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New York Times, Wednesday, July 30, 1997

Author:
John D. Leavy
Editor:
Will Shortz
25-Across : Sundae toppers
TotalDebutLatest
71/8/19977/15/2002
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1.52186%
John D. Leavy

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Leavy. Wednesday freshness: 8%
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© 1997, The New York Times7/30/97 ( No. 17,431 )
Across
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You'd better believe it! : FACT
5
TV's Hawkeye : ALDA
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Bossy : COW
12
"Dies ___" : IRAE
13
Bloomsbury group writer : WOOLF
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Showed up : CAME
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Religious leader born in Wadowice, Poland : JOHNPAULII
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Stone with color flashes : OPAL
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Roadhouse : INN
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Formerly : ERST
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Don sackcloth : REPENT
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Method : MODE
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Nota ___ : BENE
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Sundae toppers : PECANS
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"Annie" showstopper : TOMORROW
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Controversial orchard spray : ALAR
33
"King David" star, 1985 : GERE
34
1922 Vincent Lopez hit : NOLA
35
Actress Singer : LORI
36
Silo contents : GRAIN
37
Footnote abbr. : IBID
38
Fencer's weapon : EPEE
39
Radiation units : REMS
40
Inlet : COVE
41
Minutemen's foe : REDCOATS
43
Justice who replaced Brennan : SOUTER
45
Arm part : ULNA
46
Bamboozles : CONS
47
Warehoused : STORED
50
Playwright Bogosian : ERIC
51
Kind of chamber : ION
54
New Zealander : KIWI
55
Pianist born in Kurilovka, Poland : PADEREWSKI
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It popped into Descartes's head : IDEE
59
Pool owner's headache : ALGAE
60
Novelist Paton : ALAN
61
Cartridge holder : PEN
62
Young 'un : TYKE
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Motown's Marvin : GAYE
Down
1
Big coconut exporter : FIJI
2
The King's middle name : ARON
3
"Call Me Irresponsible" lyricist : CAHN
4
Large shoe size : TEN
5
Plaques, maybe : AWARDS
6
No-goodnik : LOUSE
7
Nincompoop : DOLT
8
Foreman's superior : ALI
9
Supergarb : CAPE
10
Arab League member : OMAN
11
Whipping memento : WELT
14
Relief pitchers, so to speak : FIREMEN
15
Astronomer born in Torun, Poland : COPERNICUS
17
Working stiff : PEON
22
Roxy Music co-founder : ENO
23
Chemist born in Warsaw, Poland : MARIECURIE
24
Pushkin hero : BORIS
25
Not so ruddy : PALER
26
Run to Reno? : ELOPE
27
Gave a fig : CARED
28
The yoke's on them : TEAMS
29
Kind of bomb : ROBOT
30
Ocher-green : OLIVE
31
Heron or egret : WADER
33
She vanted to be alone : GRETA
36
White-bearded geezer, stereotypically : GRANDPA
42
Grand ___ Opry : OLE
43
Formal bash : SOIREE
44
Exceptional occasion : ONCE
46
Haunted house noise : CREAK
47
Pass over : SKIP
48
Beach sweeper : TIDE
49
Novelist Wister : OWEN
50
On pins and needles : EDGY
51
Any of the Galapagos : ISLA
52
"Why not?" : OKAY
53
Common opening time : NINE
56
Supermodel Carol : ALT
57
Jokester : WAG

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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