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New York Times, Friday, March 23, 2001

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
36-Down : Viola effects
TotalDebutLatest
2197/31/19952/23/2016
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RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
30221.541,51454%
Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQY} This is puzzle # 71 for Ms. Gorski. Friday freshness: 62%
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© 2001, The New York Times3/23/1 ( No. 18,763 )
Across
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One way to buy : ONCREDIT
9
Acela Express offerer : AMTRAK
15
Indian royal : MAHARANI
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Grand ___ Island : BAHAMA
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Political leader who died at age 33 : EVAPERON
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Employable : USEFUL
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Quiet : RETICENT
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Safari hazard : TSETSE
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French auxiliary : ETRE
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Viola holders : CASES
23
Industry leaders : CZARS
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Breathes deeply? : SCUBAS
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Makes shine : OILS
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One may take you in : SCAMARTIST
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Favor follower : ITE
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Flipped (through) : THUMBED
37
Social service? : TEA
38
Low-priced house, informally : FIXERUPPER
40
Dorm denizen : COED
41
One may throw out a line : CENSOR
42
Zoltan who directed "Jungle Book" : KORDA
43
Hymn : PSALM
46
Like India paper : THIN
48
Books on tape, e.g. : AUDIOS
50
Raised borders that prevent water overflow : COAMINGS
54
Service station? : TEMPLE
55
Part of a British Airways jet : AEROFOIL
56
It's north of Highland Park, N.J. : EDISON
57
Beginning of an act : SCENEONE
58
Student's second chance : RETEST
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The future : TOMORROW
Down
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Hebrew measure : OMER
2
Place for prayer : NAVE
3
Many people now do it online : CHAT
4
Old thrusters : RAPIERS
5
Puts up : ERECTS
6
Defiant one : DARER
7
Stewed : INONESCUPS
8
Windows application? : TINT
9
Neighbor : ABUT
10
Gift from a Catholic friend : MASSCARD
11
Whence one wicked witch : THEEAST
12
They go with the flow : RAFTS
13
Disport : AMUSE
14
Some greens : KALES
23
Arrangement of locks : COIF
24
Alternative to bow ties : ZITI
25
Comfort in bookstores : ALEX
27
Relative of a savanna : CAMPO
28
"Serendipities: Language and Lunacy" author : UMBERTOECO
29
Braddock took away his title : BAER
31
Have nothing to do with : SHUN
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"Believe ___ Not!" : ITOR
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Plant of the future : SEED
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"Et voilà!" : TADA
36
Viola effects : TREMOLOS
39
Cover-up of astronomical proportions : ECLIPSE
40
Monkey puzzle tree, e.g. : CONIFER
42
Kyoto garment : KIMONO
43
Lord's Prayer : PATER
44
Soft kid : SUEDE
45
Allow : ADMIT
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Scheherazade's milieu : HAREM
49
In ecstasy : SENT
50
Play group : CAST
51
Hussein's queen : NOOR
52
Italian pet form of John : GINO
53
Ocean : SLEW

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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