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New York Times, Saturday, July 20, 2002

Author:
Dana Motley
Editor:
Will Shortz
7-Down : Published
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Dana Motley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QWXZ} This is puzzle # 15 for Ms. Motley. Saturday freshness: 25%
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© 2002, The New York Times7/20/2 ( No. 19,247 )
Across
1
Lincoln in-laws : TODDS
6
No dilettante : PRO
9
Dope : FACTS
14
Setting for a 1935 Marx Brothers farce : OPERA
15
Glace in another state : EAU
16
Get on the list : ENROL
17
Lying : RECUMBENT
19
"Bells Are Ringing" composer : STYNE
20
Manufacturer's sign on pottery : INKMARK
21
Paper nautilus, e.g. : OCTOPOD
23
Some scans : MRIS
24
Source : FOUNT
25
It may be fit for a queen : TIARA
27
They're filled with dough : ATMS
28
Giants manager before Durocher : OTT
31
Muck-a-muck : PANJANDRUM
33
"The Night of the Hunter" screenwriter : AGEE
34
One not ending on a high note? : ALTO
35
Swedish actress ___ Hasso : SIGNE
36
Firm head: Abbr. : PRES
37
Run smoothly : PURR
38
Frank request : SAUERKRAUT
40
Sixth-sense phenomenon : PSI
41
Threads : TOGS
42
Hamper : CRIMP
43
Two-time N.B.A. All-Star Robinson : GLENN
45
100 sen, in Cambodia : RIEL
46
In the very recent past : ADAYAGO
48
Burgs : HAMLETS
52
___ End : LANDS
53
Extra : SPILLOVER
55
First name in swing : ARTIE
56
Kind of exchange : ION
57
Divorcée in 1991 tabloids : IVANA
58
Shopper's delight : STEAL
59
Word before an explanation : SEE
60
Homes for families that live in the sticks? : NESTS
Down
1
Inner tubes, e.g. : TORI
2
Doing business : OPEN
3
Flatten : DECK
4
Parade V.I.P. : DRUMMAJOR
5
John O'Hara's "Appointment in ___" : SAMARRA
6
Spoils the surprise, in a way : PEEKS
7
Published : RAN
8
Pitched poorly : OUTOFTUNE
9
Dodge City deputy : FESTUS
10
Dancer Dolin : ANTON
11
It's hard to read : CRYPTOGRAM
12
___ end : TONO
13
Need for Santa : SLED
18
1971 TV tear-jerker : BRIANSSONG
22
Show stopper? : COMMERCIAL
25
Anklebone : TALUS
26
Female spy : INTRIGANTE
27
Good guardian : ARGUS
29
Get ready to kick off : TEEUP
30
Check : TEST
31
"The Pirates of Penzance" producer, 1981 : PAPP
32
Common result of a 30-Down : DIAGNOSIS
33
Boone tune : APRILLOVE
39
Czars' burial place : KREMLIN
41
Thistlelike plant : TEASEL
44
Its capital was Sardis : LYDIA
45
Kind of wine : RHINE
46
Melodramatic cry : ALAS
47
Primitive weapon : DART
49
Sculptor Hesse and others : EVAS
50
Carnival sight : TENT
51
Familia members: Abbr. : SRAS
54
"MS. Found in a Bottle" writer : POE

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1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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