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New York Times, Saturday, September 20, 1997

Author:
Bob Klahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
4-Down : Last month
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
601/29/19945/22/201110
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1313121426
CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.5746577%
Bob Klahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FJQVZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 29 for Mr. Klahn. Saturday freshness: 64%
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© 1997, The New York Times9/20/97 ( No. 17,483 )
Across
1
Perplex : BEMUSE
7
Fleet runners? : ADMIRALS
15
Crows : EXULTS
16
Greenkeepers? : TERRARIA
17
Baskets: Sp. : CESTAS
18
Philosophy of Epicurus : HEDONISM
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He was accountable for Hun dreads : ATTILA
20
It's still free : OPENDATE
21
R.B.I. leader of 1976 : LEEMAY
22
Brought into play : USED
23
A neighborly sort : MRROGERS
25
Tix : DUCATS
30
1950 film noir classic : DOA
31
City formerly called Niles Center : SKOKIE
32
Philosopher known for his "razor" : OCCAM
37
Producer for David Bowie and U2 : ENO
39
Squeeze (from) : EXACT
40
Dwellers in gum trees : KOALAS
42
"Boy, am I stupid!" : DUH
44
Lettuce : DOREMI
45
Bettors' pastime : CRAPGAME
51
Fast stop? : MEAL
53
Drifted : ROAMED
54
Name of two Bourbon kings of Spain : ALPHONSO
58
Pet food name : PURINA
59
Pioneering 50's news program : SEEITNOW
60
Pants line : INSEAM
61
Popular Lily Tomlin character : EDITHANN
62
Torch carrier : SCONCE
63
Judges : ASSESSES
64
Some of them are perfect : TENSES
Down
1
Make quiet : BECALM
2
Former capital of New Hampshire : EXETER
3
Come up with : MUSTER
4
Last month : ULTIMO
5
Frequent setting in a W.W. II movie : STALAG
6
Gave it the old college try? : ESSAYED
7
Herb Gardner Broadway play and movie : ATHOUSANDCLOWNS
8
Oceans, to Longfellow : DEEPS
9
Longfellow, in a 1936 movie : MRDEEDS
10
Wellington, with "the" : IRONDUKE
11
100 cents, abroad : RAND
12
Battle strain? : ARIA
13
It's just one thing after another : LIST
14
Cloned : SAME
24
Unnamed litigant : ROE
26
Crew member : COX
27
"___ Cassius Clay" (1970 documentary) : AKA
28
Certain X : TIC
29
Compose : SET
32
Initialed : OKD
33
Pigeon English? : COO
34
Crate, so to speak : CAR
35
Schooner's cargo : ALE
36
Pleistocene beasts : MAMMOTHS
38
"___ Miss Gibbs" (old musical) : OUR
41
Earth shades : SIENNAS
43
Concert soloist : HARPIST
46
Sudden swoop : POUNCE
47
"Pride and Prejudice" star, 1940 : GARSON
48
Somme place : AMIENS
49
Drunk driver, e.g. : MENACE
50
One of a 50's quartet : EDAMES
52
In concert : ASONE
54
In the Black? : ASEA
55
Digital displays : LEDS
56
I. M. and Mario : PEIS
57
"Women and Love" author : HITE

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

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