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New York Times, Friday, October 31, 1997

Author:
Matt Gaffney
Editor:
Will Shortz
61-Across : Chang, alternatively
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
587/24/19949/6/20001
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1401615157
ScrabDebutFresh
1.6152461%
Matt Gaffney

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 29 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Scrabble average: 1.92 This is puzzle # 41 for Mr. Gaffney. Friday freshness: 86%
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J
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A
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P
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H
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E
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T
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H
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O
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C
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T
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A
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V
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O
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S
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F
L
E
E
C
E
R
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P
A
R
V
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N
U
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K
L
A
X
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N
S
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T
R
A
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R
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J
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S
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R
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M
Y
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A
B
C
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R
Y
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S
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P
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I
E
C
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S
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Z
O
E
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E
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T
E
R
N
A
L
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A
Q
U
A
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M
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O
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I
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R
E
V
E
L
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S
T
U
N
S
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A
V
O
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W
E
D
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G
R
E
E
C
E
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D
E
N
I
S
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B
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I
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G
O
T
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Z
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D
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E
R
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N
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F
O
R
D
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A
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D
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A
L
A
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R
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D
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R
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O
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R
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A
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N
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F
U
N
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A
G
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S
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G
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A
Z
E
B
O
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I
N
S
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O
F
A
R
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M
A
X
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U
S
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S
C
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P
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A
G
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T
H
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K
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Y
A
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© 1997, The New York Times10/31/97 ( No. 17,524 )
Across
1
Son of Noah : JAPHETH
8
Book sizes : OCTAVOS
15
Con artist : FLEECER
16
Upstart : PARVENU
17
Electric horns : KLAXONS
18
Camper : TRAILER
19
Actor Priestley et al. : JASONS
20
Frosted : RIMY
21
"Rin Tin Tin" shower : ABC
22
Bread and drink : RYES
23
Kings and queens, e.g. : PIECES
25
Pulitzer dramatist Akins : ZOE
26
Enduring : ETERNAL
28
___ pura : AQUA
29
Kenyan president beginning 1978 : MOI
32
Cut loose : REVEL
33
Overwhelms : STUNS
34
Confessed : AVOWED
36
Prince Philip's birthplace : GREECE
37
Patron saint of France : DENIS
38
TV's George Jefferson, e.g. : BIGOT
41
O.E.D. ender : ZED
42
Thomas Moore's homeland : ERIN
43
How some are left : FORDEAD
45
Menu words : ALA
46
Rough ___ : RIDERS
47
City NW of Mascara : ORAN
51
Kicks : FUN
52
Census data : AGES
53
Elegant garden feature : GAZEBO
55
To such an extent : INSOFAR
57
Circus follower : MAXIMUS
58
Sovereignty, in Sussex : SCEPTRE
59
Struggle : AGONIZE
60
"No problem" : THATSOK
61
Chang, alternatively : YANGTZE
Down
1
Celeb often seen in supermarket tabs : JFKJR
2
Put to rest : ALLAY
3
Porridge ingredient : PEASE
4
Simple sugar : HEXOSE
5
Budget subj. : ECON
6
Kid's present, perhaps : TENSPEED
7
"48___" : HRS
8
Re sight : OPTICAL
9
California artist's colony : CARMEL
10
Drive-in diner supplies : TRAYS
11
Bird: Prefix : AVI
12
"Las Meninas" painter : VELAZQUEZ
13
Tennis maximum : ONEBOUNCE
14
Discontinued : SURCEASED
20
Tennis's Lacoste : RENE
24
Sportscaster Cross : IRV
27
Spanish crowd? : TRES
28
Picnicked : ATE
29
Prepared the punch? : MADEAFIST
30
How some business deals are made : OVERLUNCH
31
View from Syracuse : IONIANSEA
33
Mlle. across the Pyrenees : SRTA
35
Game aim : WIN
36
Loses it : GOESGAGA
38
"Tommy Boy" co-star : BODEREK
39
Ticked states : IRES
40
Warsaw Pact member, initially : GDR
43
Mozart subject : FIGARO
44
Out : DOZING
46
A lot : RAFTS
48
Pardon : REMIT
49
Full of lively gossip : ABUZZ
50
Long time follower : NOSEE
54
Neuron part : AXON
56
Go one way or the other : OPT
57
Has a green light : MAY

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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