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New York Times, Monday, July 7, 1997

Author:
Gregory E. Paul
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Across : Flat-topped hills
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Gregory E. Paul

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 47 for Mr. Paul. Monday freshness: 1%
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© 1997, The New York Times7/7/97 ( No. 17,408 )
Across
1
"Othello" villain : IAGO
5
Flat-topped hills : MESAS
10
Colonel Mustard's game : CLUE
14
Eschew : SHUN
15
Some of the Pennsylvania Dutch : AMISH
16
Feed bag contents : OATS
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Filly's mother : MARE
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"Truly!" : NOLIE
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Takes advantage of : USES
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Jalopy : BUCKETOFBOLTS
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Poker starter : ANTE
24
"Roses ___ red..." : ARE
25
Like a lot : ADORE
28
Fawn's mother : DOE
31
Necklace units : BEADS
35
Come about : BEFALL
37
Department of Justice div. : FBI
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Tiny : WEE
40
Autumn 1940 aerial war : BATTLEOFBRITAIN
44
Prior to, poetically : ERE
45
Mao ___-tung : TSE
46
Tenor Caruso : ENRICO
47
Council of Trent, e.g. : SYNOD
50
Flower holder : URN
52
Spud : TATER
53
Lawyer's thing : RES
55
Texas Western, today: Abbr. : UTEP
57
Mule, e.g. : BEASTOFBURDEN
63
Kind of purse : COIN
64
Sidestep : AVOID
65
Norse Zeus : ODIN
67
Five-time Wimbledon champ, 1976-80 : BORG
68
Vintner Ernest or Julio : GALLO
69
Girl-watch or boy-watch : OGLE
70
___-Ball (arcade game) : SKEE
71
Church officer : ELDER
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Marsh plant : REED
Down
1
Doctrine: Suffix : ISM
2
Captain obsessed : AHAB
3
Maven : GURU
4
Like some diamonds, sizewise : ONECARAT
5
"Luncheon on the Grass" painter Edouard : MANET
6
Chewed the scenery : EMOTED
7
Fodder storage site : SILO
8
"___ I cared!" : ASIF
9
Yemen, once : SHEBA
10
Grand ___ Dam : COULEE
11
Word before laugh or straw : LAST
12
Salt Lake City students : UTES
13
Feminine suffix : ESS
21
Toll : KNELL
22
Regalia item : ORB
25
French clerics : ABBES
26
Hon : DEARY
27
Time after time : OFTEN
29
Bid : OFFER
30
Retrocede : EBB
32
Lie in store for : AWAIT
33
Winter windshield setting : DEICE
34
Sir, in Seville : SENOR
36
What may be followed by improved service? : LET
38
Dander : IRE
41
Buckeyes' sch. : OSU
42
The "I" in ICBM : INTER
43
Cause of an unexpected fall : TRAPDOOR
48
Jellybean flavor : ORANGE
49
___ Plaines, Ill. : DES
51
Marriageable : NUBILE
54
Old Wells Fargo transport : STAGE
56
Elizabeth I was the last one : TUDOR
57
Library unit : BOOK
58
Dublin's land : EIRE
59
Elliptical : OVAL
60
Quit, in poker : FOLD
61
Winning margin : EDGE
62
Longest river in the world : NILE
63
"60 Minutes" network : CBS
66
TV's "___ and Stacey" : NED

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

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