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New York Times, Friday, September 6, 2002

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
37-Down : Supported, with "for"
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 28 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 4 Grid has supersymmetry. This is puzzle # 163 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 77%
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© 2002, The New York Times9/6/2 ( No. 19,295 )
Across
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Port vessel : CARAFE
7
Dirt farmer : TILLER
13
Puzzle : PARADOX
14
Handling capably : ONTOPOF
16
Got in on the deal : ANTEDUP
17
Long established : OLDTIME
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Fingers, for short : IDS
19
Swung tools : SLEDGES
21
___ soda : SAL
22
Musical kingdom : SIAM
24
Run : SCOOT
25
"Cease and desist" : DONT
26
Wing it : ADLIB
28
Word repeated in a basketball chant : TWO
29
"Married lady" in a "Funny Girl" song : SADIE
30
Ones providing rent control? : NEEDLEANDTHREAD
33
Cuts and runs : TURNSTAIL
34
Site of April 1865 Civil War action : APPOMATTOXRIVER
40
"My Fair Lady" composer : LOEWE
41
"Fairies' midwife" in "Romeo and Juliet" : MAB
42
Government issue : TNOTE
43
Moonshiner's sackful : CORN
44
Lugs : TOTES
46
Apra Harbor is its main anchorage : GUAM
47
Compass course? : ARC
48
Jewish communities : SHTETLS
50
10% of MDX : CLI
51
Molding medium : PLAYDOH
53
Kind of refrigerator or closet : REACHIN
55
Draft choice : PALEALE
56
Further on : UPAHEAD
57
Not so concentrated : WEAKER
58
Online business : ETRADE
Down
1
Classic novel that ends "Well said, but we must cultivate our garden" : CANDIDE
2
Low-cost oil venue? : ARTSALE
3
Arctic explorer John : RAE
4
Contributes : ADDS
5
Hard pushes, maybe : FOULS
6
One who may be rushed to a hospital : EXPECTANTMOTHER
7
Incredible : TOOGOODTOBETRUE
8
Buzzards Bay, e.g. : INLET
9
Old Fords : LTDS
10
Good deal : LOT
11
Happening : EPISODE
12
Modern home of ancient Walachia : ROMANIA
13
Pal, in slang : PAISAN
15
Like a billiard table cushion : FELTED
20
Like New York City, e.g. : DOWNSTATE
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Centrally located : MIDTOWN
25
Dear : DARLING
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"___ in Love" (1973 film) : BLUME
29
Team member's need : SHIRT
31
Diamond stat. : ERA
32
Common add-on : TAX
34
Cartoonist who helped start an amusement park in Arkansas : ALCAPP
35
Welfare act of old : POORLAW
36
Sheet material : PERCALE
37
Supported, with "for" : VOUCHED
38
And other women : ETALIAE
39
Prompt : REMIND
44
Pin of a sort : THOLE
45
Was out : SLEPT
48
Wind Cave Natl. Park locale : SDAK
49
European coal area : SAAR
52
Vote for : YEA
54
Syllable often said three times in a row : CHA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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