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New York Times, Monday, July 16, 2001

Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Will Shortz
37-Down : Supreme Court worker
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Peter Gordon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVX} This is puzzle # 62 for Mr. Gordon. Monday freshness: 46%
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© 2001, The New York Times7/16/1 ( No. 18,878 )
Across
1
Pepsi, e.g. : COLA
5
Bit of parsley : SPRIG
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Tuxedo shirt fastener : STUD
14
Its capital is Muscat : OMAN
15
Vestige : TRACE
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Carson's late-night successor : LENO
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Agitated state : SNIT
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Man of many words? : ROGET
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Mystery writer Ambler : ERIC
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Italian for "pick me up" : TIRAMISU
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Intelligence : SMARTS
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Ice cream treat : CONE
25
Public square : PLAZA
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Secretarial work : TYPING
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Guards : PROTECTS
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Arduous : HARD
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Most likely ones to be invited : ALIST
34
___ and aah : OOH
35
Boxer Laila ___ : ALI
36
Italian for "to the tooth" : ALDENTE
38
Delta rival : TWA
39
What an air ball doesn't touch : RIM
40
Begin's co-Nobelist in 1978 : SADAT
41
Twosome in the gossip columns : ITEM
42
Parkland birds : PEAFOWLS
44
Olympic prizes : MEDALS
46
Do a do-si-do : DANCE
47
Red Rose : PETE
48
Big name in toy trains : LIONEL
50
Italian for "beautiful singing" : BELCANTO
54
"___ it rich?" : ISNT
55
Poetry Muse : ERATO
57
Copy cats? : MEOW
58
Catcher Tony : PENA
59
Capital near Casablanca : RABAT
60
"You said it, sister!" : AMEN
61
Puffy Combs's first name : SEAN
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Prepared to pray : KNELT
63
Signals agreement : NODS
Down
1
Price paid : COST
2
All: Prefix : OMNI
3
Lion's den : LAIR
4
Alka-Seltzer, for one : ANTACID
5
Yo-yo necessity : STRING
6
Nonpoetic writing : PROSE
7
Brand of sauce : RAGU
8
Italian ___ : ICE
9
Beats it : GETSLOST
10
Vulgar person : SLEAZE
11
Italian for "baked earth" : TERRACOTTA
12
Military subdivision : UNIT
13
Physicians, briefly : DOCS
21
Tues. preceder : MON
23
Photo finish : MATTE
25
Word processing command : PRINT
26
Choreographer Twyla : THARP
27
New Haven student : YALIE
28
Italian for "first lady" : PRIMADONNA
29
Prayers : PLEAS
30
Sauna item : TOWEL
31
Hoaxes : SHAMS
33
Confuse : ADDLE
36
In unison : ASONE
37
Supreme Court worker : LAWCLERK
41
Creative person : IDEAMAN
43
Card game also called sevens : FANTAN
44
Member of the 500 home run club : MELOTT
45
List abbr. : ETC
47
Corolla part : PETAL
48
"Loose ___ sink ships" : LIPS
49
Fortuneteller's phrase : ISEE
50
Title pig in a 1995 film : BABE
51
Jules Verne captain : NEMO
52
___ the line (obeyed) : TOED
53
Has : OWNS
56
Dashed : RAN

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

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