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New York Times, Monday, June 17, 2002

Author:
Janice M. Putney
Editor:
Will Shortz
31-Across : A ___ apple
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Janice M. Putney

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JKQVXZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 4 for Ms. Putney. Monday freshness: 6%
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© 2002, The New York Times6/17/2 ( No. 19,214 )
Across
1
Instrument with a bow : CELLO
6
Trucker with a handle : CBER
10
Like stallions and bulls : MALE
14
Heavenly hunter : ORION
15
Sharpen : HONE
16
Touched down : ALIT
17
Two for breakfast? : COFFEEANDDANISH
20
Play ___ (do some tennis) : ASET
21
Deuce, in tennis : TIE
22
Baltimore player : ORIOLE
23
Mink or sable : FUR
24
Not as dusty : CLEANER
25
Taiwan's capital : TAIPEI
29
Stout drinks : ALES
30
Money in the bank, say : ASSET
31
A ___ apple : ASIN
32
Mailed : SENT
36
Two for dinner? : MEATANDPOTATOES
39
Ponies up : PAYS
40
Summer coolers : ADES
41
Redhead's dye : HENNA
42
"You said it!" : AMEN
43
Diviner, of a sort : DOWSER
44
All-night studier : CRAMMER
48
"Psst!" : HEY
49
What cable TV renders unnecessary : AERIAL
50
Bambi's mother, for one : DOE
51
Without cost : FREE
55
Two for dessert? : PEACHESANDCREAM
58
Isle of exile : ELBA
59
Pro or con, in a debate : SIDE
60
Dumbwaiter, essentially : HOIST
61
Radiator sound : SSSS
62
"Don't move!" : STAY
63
Actress Moorehead : AGNES
Down
1
___-Cola : COCA
2
Libido, in psychiatry : EROS
3
Vitality : LIFE
4
Place for hay : LOFT
5
Loved ___ : ONE
6
Head of a meeting : CHAIR
7
Radius or rib : BONE
8
Finale : END
9
Aromatic : REDOLENT
10
Craze : MANIA
11
"March comes in like ___ ..." : ALION
12
Fine thread : LISLE
13
It'll knock you out : ETHER
18
Needle case : ETUI
19
War god : ARES
23
Crumbly white cheese : FETA
24
Ad biz awards : CLIOS
25
Push (down) : TAMP
26
Away from port : ASEA
27
Brit's exclamation : ISAY
28
Beloved animals : PETS
29
Colorado town on the Roaring Fork River : ASPEN
31
Venomous snake : ADDER
32
Fret : STEW
33
Almost forever : EONS
34
State bird of Hawaii : NENE
35
Peter I, II or III : TSAR
37
How some shall remain : NAMELESS
38
Chips ___! (cookies) : AHOY
42
Asian nurse : AMAH
43
Owner's proof : DEED
44
Sleeveless wraps : CAPES
45
Spools : REELS
46
Riyadh residents : ARABS
47
Flaky minerals : MICAS
48
Sweetie pie : HONEY
50
Bit of baby talk : DADA
51
Symbol of the WB network : FROG
52
Bit attachment : REIN
53
Relieve : EASE
54
Ambulance grp. : EMTS
56
"Take a load off!" : SIT
57
When repeated, a Latin dance : CHA

Answer summary:
2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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