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New York Times, Friday, January 31, 1997

Author:
M. Gaffney
Editor:
Will Shortz
50-Across : Misanthropes
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
587/24/19949/6/20001
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1401615157
ScrabDebutFresh
1.6152462%
Matt Gaffney

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {FGJ} This is puzzle # 31 for Mr. Gaffney. Friday freshness: 13%
1
U
2
Z
3
B
4
E
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K
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I
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S
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T
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A
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N
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O
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N
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A
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N
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M
A
R
C
A
N
T
O
N
Y
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D
O
M
I
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B
L
E
U
C
H
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E
S
E
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E
V
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N
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R
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A
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H
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M
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E
T
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C
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O
R
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A
S
K
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S
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N
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A
L
S
O
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C
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A
N
D
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R
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A
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A
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B
A
C
I
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Q
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A
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N
D
A
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A
D
D
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T
R
I
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D
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U
S
E
D
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V
I
A
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A
N
N
E
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A
I
D
E
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D
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E
L
M
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S
N
E
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D
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S
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B
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R
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T
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D
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I
M
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A
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L
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H
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R
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S
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M
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N
A
V
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E
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C
A
L
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O
N
T
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V
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P
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E
A
L
A
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M
O
D
E
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D
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P
E
R
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N
A
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O
R
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X
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S
W
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© 1997, The New York Times1/31/97 ( No. 17,251 )
Across
1
U.N. member since 1992 : UZBEKISTAN
11
___ errand : ONAN
15
Second Triumvirate member : MARCANTONY
16
At home, to Hadrian : DOMI
17
Alternative to Italian : BLEUCHEESE
18
Odd partner : EVEN
19
Best Actor nominee of 1992 : REA
20
Swiss accompaniment : HAM
21
Sentence-ending abbr. : ETC
23
Get a lode of this! : ORE
24
Doesn't leave on the doorstep : ASKSIN
26
Besides : ALSO
27
U.S.S.R. successor : CIS
28
Former "Beverly Hills 90210" role : ANDREA
30
Counters : ABACI
32
Kind of session : QANDA
35
Raise, with "to" : ADD
36
Any Tom, Dick and Harry : TRIAD
37
Depleted : USED
38
By : VIA
39
Jackson or Tyler : ANNE
40
Backed : AIDED
42
Hardwood : ELM
43
1949-50 P.G.A. season money leader : SNEAD
44
Pat LaFontaine, teamwise : SABRE
45
Refreshed : RESTED
47
"___ Mine" (Beatles song) : IME
48
Porters : ALES
50
Misanthropes : HATERS
54
Former Woody companion : MIA
55
One of the services: Abbr. : NAV
56
Spawning fish : EEL
57
The Lone Eagle's monogram : CAL
58
Airing : ONTV
60
Double dessert : PIEALAMODE
63
Show declining mental capacity : DOTE
64
It may be taken out for a date : PERSONALAD
65
African antelope : ORYX
66
Sugar and others : SWEETENERS
Down
1
Eclipse feature : UMBRA
2
Big name in jewelry : ZALES
3
Huddle ender : BREAK
4
Modern money : ECU
5
Hopi Indian doll : KACHINA
6
Secured : INHAND
7
Part of a musical note : STEM
8
Nail site : TOE
9
Western shooter : ANSELADAMS
10
Duma votes : NYETS
11
"Intimations of Immortality," e.g. : ODE
12
Dentist's supply : NOVOCAINE
13
Popular collectibles : AMERICANA
14
Nonagonal : NINESIDED
22
Cover : COAT
25
Even more pathetic : SADDER
26
Ancient Roman officials : AEDILES
29
Opposite of a pan : RAVEREVIEW
31
World leader who resigned 5/6/74 : BRANDT
32
Notre Dame backer? : QUASIMODO
33
Where Izmir is : ASIAMINOR
34
"Deliverance" co-star : NEDBEATTY
41
One with a list : DEAN
43
Bad place to swim : SEALANE
46
Everything : THELOT
49
Deer herders : LAPPS
51
Paris's ___-de-Medecine : ECOLE
52
Kind of screen : RADAR
53
Seasonal transport : SLEDS
56
Liberty : EASE
59
Rankle : VEX
61
Up until : ERE
62
"Whew!" : MAN

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later.

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