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New York Times, Monday, June 12, 1995

Author:
Robert Zimmerman
Editor:
Will Shortz
51-Across : Novelist Levin
TotalDebutLatest
143/24/199210/10/2007
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0372110
CircleScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
11.5121215%
Robert Zimmerman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJKQYZ} This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Zimmerman. Monday freshness: 47%
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D
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A
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N
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T
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E
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A
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C
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H
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T
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A
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C
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M
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E
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O
R
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L
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B
R
A
E
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W
H
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G
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M
A
T
T
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R
H
O
R
N
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N
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N
A
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E
M
S
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G
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M
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R
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D
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T
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S
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M
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T
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M
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A
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S
H
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D
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A
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V
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N
G
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I
N
C
A
S
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S
L
A
N
G
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R
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H
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O
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S
T
A
N
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R
A
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T
T
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E
B
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N
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S
I
T
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P
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R
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S
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G
R
O
V
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T
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R
E
P
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N
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H
O
A
X
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S
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T
E
A
S
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T
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R
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C
T
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B
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S
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C
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E
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L
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T
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T
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S
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O
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E
L
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T
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W
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N
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D
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S
T
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N
E
© 1995, The New York Times6/12/95 ( No. 16,652 )
Across
1
"The Inferno" poet : DANTE
6
Number after sieben : ACHT
10
Highest point : ACME
14
Bay window : ORIEL
15
Scottish hillside : BRAE
16
Fillmore, politically : WHIG
17
Noted Swiss peak : MATTERHORN
19
1880 Zola novel : NANA
20
Grp. that dispatches ambulances : EMS
21
___ Prism : GEO
22
Deserved : MERITED
24
Rows : TIERS
26
After-dinner candies : MINTS
27
Potato order : MASHED
30
Get retribution for : AVENGE
32
Ancient Andeans : INCAS
33
Informal words : SLANG
34
Letter after pi : RHO
37
Baseball's ___ the Man : STAN
38
Singer Bonnie : RAITT
39
Israel's Abba ___ : EBAN
40
Be in season : SIT
41
Dads, in Dijon : PERES
42
Stand of trees : GROVE
43
Boring tool : TREPAN
45
Piltdown Man and others : HOAXES
46
Make fun of : TEASE
47
Political pamphlet : TRACT
49
Weekly Wall Street paper : BARRONS
51
Novelist Levin : IRA
52
Sorbet : ICE
55
Winter Olympics event : LUGE
56
Pattern on old horse blankets : TATTERSALL
59
Composer's work : OPUS
60
Author Wiesel : ELIE
61
Forum attire : TOGAS
62
Traveled : WENT
63
Beavers' constructions : DAMS
64
Etched in ___ (permanent) : STONE
Down
1
Rotunda's crown : DOME
2
Saroyan character : ARAM
3
Tiny criticisms : NITS
4
Hanoi holiday : TET
5
Laments : ELEGIES
6
Detest : ABHOR
7
___-Magnon (early human) : CRO
8
Damage : HARM
9
Slumlord property : TENEMENT
10
Sunshade : AWNING
11
Motormouth : CHATTERBOX
12
"King Solomon's ___" : MINES
13
"Zounds!" : EGAD
18
Marsh plant : REED
23
Wagner cycle : RING
24
"More ___ You Know" (1929 song) : THAN
25
Prominent, as a feature : SALIENT
27
Hit or ___ : MISS
28
The "A" in ABM : ANTI
29
Firearm with an unfocused shot : SCATTERGUN
31
Tubs : VATS
33
Poet Teasdale : SARA
35
Own : HAVE
36
Change for a five : ONES
38
Felt regret : REPENTED
39
The "E" in Q.E.D. : ERAT
41
Small change in Chihuahua : PESO
42
Racing vehicles : GOCARTS
44
Most unusual : RAREST
45
Animal with big ears : HARE
46
Brownish gray : TAUPE
48
Ceremonies : RITES
49
Sudden shock : BLOW
50
Parlor, in La Paz : SALA
52
Shakespearean villain : IAGO
53
MacGregor, e.g. : CLAN
54
Otherwise : ELSE
57
Conway or Curry : TIM
58
Barfly : SOT

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

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