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New York Times, Tuesday, August 5, 1997

Author:
William Bernhardt
Editor:
Will Shortz
21-Across : Attorney General Janet
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William Bernhardt

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQWXZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Bernhardt. Tuesday freshness: 8%
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© 1997, The New York Times8/5/97 ( No. 17,437 )
Across
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One of 7-Down : PRIDE
6
Nicholas II, e.g. : TSAR
10
Tattle : BLAB
14
Kind of anesthetic : LOCAL
15
Roll call response : HERE
16
"I before E except after C," e.g. : RULE
17
Make amends : ATONE
18
The witch's end in "Hansel and Gretel" : OVEN
19
Where India is : ASIA
20
Restorative : TONIC
21
Attorney General Janet : RENO
22
Ollie's partner in slapstick : STAN
23
Popular oil additive : STP
25
Tough as ___ : NAILS
27
One leads to Loch Lomond : HIGHROAD
31
Mounted again : REHUNG
35
Collection of anecdotes : ANA
36
One of 7-Down : ANGER
38
Small drum : TABOR
39
Signal for an act to end : GONG
41
Holy chalice of legend : GRAIL
43
Telephone sound : TONE
44
It increases by degrees : ANGLE
46
Make sense : ADDUP
48
The Red Baron was one : ACE
49
Curriculum vitae : RESUME
51
Striped : LINEATED
53
Midsection, informally : TUMMY
55
It hangs next to 53-Across : ARM
56
"Hey, you!" : PSST
59
Growth on the north side of trees : MOSS
61
Monastery staff : MONKS
65
Reverberation : ECHO
66
Satanic : EVIL
67
1973 Broadway revival starring Debbie Reynolds : IRENE
68
Pour : RAIN
69
Singer Turner : TINA
70
Gypsy's deck : TAROT
71
One of 7-Down : ENVY
72
Midterm, e.g. : TEST
73
One of 7-Down : SLOTH
Down
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Subdivision of land : PLAT
2
___-Rooter : ROTO
3
It's clicked on a computer : ICON
4
Breakfast pastry for Hamlet? : DANISH
5
Sophocles tragedy : ELECTRA
6
God with a hammer : THOR
7
This puzzle's theme : SEVENDEADLYSINS
8
"In the ___" (Nixon book) : ARENA
9
Impressionist Pierre : RENOIR
10
High military muck-a-muck : BRASSHAT
11
One of 7-Down : LUST
12
Inter ___ : ALIA
13
Noggin : BEAN
24
Ping-___ : PONG
26
Serve to be re-served : LET
27
Cartoon Viking : HAGAR
28
Hole-___ : INONE
29
The Sharks and the Jets, e.g. : GANGS
30
Taj Mahal site : AGRA
32
German sub : UBOAT
33
Present : NONCE
34
One of 7-Down : GREED
37
"___, Pagliaccio" (aria) : RIDI
40
One of 7-Down : GLUTTONY
42
Moon goddess : LUNA
45
Grounded bird : EMU
47
Drivers and hunters need them : PERMITS
50
Clown Kelly : EMMETT
52
Not concerned with right and wrong : AMORAL
54
Hollywood release : MOVIE
56
Dumas senior : PERE
57
Glance over : SCAN
58
Thug's knife : SHIV
60
Blinds piece : SLAT
62
Peter or the Wolfe? : NERO
63
Half hitch, e.g. : KNOT
64
Brother of Cain and Abel : SETH

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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