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New York Times, Monday, July 29, 2002

Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Will Shortz
11-Down : Five-time Tour de France winner Miguel
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Peter Gordon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQXY} This is puzzle # 89 for Mr. Gordon. Monday freshness: 99%
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© 2002, The New York Times7/29/2 ( No. 19,256 )
Across
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Old-time oath : EGAD
5
Threaded fastener : SCREW
10
Went out, as a fire : DIED
14
Auntie of Broadway : MAME
15
Fight site : ARENA
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Memo starter : INRE
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Elvis's middle name : ARON
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First line of a nursery rhyme : RUBADUBDUB
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Creative guy : IDEAMAN
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Make a goof : MESSUP
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Matt of "Friends" : LEBLANC
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Delivery room doctors, for short : OBS
25
Hwy. : RTE
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Symbol of slowness : SNAIL
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Submarine sandwich : HERO
30
Colorado ski resort : VAIL
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Brother of Cain : ABEL
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Sign after Taurus : GEMINI
35
1961 Sinatra album : RINGADINGDING
39
Divulge : REVEAL
40
He played Ricky on 50's TV : DESI
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Took too much of a drug, briefly : ODED
42
Copycat : APER
44
Japanese restaurant fare : SUSHI
49
"No ___" (Chinese menu phrase) : MSG
50
601, in old Rome : DCI
51
Place to play jai alai : FRONTON
53
Pamper : CODDLE
55
J. P. Morgan and others : BANKERS
56
Knocking sound : RATATATTAT
58
Cube inventor Rubik : ERNO
59
Phoenix's state: Abbr. : ARIZ
60
Lab containers : VIALS
61
Slippery part of a banana : PEEL
62
Tennis great Sampras : PETE
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White, to Latinos : ANGLO
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Canvas bag : TOTE
Down
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Sends a message by computer : EMAILS
2
Madison Square ___ : GARDEN
3
One-celled protozoan : AMOEBA
4
National park in Alaska : DENALI
5
Brand of wrap : SARAN
6
Chewed noisily : CRUNCHED
7
Soldier in Dixie : REB
8
Fill with love : ENAMOR
9
All-Star third baseman, 1985-96 : WADEBOGGS
10
Have ___ on (claim) : DIBS
11
Five-time Tour de France winner Miguel : INDURAIN
12
Ejecting lava : ERUPTING
13
Cotillion girl : DEB
19
Battleship letters : USS
21
Spanish province or its wine : MALAGA
26
Yale player : ELI
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Omit in pronunciation : ELIDE
30
Rival school of The Citadel: Abbr. : VMI
32
Skier's headgear : BALACLAVA
34
The Wizard of Menlo Park : EDISON
35
Old anti-Communist reaction : REDSCARE
36
"Eureka!" : IVEGOTIT
37
Actor Beatty : NED
38
Spongelike toy : NERFBALL
39
CD-___ : ROM
43
Frisbee's inspiration, supposedly : PIETIN
45
Given away : UNKEPT
46
Not mono : STEREO
47
Big stinger : HORNET
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Shoe part : INSOLE
50
Banned insecticide : DDT
52
"Midnight Cowboy" character : RATSO
54
Stupefy : DAZE
56
Run-D.M.C.'s music : RAP
57
"You're it!" game : TAG

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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