Four theme answers must be read backwards. April Fools!
1 M | 2 U | 3 M | 4 S | 5 T | 6 U | 7 L | 8 S | 9 A | 10 N | 11 E | 12 T | 13 S |
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14 A | S | E | A | 15 O | N | I | C | E | 16 W | E | R | E |
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17 R | E | I | D | 18 P | I | L | A | F | 19 O | R | A | N |
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20 S | D | R | A | 21 W | K | C | A | B | 22 A | D | O | P | T |
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23 T | I | N | Y | 24 S | 25 E | R | E | |||||||
26 F | 27 R | 28 I | 29 L | O | C | 30 H | 31 B | E | H | 32 A | 33 V | 34 E |
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35 R | E | S | 36 E | T | T | L | E | 37 B | A | T | M | A | N |
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38 A | C | E | S | 39 E | R | 40 R | 41 P | I | N | T |
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42 P | A | R | A | 43 D | 44 E | 45 D | E | 46 N | 47 O | U | N | C | E |
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48 S | P | E | C | I | E | 49 S | L | A | B | 50 O | E | R |
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51 R | E | N | 52 A | 53 A | S | O | 54 F | |||||||
55 P | 56 L | 57 A | I | D | 58 D | 59 E | T | C | E | L | 60 F | 61 E | 62 R |
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63 R | I | V | A | 64 A | L | L | I | E | 65 A | L | S | O |
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66 E | D | I | T | 67 F | E | L | O | N | 68 R | O | T | A |
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69 P | O | D | S | 70 T | R | E | N | T | 71 E | W | E | R |
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.