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New York Times, Monday, August 25, 1997

Author:
Randall J. Hartman
Editor:
Will Shortz
3-Down : Trials and tribulations
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Randall J. Hartman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 15 for Mr. Hartman. Monday freshness: 22%
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© 1997, The New York Times8/25/97 ( No. 17,457 )
Across
1
Clinch, as a victory : SEWUP
6
R.B.I., e.g. : STAT
10
Keats, for one : POET
14
Got out of bed : AROSE
15
"Sock it ___!" : TOME
16
Fairy tale's first word : ONCE
17
Super Bowl I champs : GREENBAYPACKERS
20
Slalom curve : ESS
21
New Jersey five : NETS
22
Kind of monkey : RHESUS
23
Anklebones : TALI
24
June 6, 1944 : DDAY
25
Yummy items : LIPSMACKERS
29
TV's "L.A. ___" : LAW
32
Waters: Lat. : AQUAE
33
"Xanadu" rock grp. : ELO
34
Remove from a manuscript : DELE
35
Sound of a cat or engine : PURR
36
Like Jack Benny, famously : CHEAP
38
More than a vogue : RAGE
39
Pecan and pumpkin : PIES
40
Sought election : RAN
41
Had money in the bank : SAVED
42
Sault ___ Marie : STE
43
Football defensemen : LINEBACKERS
46
It gets slapped around a lot : PUCK
47
Skin cream ingredient : ALOE
48
Book after Song of Solomon : ISAIAH
51
Z ___ zebra : ASIN
52
Hawaiian dish : POI
55
On-line menaces : COMPUTERHACKERS
58
Nobelist Wiesel : ELIE
59
Old Dodge : OMNI
60
Artist's support : EASEL
61
Bambi and others : DEER
62
When a factory whistle blows : NOON
63
Mink wrap : STOLE
Down
1
Wise : SAGE
2
Blows it : ERRS
3
Trials and tribulations : WOES
4
Take advantage of : USE
5
Mark Twain, for one : PENNAME
6
Kind of electricity : STATIC
7
1992 Robin Williams movie : TOYS
8
Sound stage equipment : AMP
9
Sign of sorrow : TEARDROP
10
Hoosegow : POKEY
11
Billfold bills : ONES
12
Light beige : ECRU
13
"___ of the D'Urbervilles" : TESS
18
Dracula player Lugosi : BELA
19
Princely abbr. : CHAS
23
Ivan and Nicholas : TSARS
24
Boxer Oscar ___ Hoya : DELA
25
Northern Scandinavians : LAPPS
26
Phrase of resignation : IQUIT
27
Blender setting : PUREE
28
Nancy Drew's creator : KEENE
29
"Scram!" : LEAVE
30
Creator of the Ragged Dick books : ALGER
31
Garden intruders : WEEDS
34
Circumnavigator Sir Francis : DRAKE
36
"Jurassic Park" novelist : CRICHTON
37
Length of yarn : HANK
41
Candle brackets : SCONCES
43
Hawaiian do : LUAU
44
Smash, as a windshield : BASHIN
45
Inter ___ : ALIA
46
Flutist : PIPER
48
Clinched, as a victory : ICED
49
___ survivor : SOLE
50
Parisian lady friend : AMIE
51
Florence's river : ARNO
52
Baja buck : PESO
53
Pitcher Hershiser : OREL
54
Bermuda, e.g. : ISLE
56
Comic Philips : EMO
57
Kit ___ Club : KAT

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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