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New York Times, Monday, June 30, 1997

Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Will Shortz
57-Across : Writer Grey
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Peter Gordon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Gordon. Monday freshness: 64%
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© 1997, The New York Times6/30/97 ( No. 17,401 )
Across
1
Throat-clearing sound : AHEM
5
Fencing weapon : SWORD
10
Actress Rowlands : GENA
14
Exploding star : NOVA
15
Singer Page : PATTI
16
Fairy tale's second word : UPON
17
St. Paul and Minneapolis : TWINCITIES
19
Require : NEED
20
Comedians Bob and Chris : ELLIOTTS
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In a wise manner : SAGELY
23
Lawyer's charge : FEE
24
"Gee!" : GOSH
25
Sweatshirt part, perhaps : HOOD
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Flush beater : FULLHOUSE
32
Writer Bellow and others : SAULS
33
Place for a pimento : OLIVE
34
Not the swiftest horse : NAG
35
Posterior : HIND
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"Death Be Not Proud" poet : DONNE
37
Opera star : DIVA
38
Dog breeder's org. : AKC
39
Imply : GETAT
40
Doled (out) : METED
41
Leaders of hives : QUEENBEES
43
Like some tea : ICED
44
Praise : LAUD
45
Santa ___, Calif. : ANA
46
Refuse to acknowledge responsibility for : DISOWN
49
Post-marathon feeling : SORENESS
54
Quickly, in memos : ASAP
55
Southern crop, from an economic standpoint : KINGCOTTON
57
Writer Grey : ZANE
58
Writer Zola : EMILE
59
Humorist Bombeck : ERMA
60
Got a good look at : EYED
61
Saw socially : DATED
62
Profound : DEEP
Down
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Pot starter : ANTE
2
Loud laugh : HOWL
3
More than devilish : EVIL
4
Part of a car's exhaust system : MANIFOLD
5
Malice : SPITE
6
Light bulb unit : WATT
7
Elevator inventor : OTIS
8
Road map abbr. : RTE
9
Liquefy : DISSOLVE
10
Very enthusiastic : GUNGHO
11
Fencing weapon : EPEE
12
Christmas song : NOEL
13
Raggedy Ann's friend : ANDY
18
Some college students : COEDS
22
Tennis great Arthur : ASHE
24
Quick flashes of light : GLINTS
25
17-syllable poem : HAIKU
26
Precious metal unit of weight : OUNCE
27
Paid, as a bill : FOOTED
28
Arm bones : ULNAE
29
Come together : UNITE
30
Backed up on disk : SAVED
31
"Holy cow!" : EGAD
32
The N.B.A.'s O'Neal, familiarly : SHAQ
36
Exposed as false : DEBUNKED
37
Poured wine into another container : DECANTED
39
Chew : GNAW
40
Actor Sal : MINEO
42
Ran for one's wife? : ELOPED
45
Moved like a shooting star : ARCED
46
Stun : DAZE
47
British exclamation : ISAY
48
Having all one's marbles : SANE
49
Tizzy : SNIT
50
Leer at : OGLE
51
To be, in Bordeaux : ETRE
52
Not all : SOME
53
Jacket fastener : SNAP
56
The Monkees' "___ Believer" : IMA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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