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New York Times, Friday, April 27, 2001

Author:
Mark Diehl
Editor:
Will Shortz
14-Down : Donnybrooks
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
7711/11/19841/22/20233
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3214720373
RebusScrabblePGramPre‑WSFresh
31.573887%
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: 69%
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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
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Man of words : SAFIRE
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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
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All over the place : RIFE
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Short collection? : REPO
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King who toured the U.S. in 1977 : TUT
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Cookie flavoring : ANISE
28
Riders : FARES
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Begin, later in life : PEACENOBELIST
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Outcome of some exams : DIAGNOSIS
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No behind-the-back criticism : FRONTALATTACK
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Physicist Ohm : GEORG
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Program listing : BYTES
39
Follow-up to a ques. : ANS
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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
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Place for trucks and shovels : SANDPILE
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Lamb pieces : ESSAYS
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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
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Belief : ISM
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"Don't panic!" : THISISONLYATEST
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"___ anything!" : ASKME
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Root beer brand : DADS
11
It may be produced by swamp gas : UFO
12
Hangs around : LINGERS
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Proclaim : TRUMPET
14
Donnybrooks : SETTOS
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They can go overboard : LIFEBOATS
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Jog one's memory : RINGABELL
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Mrs. Gorbachev : RAISA
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Handling brilliantly : ACING
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Sans ice : NEAT
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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
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Some are high : ROLLERS
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Darling : CARAMIA
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One with omniscience : KNOWALL
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Modern map subject : GENOME
40
Cutesy drawing : SMILEY
42
Some shirts : POLOS
43
Decides by chance : FLIPS
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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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