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New York Times, Thursday, September 25, 1997

Author:
Mark Diehl
Editor:
Will Shortz
36-Down : Roams
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
7711/11/19841/22/20233
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3214720373
RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
31.57592888%
Mark Diehl

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JVXZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 19 for Mr. Diehl. Thursday freshness: 34%
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D
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U
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D
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N
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C
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A
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O
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L
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C
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W
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G
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A
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A
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K
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M
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A
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I
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G
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L
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D
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G
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M
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D
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Q
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R
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T
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S
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© 1997, The New York Times9/25/97 ( No. 17,488 )
Across
1
Checked for prints : DUSTED
7
"What fools these mortals be" writer : SENECA
13
Under close scrutiny : ONTRIAL
15
Apple variety : WINESAP
16
18
Wee : LIL
19
Lesley of "60 Minutes" : STAHL
20
Fire ___ : OPAL
21
Sweeping : EPIC
23
Put the pedal to the metal : SPED
24
Release forcibly : SPEW
26
Birthplace of Columbus : GENOA
28
Quarterback play : SNEAK
31
Sidewalk stand offering : ADE
32
Cold war grp.? : AMA
34
1963 Shirley MacLaine role : IRMA
35
Russian river in a Sholokhov title : DON
36
Skipper : GILLIGANSFRIEND
41
Bother : ADO
42
Duds : GARB
43
Scratch the surface : MAR
44
Member of 32-Across : DOC
45
Master's degree requirement : ORALS
47
Plows : TILLS
51
Snaillike : SLOW
53
Pastoral sounds : BAAS
55
What chimney sweeps sweep : SOOT
56
No-show : AWOL
58
Kipling story setting : INDIA
60
"___ Vadis?" : QUO
61
64
"Driving Miss Daisy" co-star : FREEMAN
65
Like TV's Ninja Turtles : TEENAGE
66
So-called "Gateway to Australia" : SYDNEY
67
Like Felix vis-à-vis Oscar : NEATER
Down
1
Golf course feature : DOGLEG
2
Green : UNRIPE
3
Leader born in Georgia : STALIN
4
Lead-in with angle : TRI
5
One overseas : EINS
6
Pub diversion : DARTS
7
Taste : SIP
8
Within: Prefix : ENTO
9
Tidal points : NEAPS
10
Lark : ESCAPADE
11
Came to visit : CALLEDON
12
King Kong, e.g. : APE
14
Track and field attempts : LEAPS
15
Skyscraper workers : WELDERS
17
The house white, perhaps : CHENINBLANC
22
Kind of tar : COAL
25
Proceed : WEND
27
Southwest friend : AMIGO
29
___ radio : AMFM
30
Measure of purity : KARAT
33
Gelatin substitute : AGAR
36
Roams : GADS
37
Blind devotion : IDOLATRY
38
Cattle drive hazard : LOCOWEED
39
Like Scheherazade : ARABIAN
40
Tennessee's state flower : IRIS
46
1978 co-Nobelist : SADAT
48
Plumlike fruit : LOQUAT
49
Airport V.I.P. section : LOUNGE
50
He brought Dracula to life : STOKER
52
Common door sign : WOMEN
54
Police car device : SIREN
57
Citrus fruit : LIME
59
To ___ (perfectly) : ATEE
61
Qualifiers : IFS
62
Thumbs down : NAY
63
Genetic stuff : RNA

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

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