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New York Times, Tuesday, June 24, 1997

Author:
Stephanie Spadaccini
Editor:
Will Shortz
41-Down : Colorful, crested bird
TotalDebutLatest
441/27/197710/5/1999
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.54126814%
Stephanie Spadaccini

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 28 for Ms. Spadaccini. Tuesday freshness: 55%
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© 1997, The New York Times6/24/97 ( No. 17,395 )
Across
1
Stage between egg and pupa : LARVA
6
"Durn it!" : DANG
10
Head of hair, slangily : MOP
13
"Silas Marner" author : ELIOT
14
Exploiters : USERS
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Eggs : OVA
17
Teensy-weensy piece of beef? : MINUTESTEAK
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Seat in St. Paul's : PEW
20
___ Rosa, Calif. : SANTA
21
1984 World Series champs : TIGERS
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The sun : SOL
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Johnnie Ray hit of the 50's : CRY
27
Biblical king : HEROD
28
Sleazy : TRASHY
30
Sandlot sport : SOFTBALL
33
Cottonlike fiber : RAMIE
34
Without : MINUS
35
Actress ___ Dawn Chong : RAE
36
Got 100 on : ACED
37
Dot on a monitor : PIXEL
38
Tiny bit : IOTA
39
___-de-France : ILE
40
Radius, ulna, etc. : BONES
41
U.C.L.A. player : BRUIN
42
Big North Carolina industry : TEXTILES
44
"Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" actress ___ Headly : GLENNE
45
Kind of bean : CACAO
46
Old French coin : SOU
47
___ es Salaam : DAR
48
Tom Canty, in a Mark Twain book : PAUPER
50
Pedestals, e.g. : BASES
52
Mornings, for short : AMS
53
What stand-up comics do to keep their material shiny? : POLISHJOKES
58
Soupy Sales missile : PIE
59
Long bout : SIEGE
60
Vicinities : AREAS
61
Catalogue contents : ADS
62
Some P.T.A. members : DADS
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Long (for) : YEARN
Down
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Moon craft, for short : LEM
2
Actress MacGraw : ALI
3
___ Tin Tin : RIN
4
"Comment allez-___?" : VOUS
5
Embassy worker : ATTACHE
6
Name for a cowpoke : DUSTY
7
Movie pooch : ASTA
8
Society page word : NEE
9
Like a proper rescuee : GRATEFUL
10
Ride an engine-powered bike? : MOPEDAROUND
11
Finished : OVER
12
Furry feet : PAWS
15
Poodle and dirndl, e.g. : SKIRTS
18
Professor 'iggins : ENRY
22
Sailor : GOB
23
Sea route : STRAIT
24
Delphic shrine : ORACLE
25
"My gold dress isn't back from the cleaners yet" and others? : LAMEEXCUSES
27
Sharpens : HONES
29
Caesar of "Caesar's Hour" : SID
30
At ___ and sevens : SIXES
31
Chicana : LATINA
32
Horseshoes shot : LEANER
34
Sal of "Giant" : MINEO
37
Instant picture : POLAROID
38
Anger : IRE
40
They're big in gyms : BICEPS
41
Colorful, crested bird : BLUEJAY
43
Strike lightly : TAP
44
"No kidding!" : GOSH
46
MS. enclosures : SASES
48
Madonna's "___ Don't Preach" : PAPA
49
In the center of : AMID
50
Dallas's nickname : BIGD
51
Achy : SORE
54
Meadow : LEA
55
Mauna ___ : KEA
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It may be pulled in charades : EAR
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ID digits : SSN

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

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