISWHOLESOME
46
John ___ Passos : DOS
47
Time for a coffee break, maybe : TENAM
48
Lunch on : EAT
50
Rags : TEASES
55
Esteem : VALUE
59
End of the quote : EVENFORTHEKING
62
Tel ___ : AVIV
63
Run with one's mouth open? : AEIOU
64
Arab chieftain : EMIR
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Strike out : DELE
66
Not wait one's turn : CUTIN
67
Communion, e.g. : RITE
68
It's unique : ONER
69
Transport : TRUCK
70
Opposite of 65-Across : STET
Down
1
You may assume it : ALIAS
2
Move somewhat furtively : SIDLE
3
Certain movie light: Var. : KLEIG
4
Michelangelo's "Pieta," e.g. : STATUE
5
Overseas carrier : ELAL
6
Runs : LOPES
7
Formulate : FRAME
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Like some ancient ruins : INCAN
9
Exigencies : NEEDS
10
Athletic training site, in Greek antiquity : PALESTRA
11
Divorcees : EXES
12
Portuguese rivers : RIOS
13
American mil. wing : USN
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Actress Garr : TERI
22
Certain tide : NEAP
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Postal letters? : ENCL
28
Peel : RIND
29
Division word : INTO
30
Seeming eternity : AGES
31
Spew : EMIT
32
___-majeste : LESE
33
Cut : MOWN
35
Italian number : TRE
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Stag goers : HES
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Old Tokyo : EDO
38
A little : SOME
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"Anything you say" : WHATEVER
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Eclipse, maybe : OMEN
45
Overhang : EAVE
49
Selfish ones : TAKERS
51
"Is that ___?!" : AFACT
52
Frere's sister : SOEUR
53
Verdi aria : ERITU
54
Zeno follower : STOIC
56
Restrict : LIMIT
57
Join : UNITE
58
Plume's source : EGRET
59
Flat : EVEN
60
Revolting : VILE
61
"Baywatch" type : HUNK
62
Foofaraw : ADO

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later.

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