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New York Times, Monday, July 28, 1997

Author:
Patrick Jordan
Editor:
Will Shortz
9-Down : Tree with fan-shaped leaves
TotalDebutLatest
163/19/19966/4/2001
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0363400
CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.635523%
Patrick Jordan

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {J} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Jordan. Monday freshness: 58%
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© 1997, The New York Times7/28/97 ( No. 17,429 )
Across
1
"If I ___ the World" (pop hit) : RULED
6
Boutique : SHOP
10
Kind of carpet : SHAG
14
Glue : EPOXY
15
Carbonated canful : COLA
16
Scarlett's plantation : TARA
17
Run to the altar : ELOPE
18
Brother of Cain : ABEL
19
N.M. neighbor : ARIZ
20
Accounting principle, for short : LIFO
21
Comic strip witch : BROOMHILDA
23
___ Steamer (early auto) : STANLEY
25
Land west of Britain : EIRE
26
Brain wave reading: Abbr. : EEG
27
Track records? : BETS
29
Sine ___ non : QUA
32
Journalist Alexander : SHANA
35
Isn't on the street? : AINT
36
Phoenix fivesome : SUNS
37
Defeat decisively : MOPTHEFLOORWITH
40
"Ball!" callers : UMPS
41
Scolds ceaselessly : NAGS
42
Birchbark boat : CANOE
43
Toothpaste type : GEL
44
Days of long ago : YORE
45
Inclined (to) : APT
46
Feldman role in "Young Frankenstein" : IGOR
48
Mill in 1848 news : SUTTERS
52
Seal tightly, as a coffee can : VACUUMPACK
56
Cleveland's lake : ERIE
57
Memorable periods : ERAS
58
Tiny bit : IOTA
59
Area of corporate investment, briefly : RANDD
60
1996 Broadway hit : RENT
61
Walked (on) : TROD
62
Popular watch brand : OMEGA
63
Plumb loco : BATS
64
Slangy assents : YEPS
65
German industrial city : ESSEN
Down
1
Movie units : REELS
2
Illuminated from below : UPLIT
3
Bath sponge: Var. : LOOFA
4
Square numbers? : EXPONENTS
5
Hair coloring : DYE
6
Hair-raising : SCARY
7
Traveling tramp : HOBO
8
Bogus butter : OLEO
9
Tree with fan-shaped leaves : PALMETTO
10
Flight of steps : STAIR
11
Clown : HARLEQUIN
12
Dry, as a desert : ARID
13
Disputed Mideast strip : GAZA
21
Entreat : BEG
22
Towel inscription : HIS
24
One of Jacob's wives : LEAH
27
Unwelcome water on a ship : BILGE
28
Seth's son : ENOS
30
Next-to-last word of the golden rule : UNTO
31
Tennis's Arthur : ASHE
32
Self-satisfied : SMUG
33
"Fourth base" : HOME
34
Resume submitter : APPLICANT
35
From a distance : AFAR
36
Specialized police units : SWATTEAMS
38
Outrageousness : ENORMITY
39
Sales slip: Abbr. : RCPT
44
Last word of the golden rule : YOU
45
Northern diving bird : AUK
47
Bursts of wind : GUSTS
48
Gazillions : SCADS
49
Sea eagles : ERNES
50
Chain of hills : RIDGE
51
Alternative to a convertible : SEDAN
52
Sink or swim, e.g. : VERB
53
Vicinity : AREA
54
Skin opening : PORE
55
On the peak of : ATOP
59
___ v. Wade (landmark decision) : ROE

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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