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New York Times, Saturday, May 3, 1997

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
61-Across : Come up with something
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Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 33 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 58 for Mr. Norris. Saturday freshness: 16%
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© 1997, The New York Times5/3/97 ( No. 17,343 )
Across
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Grating : STRIDENT
9
Less exciting : TAMER
14
Algonquian tribe member : KICKAPOO
15
Hen or pen, e.g. : FEMALE
16
Over : ONCEMORE
17
In high regard : ADORED
18
Latin 101 word : AMO
19
Pacific Coast Highway, for one : SCENICDRIVE
21
"Fiesque" composer : LALO
23
"Death of a Naturalist" poet : HEANEY
24
Highlander's reply : NAE
25
Slowpoke : SNAIL
27
Something to pick : NIT
28
Withdrawal site, for short : ATM
29
Not pay attention : NAP
31
Castor's mother : LEDA
34
Anonymous party to a legal suit : ROE
35
Irritable : PECKISH
39
Deuce, e.g. : LOWCARD
41
The name of the Rose? : AXL
42
"Buenos ___" : DIAS
44
Come together : GEL
45
Coll. in Troy, N.Y. : RPI
46
Get moving, with "up" : REV
48
Where tears may be found : DUCTS
52
Piz Bernina, for one : ALP
53
Tots' hiding game : BOPEEP
56
Greenock hillock : BRAE
57
"Jewel Song," e.g., in "Faust" : SOPRANOARIA
60
Encl. with a submission : ENV
61
Come up with something : IDEATE
62
City on the Danube : BELGRADE
64
Holy one? : TERROR
65
"Rin Tin Tin" star of 50's TV : LEEAAKER
66
City on the Ruhr : ESSEN
67
Sonnet feature : ENDRHYME
Down
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Toasts : SKOALS
2
Heartless one? : TINMAN
3
Soft drink choice : RCCOLA
4
50's appellation : IKE
5
Stops up : DAMS
6
Part of a period : EPOCH
7
Actress Corcoran of "Bachelor Father" : NOREEN
8
Secure obliquely, in carpentry : TOENAIL
9
Lingerie item : TEDDY
10
Love, to Livy : AMOR
11
Ristorante offering : MARINARA
12
Lift : ELEVATOR
13
Got back : REDEEMED
15
Turn to : FACE
20
Big name in computers : INTEL
22
Farm sound : OINK
26
Put down : LAID
30
Kind of particle : PSI
32
Track : DOG
33
Bowled over : AWED
35
Mooch : PARASITE
36
Loses it : EXPLODES
37
Los Angeles team : CLIPPERS
38
His real name was Arthur : HARPO
40
Association : CLUB
43
In view : SEEABLE
47
Chicken George portrayer in "Roots" : VEREEN
49
Like some stairs : CREAKY
50
Partnership : TANDEM
51
Exacting : SEVERE
53
It can help keep time : BATON
54
Pip : ONER
55
Like velvet, e.g. : PILED
58
Opposite of well : RARE
59
Ice cream thickener : AGAR
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Sound of support : RAH

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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