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New York Times, Thursday, January 23, 1997

Author:
F. Hansen
Editor:
Will Shortz
44-Across : Ignorant (of)
TotalDebutLatest
12112/27/19643/29/2006
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
836671243
RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
111.631958149%
Frances Hansen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 93 for Ms. Hansen. Thursday freshness: 32%
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G
2
I
3
A
4
N
5
S
6
O
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B
8
S
9
D
10
O
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N
12
A
13
T
14
I
N
T
O
15
A
P
S
E
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I
B
I
Z
A
17
B
U
S
T
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H
E
I
R
19
P
I
N
U
P
20
B
R
E
A
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D
A
N
D
B
22
U
T
T
E
R
23
S
E
A
H
O
R
S
E
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R
Y
E
25
O
N
A
26
M
I
C
R
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O
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B
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E
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S
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O
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U
P
A
N
33
D
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F
I
S
H
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L
I
D
36
A
X
L
E
37
Y
E
S
38
A
G
O
G
39
B
E
N
40
C
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A
K
E
S
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A
43
N
D
A
L
E
44
U
N
A
45
W
A
R
E
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N
E
O
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E
N
O
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A
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P
I
A
R
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I
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S
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T
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T
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E
A
A
N
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D
S
Y
M
P
A
T
H
Y
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C
H
E
S
S
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O
K
L
A
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B
O
O
P
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C
A
R
E
T
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R
I
O
T
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L
O
V
E
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V
I
O
L
A
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A
N
N
E
64
E
K
E
D
© 1997, The New York Times1/23/97 ( No. 17,243 )
Across
1
Composer ___ Carlo Menotti : GIAN
5
So-and-sos : SOBS
9
"Goodbye, Mr. Chips" star, 1939 : DONAT
14
Liking : INTO
15
Semicircular room : APSE
16
Balearic resort isle : IBIZA
17
Flop : BUST
18
___ to the throne : HEIR
19
Locker art : PINUP
20
23
Fish of which the male carries the fertilized eggs : SEAHORSE
24
Cocktail ingredient : RYE
25
___ toot : ONA
26
Germ : MICROBE
30
Gentleman's evening clothes : SOUPANDFISH
35
Topper : LID
36
Car bar : AXLE
37
Agreeable word : YES
38
Enthralled : AGOG
39
Writer Hecht : BEN
40
Maugham satire : CAKESANDALE
44
Ignorant (of) : UNAWARE
46
Revivalist, informally : NEO
47
Brian of rock : ENO
48
Person with hives : APIARIST
53
1953 play, or consolation for a meatless meal? : TEAANDSYMPATHY
56
Kind of board : CHESS
57
Where Ron Howard was born: Abbr. : OKLA
58
Betty of cartoons : BOOP
59
Printing mark : CARET
60
Laugh ___ : RIOT
61
Like some tennis games : LOVE
62
Walter Trampler's instrument : VIOLA
63
Elizabeth II's only daughter : ANNE
64
Made do : EKED
Down
1
The Bee Gees : GIBBS
2
Harden : INURE
3
Confused : ATSEA
4
"Forget it!" : NOTAHOPE
5
Extremely arid : SAHARAN
6
Broaches, in a way : OPENS
7
Backing vocal? : BSIDE
8
Author Ivo Andric, for one : SERB
9
Hinged pair of pictures : DIPTYCH
10
___ dictum : OBITER
11
Emergency CB channel : NINE
12
France's Cote d'___ : AZUR
13
Designate : TAP
21
Spanish lady's title : DONA
22
"Trinity" author : URIS
26
Failure : MISS
27
"Eugene Onegin" sister : OLGA
28
Junior high subj. : BIOL
29
Touchiness : EDGE
30
Elephant Boy of 30's film : SABU
31
Team members : OXEN
32
Arm part : ULNA
33
Director W. S. Van ___ : DYKE
34
Charge : FEE
38
Darling : ADORABLE
40
Popular game from Uruguay : CANASTA
41
Schoenberg's "Moses und ___" : ARON
42
Pep up : ANIMATE
43
One of the tides : NEAP
45
Toad Hall vandal : WEASEL
48
Show politeness at the door : ASKIN
49
Traffic cone : PYLON
50
"___ a trip on a train..." (Benny Goodman lyric) : ITOOK
51
Leave, with "off" : SHOVE
52
Pounded the Underwood : TYPED
53
Cuisine choice : THAI
54
A Saarinen : EERO
55
___ Maar (Picasso subject) : DORA
56
Year in Septimius Severus's reign : CCV

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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