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New York Times, Saturday, April 26, 1997

Author:
Frank Longo
Editor:
Will Shortz
26-Down : Economize
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
9110/29/199411/24/20192
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
150137142922
RebusScrabDebutFresh
41.4868687%
Frank Longo

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FHJQXZ} This is puzzle # 22 for Mr. Longo. Saturday freshness: 41%
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© 1997, The New York Times4/26/97 ( No. 17,336 )
Across
1
Capital of Equatorial Guinea, formerly : SANTAISABEL
12
Quote the raven : CAW
15
"Gianni Schicchi," e.g. : ONEACTOPERA
16
Couple's pronoun : OUR
17
In a fixed manner : UNALTERABLY
18
Long-distance letters : MCI
19
Alamo and cottonwood : POPLARTREES
20
Monty Python show opener : ITS
21
Indeed, in Psalms : YEA
22
Footnote abbr. : OPCIT
24
Disney owns it : ABC
27
James who originated the phrase "Taxation without representation" : OTIS
30
Violinist Camilla ___ : URSO
31
River that rises in Lake Tana : BLUENILE
33
View from Catania : MTETNA
35
Ram : BUTT
36
Important caviar source, with "the" : VOLGA
38
Cubism pioneer : GRIS
39
Con's preoccupation : ESCAPE
41
Terminus : ENDPOINT
43
Hit the sauce : TOPE
44
One who prefers charges : SUER
45
Masters holder, briefly : PGA
46
Avant-garde film maker Maya ___ : DEREN
47
Travel account : LOG
49
Sizable server : URN
50
Hall of Fame shortstop : PEEWEEREESE
58
Detective story pioneer : POE
59
Relief : ALLEVIATION
60
Man-vs.-machine play : RUR
61
Champlain discovery : LAKEONTARIO
62
Kin of -trix : ESS
63
Firefighters, in slang : SMOKEEATERS
Down
1
Elective course? : SOUP
2
Latin word on a cornerstone : ANNO
3
Minimum-range tide : NEAP
4
Correspond : TALLY
5
Artemis turned him into a stag : ACTAEON
6
Repeating : ITERATIVE
7
Kind : SORT
8
On ___ (commensurate) : APAR
9
Enfant : BEBE
10
Della's creator : ERLE
11
Plans in detail : LAYSOUT
12
Place for balloons : COMICSTRIP
13
Activity around the block : AUCTIONING
14
Spin imparter : WRIST
23
Response to "grazie" : PREGO
24
Novelist Prevost : ABBE
25
Swaggering : BLUSTEROUS
26
Economize : CUTCORNERS
28
Specialized U.N. agcy. : ILO
29
Two-time U.S. Open champion : SELES
32
Military march : ETAPE
33
French cake immortalized by Marcel Proust : MADELEINE
34
Dog star : ASTA
37
Beast of the genus Connochaetes : GNU
40
Foreign correspondents? : PENPALS
42
How some dividends are distributed : PRORATA
46
Painter of the Barbizon school : DUPRE
48
Intimate : GETAT
51
"Rio Lobo" actor : ELAM
52
Nevada town : ELKO
53
Hebdomad : WEEK
54
Ancient reveler's "whoopee!" : EVOE
55
Name on a European postage stamp : EIRE
56
"Bon" time : SOIR
57
Genesis name : ENOS

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

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