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New York Times, Friday, April 27, 2001

Author:
Mark Diehl
Editor:
Will Shortz
52-Across : Place for trucks and shovels
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
7711/11/19841/22/20233
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3214720373
RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
31.57592888%
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: 70%
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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
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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
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Follow-up to a ques. : ANS
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Fashion magazine : ELLE
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"Sweet" things : PEAS
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Gift line : FROM
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Nonexistent : NIL
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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
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Sildenafil ___ (Viagra's generic name) : CITRATE
4
Mark down, maybe : RETAG
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Neck and neck : EVEN
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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
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It may be produced by swamp gas : UFO
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Hangs around : LINGERS
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Proclaim : TRUMPET
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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
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Cutesy drawing : SMILEY
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Some shirts : POLOS
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Decides by chance : FLIPS
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Just say no : DENY
46
Place for a comb : MANE
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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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