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New York Times, Tuesday, March 13, 2001

Author:
Michael S. Maurer
Editor:
Will Shortz
31-Down : Paris potable
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
255/4/19921/10/20183
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
32511310
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.5568637%
Michael S. Maurer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 19 for Mr. Maurer. Tuesday freshness: 13%
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© 2001, The New York Times3/13/1 ( No. 18,753 )
Across
1
"Stars and Stripes Forever" composer : SOUSA
6
"Miss ___ Regrets" : OTIS
10
Simple payment method : CASH
14
Stand at a sitting : EASEL
15
Ernst's art : DADA
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Conductor Klemperer : OTTO
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Cause, as havoc : WREAK
18
Big bovines : OXEN
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___ Bator : ULAN
20
Start of a quip : MARRIAGESARE
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"___ by Starlight" : STELLA
26
Squeezers : VISES
27
Quip, part 2 : MADEINHEAVEN
32
Out of whack : AMISS
33
Monte of Cooperstown : IRVIN
34
Letterman's network : CBS
37
TKO callers : REFS
38
Response to a bad pun : GROAN
39
Dinghy or dory : BOAT
40
Have a go at : TRY
41
Wind-borne soil : LOESS
42
Keyed up : TENSE
43
Quip, part 3 : SOARETHUNDER
45
Stern with a bow : ISAAC
48
Camden Yards player : ORIOLE
49
End of the quip : ANDLIGHTNING
54
Arguable : MOOT
55
Harp's cousin : LYRE
56
Up to : UNTIL
60
Cause to yawn : BORE
61
Bad day for Caesar : IDES
62
Yogi was behind it : PLATE
63
Risked a ticket : SPED
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Symbol of redness : BEET
65
Church council : SYNOD
Down
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Give a darn? : SEW
2
Sculler's need : OAR
3
Put to work : USE
4
Like some stockings : SEAMLESS
5
Acid neutralizers : ALKALIS
6
Bloodhound's clue : ODOR
7
Subway alternative : TAXI
8
Notion : IDEA
9
Ratted, in mob lingo : SANG
10
Kissin' kin : COUSIN
11
Bodybuilder Charles : ATLAS
12
Gawk : STARE
13
Sharpens : HONES
21
Sought office : RAN
22
Tied up : EVEN
23
Eligible for Mensa : SMART
24
Circus chairperson? : TAMER
25
Uplift spiritually : EDIFY
28
Personnel manager, at times : HIRER
29
Irregularly notched : EROSE
30
"Halt, salt!" : AVAST
31
Paris potable : VIN
34
Modern home : CONDO
35
Swiss city on the Rhine : BASEL
36
Cordwood measure : STERE
38
___ long way : GOA
39
In a kindly manner : BENIGNLY
41
Centers of activity : LOCI
42
Trouser cuffs : TURNUPS
43
Like tavern peanuts : SALTED
44
___ polloi : HOI
45
Pentameter parts, maybe : IAMBS
46
Nosy sort : SNOOP
47
Be gaga over : ADORE
50
Smooth-talking : GLIB
51
Fictional "Mr." : HYDE
52
Elder or alder : TREE
53
Arboreal abode : NEST
57
Beach bum's shade : TAN
58
"Who am ___ say?" : ITO
59
Wielded the baton : LED

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

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