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New York Times, Saturday, October 23, 1999

Author:
Frank Longo and Brendan Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
8-Across : Scandalous 1865 Manet painting
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
9110/29/199411/24/20192
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
150137142922
RebusScrabDebutFresh
41.4868687%
Frank Longo
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1938/7/199612/22/202321
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
385152119522716
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
531.631,16472%
Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {QV} This is puzzle # 55 for Mr. Longo. This is puzzle # 36 for Mr. Quigley. Saturday freshness: 43%
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J
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U
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N
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K
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F
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A
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X
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O
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L
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Y
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M
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P
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A
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D
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B
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D
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D
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T
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S
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U
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T
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P
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D
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C
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E
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N
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T
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B
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S
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W
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D
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C
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H
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O
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R
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K
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R
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D
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I
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G
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L
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O
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P
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L
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A
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O
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P
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F
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A
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C
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M
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A
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O
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C
K
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N
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R
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© 1999, The New York Times10/23/99 ( No. 18,246 )
Across
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Unwanted office transmission : JUNKFAX
8
Scandalous 1865 Manet painting : OLYMPIA
15
Like most covered bridges : ONELANE
16
Superlatively stupid : DIMMEST
17
Noted gatekeeper : STPETER
18
At sixes and sevens : INAMESS
19
Have trouble standing : HATE
20
Canner's activity : AXING
22
Champagne designation : BRUT
23
Trendy meat : EMU
24
1856 political novel : DRED
25
Words repeated in the "Sailor's Song" : TOSEA
26
Parmesan grinder : DENTE
28
Cartoon set in Colorado : SOUTHPARK
31
Advantage preceder : DEUCE
33
Film director Mira : NAIR
34
Chinese sage K'ung Fu-___ : TSE
35
Thomas Nast target : BOSSTWEED
38
Comedienne Margaret : CHO
41
Seesaw : ROCK
42
Make a new hole : REDIG
45
Long way to go? : LIMOUSINE
48
Brake, e.g. : PEDAL
50
Crosswise : ABEAM
51
City west of the Provo River : OREM
53
Suffix in scandal names : OLA
54
Cannonade : PELT
55
Babes in the woods : FAWNS
57
Hardly a blabbermouth : CLAM
58
He's out of stocks and bonds : FREEMAN
60
Establisher of Japan's Heisei era : AKIHITO
62
Not straying : ONTRACK
63
Web surfer : NETIZEN
64
It borders Antarctica : ROSSSEA
65
Words between "not" and "not" : IREPEAT
Down
1
Wasn't serious : JOSHED
2
Not pettish? : UNTAMED
3
Great Dark Spot locale : NEPTUNE
4
"Fish Magic" painter : KLEE
5
It may be burned : FAT
6
At hand, once : ANEAR
7
Ancient invader of Greece : XERXES
8
Sleipnir's rider : ODIN
9
Diminutive suffix : LING
10
Vocalist Sumac : YMA
11
1997 #1 hit with a nonsense chorus : MMMBOP
12
Eyes, in a way : PEERSAT
13
Publishers : ISSUERS
14
On the line : ATSTAKE
21
What a shrug might mean : IDONTKNOW
24
Good form : DECORUM
25
School day's end, often : THREEPM
27
It has a certain ring to it : TUB
29
Flint grp. : UAW
30
Rank : TIER
32
Those, to José : ESOS
36
Geol., e.g. : SCI
37
"Crusade in Europe" author: Abbr. : DDE
38
Applaud : CLAPFOR
39
___-English : HIBERNO
40
Folded food : OMELETS
43
Revere : IDOLIZE
44
Pygmalion brought her to life : GALATEA
46
Wayne's world? : OATERS
47
Verdi opera : ERNANI
49
"Sanford and Son" son : LAMONT
52
Gravelly ridge : ESKER
55
Model's asset : FACE
56
"Lonely Boy" singer : ANKA
57
China problem : CHIP
59
More, in México : MAS
61
Ore name suffix : ITE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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