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New York Times, Thursday, January 16, 2003

Author:
Patrick Merrell
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : Cruelty
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Patrick Merrell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Merrell. Thursday freshness: 59%
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N
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N
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S
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P
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A
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C
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G
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R
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D
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O
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O
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H
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M
A
N
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A
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O
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A
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M
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S
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J
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E
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A
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B
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G
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L
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E
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D
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S
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C
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A
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E
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B
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T
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V
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A
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F
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T
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T
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S
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Y
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B
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T
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C
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C
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R
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S
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L
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V
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N
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T
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O
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M
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W
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G
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H
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S
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O
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K
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G
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© 2003, The New York Times1/16/3 ( No. 19,427 )
Across
1
With 5- and 10-Across, need for 69-, 70- and 71-Across : NINE
5
See 1-Across : SPACE
10
See 1-Across : GRID
14
"___ off?" : ONOR
15
Earthling : HUMAN
16
Vargas Llosa novel "___ Julia and the Scriptwriter" : AUNT
17
Ye follower : OLDE
18
Blue dyes : ANILS
19
Atlases, e.g.: Abbr. : MTNS
20
Cruelty : SADISM
22
Hebrew prophet : ELIJAH
24
Milk provider : EWE
25
P.D. alert : APB
27
Cheated : GULLED
30
Div. of a former union : SSR
31
They have big bills : TOUCANS
34
Outside: Prefix : EXO
35
Relating to life : BIOTIC
36
Philips product : TVSET
38
Label on many an advertising photo : AFTER
41
Washington State's Sea-___ Airport : TAC
42
Pantywaist : SISSY
43
Adherent in Iran : BAHAI
44
Work boot feature : TOECAP
46
Clockmaker Terry : ELI
47
How some rebukes are made : CROSSLY
49
"Life ___ cabaret" : ISA
52
Creepy-crawlies : LARVAE
54
38-Down was the second one : SON
55
R.N.'s treatment : TLC
56
Rarely : SELDOM
59
Unconcerned retort : SOWHAT
61
Kind of bag : TOTE
63
Period : STAGE
65
Surrounding light : HALO
66
Litigious one : SUER
67
"And then again ..." : ORNOT
68
Desktop marker : ICON
69
With 70- and 71-Across, what the middle of this puzzle is : KIDS
70
See 69-Across : XANDO
71
See 69-Across : GAME
Down
1
Snares : NOOSES
2
Marriage byproduct : INLAWS
3
Yes-man, perhaps : NODDER
4
"___ Sleep, for Every Favor" (old hymn) : EREI
5
It might be next to a bar of soap : SHAMPOO
6
Bit of wit : PUN
7
Provençal pal : AMIE
8
"Safe" or "out" : CALL
9
Academy graduate : ENSIGN
10
___ Abdel Nasser : GAMAL
11
Unfeeling : RUTHLESS
12
Place to lay over : INN
13
Skid row ailment : DTS
21
Like Britain's Private Eye magazine : SATIRICAL
23
Antidrug mantra : JUSTSAYNO
26
Fit up against : BUTTTO
28
Split personalities? : EXES
29
Feeble-minded : DOTY
32
Informal goodbyes : CIAOS
33
Ins have it : ACCESS
35
She played Maude on "Maude" : BEA
37
Limo passenger : VIP
38
See 54-Across : ABEL
39
Scottie in the White House : FALA
40
Craved : THIRSTED
45
Nearly : CLOSETO
48
Ted Williams and others : REDSOX
49
Cornell's home : ITHACA
50
Winter Olympics event : SLALOM
51
Broadway opening? : ACTONE
53
Turns : VEERS
57
Other, in España : OTRA
58
"Death in Venice" author : MANN
60
Antiroyalist, in the Revolution : WHIG
61
Scolding sound : TSK
62
Ja, across the Rhine : OUI
64
Vishnu, e.g. : GOD

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

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