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New York Times, Wednesday, July 16, 1997

Author:
Jonathan Schmalzbach
Editor:
Will Shortz
39-Down : Fired
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
312/15/19945/16/20181
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131512000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5211218%
Jonathan Schmalzbach

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 42 Missing: {GJV} This is puzzle # 26 for Mr. Schmalzbach. Wednesday freshness: 26%
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M
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R
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© 1997, The New York Times7/16/97 ( No. 17,417 )
Across
1
Solipsist's preoccupation : SELF
5
Harsh Athenian lawgiver : DRACO
10
Employ a Singer : SEW
13
Anjou, e.g. : PEAR
14
Casaba, e.g. : MELON
15
___-Ball (arcade game) : SKEE
16
Heroine of Tennessee Williams's "Summer and Smoke" : ALMA
17
"___ Help Myself" (Four Tops hit) : ICANT
18
Phoenician port : TYRE
19
"Shut up!" : BUTTONYOURLIP
22
___ broche (cooked on a spit) : ALA
24
Coach Parseghian : ARA
25
Iranian money : RIALS
26
Lullaby start : HUSHLITTLEBABY
31
Bandleader Shaw : ARTIE
32
They're in galley banks : OARS
33
Sow : SEED
34
"Flow gently, sweet ___": Burns : AFTON
36
Yemen's capital : SANA
40
Game plan : IDEA
41
Fancy watch : ROLEX
42
"Pipe down, Pierre!" : FERMEZLABOUCHE
47
Hurler Reynolds of the 40's-50's Yankees : ALLIE
48
Go (for) : TRY
49
Assist : AID
50
Director's directive : QUIETONTHESET
55
Amenhotep IV's god : ATON
56
Words repeated at the start of the "Sailor's Song" : TOSEA
57
Like ___ in a trap : ARAT
60
Bookie's bookings : BETS
61
___ around (near) : INAND
62
Rani's attire : SARI
63
Come-ons : ADS
64
Mystery writer Paretsky and others : SARAS
65
Book after II Chronicles : EZRA
Down
1
Health center : SPA
2
Electric ___ : EEL
3
Berate : LAMBASTE
4
German wife : FRAU
5
Composer Shostakovich : DMITRI
6
Supply with more varnish : RECOAT
7
Astronaut Shepard : ALAN
8
Rabbit : CONY
9
Aware of : ONTO
10
First U.S. space station : SKYLAB
11
In a spooky way : EERILY
12
Boohoos : WEEPS
15
Narrow furrow : STRIA
20
Myth : TALE
21
City areas, informally : URBS
22
Triumphant cries : AHAS
23
Tackle box item : LURE
27
Secreted : HID
28
Smash to smithereens : TOTAL
29
Indochinese language : LAO
30
Directional suffix : ERN
34
Summer refresher : ADE
35
Shriner hat : FEZ
36
Not worth a ___ : SOU
37
Much-filmed prison : ALCATRAZ
38
Radar's favorite drink on "M*A*S*H" : NEHI
39
Fired : AXED
40
"___ a man..." : IMET
41
Popular fast-food chain, informally : ROYS
42
Crimped, as a piecrust : FLUTED
43
T. S. and George : ELIOTS
44
Trifles: Fr. : RIENS
45
Goddess of wisdom : ATHENA
46
Covers with crumbs : BREADS
47
Mideast's Gulf of ___ : AQABA
51
Revolutionary orator James : OTIS
52
Soul singer Hendryx : NONA
53
Pre-Soviet royalty : TSAR
54
Let up : EASE
58
Timetable abbr. : ARR
59
Aunt, in Madrid : TIA

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

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