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New York Times, Friday, November 16, 2001

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Across : Clerical clothing
TotalDebutLatest
2197/31/19952/23/2016
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30221.541,51454%
Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {HJQX} This is puzzle # 83 for Ms. Gorski. Friday freshness: 41%
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© 2001, The New York Times11/16/1 ( No. 19,001 )
Across
1
Biblical prophet : AMOS
5
Clerical clothing : ALBS
9
They're mined in Virgin Valley : OPALS
14
Only : LONE
15
Handel oratorio : SAUL
16
Going rates? : FARES
17
Prepare for consumption in space, maybe : FREEZEDRY
19
Strawberry, once: Abbr. : NYMET
20
Spots that aren't seen : RADIOADS
21
Backup : COPY
22
Veld grazer : ELAND
23
Subject to reduction : ABATABLE
27
Old Tunisian title : DEY
28
"___ fallen ..." : IVE
31
Accepted what one fought against : ATECROW
32
They deliver the goods : BAILORS
34
"Please Don't Eat the Daisies" mother : KATE
35
British pickles : STICKYWICKETS
38
Mayo serving : GLOB
39
Having only the forepart visible, in heraldry : ISSUANT
40
"Lili ___" (1944 hit) : MARLENE
42
Sequence associated with 6 : MNO
43
Chinwag : GAB
46
Like many swords : TWOEDGED
48
Member of the arum family : CALLA
50
Ancient Egyptians held it sacred : IBIS
51
Minks' prey : MUSKRATS
54
Single choice : SIDEB
56
What many basketball players wear : TALLSIZES
57
Under any circumstances : ATALL
58
Bond baddie : DRNO
59
Parched : SERE
60
"I'll Do Anything" star : NOLTE
61
It uses sevens through aces : SKAT
62
Once, once : ERST
Down
1
Arne's "The Masque of ___" : ALFRED
2
It may need a boost : MORALE
3
Sometime : ONEDAY
4
Greet at the door : SEEIN
5
Floating, perhaps : ASEA
6
She played one of Charlie's Angels : LADD
7
Anatomical sac : BURSA
8
Canny : SLY
9
Eminent : OFNOTE
10
Money holder, in Britain : PAYPACKET
11
Base kid : ARMYBRAT
12
Linda ___, Supergirl's alias : LEE
13
Mach-1 surpasser : SST
18
Signs up? : ZODIAC
21
Provider of inside information? : CATSCAN
24
Whitish metal : BARIUM
25
A truckload : LOTS
26
Yeanling producer : EWE
29
Longship crew : VIKINGS
30
Président's place : ELYSEE
32
Religious tract? : BIBLEBELT
33
Hurt responses : OWS
35
Picnic dish : SLAW
36
Doughnutlike : TOROIDAL
37
Seeks an opening? : KNOCKS
38
Clock std. : GMT
41
Piece of food : EDIBLE
43
Bakery gizmo : GLAZER
44
Takes in, say : ALTERS
45
It has short legs and a long body : BASSET
47
100 pfennigs, briefly : DMARK
49
Develop : ARISE
52
Radius paralleler : ULNA
53
Opening for a mail carrier : SLOT
54
Gabriel, for one : SAN
55
Simpson trial judge : ITO
56
Field goals? : TDS

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

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