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New York Times, Friday, April 27, 2001

Author:
Mark Diehl
Editor:
Will Shortz
33-Across : No behind-the-back criticism
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
7711/11/19841/22/20233
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3214720373
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31.57592887%
Mark Diehl

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 28 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 31 for Mr. Diehl. Friday freshness: 70%
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© 2001, The New York Times4/27/1 ( No. 18,798 )
Across
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Officially certify : ACCREDIT
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Certain ticket buyers : ADULTS
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Not to be trusted : THIEVISH
16
Man of words : SAFIRE
17
Breakfast item with coffee : BUTTERMILKDONUT
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Off-course : ERRANT
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Computerized enactments, for short : SIMS
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Clock standard: Abbr. : GMT
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Planner's woe : SNAG
23
All over the place : RIFE
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Short collection? : REPO
25
King who toured the U.S. in 1977 : TUT
26
Cookie flavoring : ANISE
28
Riders : FARES
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Begin, later in life : PEACENOBELIST
32
Outcome of some exams : DIAGNOSIS
33
No behind-the-back criticism : FRONTALATTACK
37
Physicist Ohm : GEORG
38
Program listing : BYTES
39
Follow-up to a ques. : ANS
41
Fashion magazine : ELLE
42
"Sweet" things : PEAS
43
Gift line : FROM
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Nonexistent : NIL
45
Doofus : DOLT
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Lilongwe is its capital : MALAWI
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Fine wool : MERINO
52
Place for trucks and shovels : SANDPILE
53
Lamb pieces : ESSAYS
54
Site of Mount Olympus : THESSALY
Down
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If you're lucky : ATBEST
2
Roil : CHURNUP
3
Sildenafil ___ (Viagra's generic name) : CITRATE
4
Mark down, maybe : RETAG
5
Neck and neck : EVEN
6
Scuttlebutt : DIRT
7
Belief : ISM
8
"Don't panic!" : THISISONLYATEST
9
"___ anything!" : ASKME
10
Root beer brand : DADS
11
It may be produced by swamp gas : UFO
12
Hangs around : LINGERS
13
Proclaim : TRUMPET
14
Donnybrooks : SETTOS
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They can go overboard : LIFEBOATS
23
Jog one's memory : RINGABELL
24
Mrs. Gorbachev : RAISA
26
Handling brilliantly : ACING
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Sans ice : NEAT
28
Floats like a butterfly : FLITS
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Really like : ADORE
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Noted Renaissance patron : ESTE
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Lions and tigers (oh my) : FELINES
34
Some are high : ROLLERS
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Darling : CARAMIA
36
One with omniscience : KNOWALL
37
Modern map subject : GENOME
40
Cutesy drawing : SMILEY
42
Some shirts : POLOS
43
Decides by chance : FLIPS
45
Just say no : DENY
46
Place for a comb : MANE
47
Added details : ANDS
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The Company : CIA
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Morse T : DAH

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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