The circled letters spell out: "Have more than thou showest. Speak less than thou knowest."
This is the first NYT crossword with circles.
1 S | 2 H | 3 A | 4 V | 5 E | 6 R | 7 M | 8 O | 9 R | 10 S | 11 E | 12 L | 13 T | 14 H | 15 A | 16 N | 17 E | ||||
18 T | H | O | R | E | A | U | 19 O | T | I | O | S | E | 20 H | O | W | A | R | 21 D |
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22 H | A | R | P | E | R | S | 23 R | O | C | O | C | O | 24 I | N | E | V | E | R |
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25 E | L | A | 26 R | E | S | 27 E | T | 28 A | T | A | N | 29 E | N | D | 30 A | M | A |
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31 A | L | T | 32 A | 33 D | E | V | I | 34 L | 35 S | P | A | R | 36 A | 37 T | R | I | P |
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38 C | O | I | N | 39 S | 40 E | M | E | 41 E | T | I | 42 C | 43 A | R | T | E |
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44 T | W | O | G | E | 45 N | 46 T | L | E | M | 47 E | 48 N | 49 O | V | E | 50 R | S | E | E | R |
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51 E | L | I | A | 52 R | O | L | E | 53 S | 54 A | D | I | T | ||||||||
55 R | 56 E | 57 A | L | I | G | N | 58 S | 59 N | I | R | A | 60 N | E | R | I | 61 S | 62 S | 63 A |
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64 E | L | K | 65 G | E | T | U | 66 P | 67 Z | A | R | 68 B | 69 E | N | T | E | R |
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70 E | L | I | 71 S | 72 L | A | D | Y | 73 M | A | C | D | U | 74 F | 75 F | 76 G | A | M | E |
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77 S | E | N | A | 78 T | 79 D | R | A | B | 80 I | L | I | A | 81 D | 82 G | I | A |
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83 E | N | G | L | I | 84 S | 85 H | 86 E | R | E | 87 B | 88 L | A | T | E | 89 N | E | S | S |
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90 E | C | H | O | 91 S | A | T | I | 92 E | 93 T | A | M | O | ||||||||
94 S | 95 P | 96 A | R | K | I | N | 97 G | 98 T | H | O | M | 99 A | S | L | O | V | 100 E | 101 L | 102 L |
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103 P | A | N | I | 104 P | E | R | 105 U | 106 T | A | K | 107 N | E | S | I | A |
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108 I | N | T | O | 109 W | 110 S | E | N | 111 T | 112 A | N | I | 113 L | 114 E | 115 L | E | A | R |
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116 E | N | O | 117 H | 118 E | T | A | E | R | 119 A | 120 A | N | E | A | 121 R | 122 R | I | D |
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123 L | I | N | 124 G | E | R | 125 S | A | I | D | 126 I | T | 127 P | R | E | 128 M | I | S | E |
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129 S | E | I | N | E | S | 130 E | S | T | A | T | E | 131 E | L | E | A | N | O | R |
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132 R | O | U | S | E | 133 D | E | E | M | E | D | 134 R | E | D | D | E | N |
Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 9 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.