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POLITICAL PROMISES

New York Times, Sunday, January 10, 2016

Author:
Patrick Merrell
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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 73 Missing: {QZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 84 for Mr. Merrell. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Sunday freshness: 30%
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© 2016, The New York Times1/10/16 ( No. 24,169 )
Across
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Advisory panels : BOARDS
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Take down a notch : ABASE
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Silverstein who wrote "A Boy Named Sue" : SHEL
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Put on a nonpolitical button, say : SEW
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Crack open, in a way : UNCORK
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Some parade performers : DRILLTEAMS
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Clamor : ADO
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"Unemployment will be a thing of the past!" : FORMEIFIAMELECTED
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Publicity, in Variety-speak : INK
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Back : FRO
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Impose ___ on : ABAN
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High season in Hawaii : WINTER
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Coding molecules : RNAS
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"___ in the Morning" : IMUS
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Skedaddle : SCOOT
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"You're looking at the whole department" : IMIT
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"No new taxes!" : JUSTMOREOFTHEOLDONES
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Ornithologist James of whom Ian Fleming was a fan : BOND
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W.W. II arena: Abbr. : ETO
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Dallas sch. : SMU
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Circus prop : STILT
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___ buco : OSSO
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Author whose most famous character is introduced as Edward Bear : AAMILNE
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Some four-year degs. : BSS
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___-deucey (card game) : ACEY
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"I will maintain a strong defense!" : WHENOPPONENTSATTACKME
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Basic car maintenance : TUNEUPS
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Car decoration : DECAL
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"Silent Spring" spray : DDT
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Muffin variety : OAT
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Gives off light, as a 65-Across : GLOWS
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See 62-Across : EMBER
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Bank acct. info : SSN
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One of five rhyming Greek letters : PHI
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Dances accompanied by gourd drums : HULAS
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Sitting together at the movies, say : ONADATE
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"Deficit spending must stop!" : DONATETOMYCAMPAIGNNOW
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Another time : ANEW
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When a vampire sleeps : DAY
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Oblong desserts : ECLAIRS
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"Poke-___!" (kids' book series) : ADOT
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Film critic Jeffrey : LYONS
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120-Across, in Spain : LOS
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Hellion : IMP
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Bridge table foursome : LEGS
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"I'll slow this country's spread of drugs!" : EXPECTCUTSINMEDICARE
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Next in line : HEIR
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Breathing disorder : APNEA
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Not much at all : ADAB
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Pleasures : JOYS
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A Musketeer : ARAMIS
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L.A. gang member : CRIP
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Place with expensive mud : SPA
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Tiny tunneler : ANT
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"Education will be my top priority!" : IVEGOTALOTTOLEARN
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It's found in sheets or, in softer form, blankets : ICE
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Thermometer, e.g. : HEATSENSOR
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Consolidated : MERGED
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89-Across, in France : LES
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Some 35mm cameras : SLRS
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Rogen and Meyers : SETHS
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They may be measured by the pound : STRAYS
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Shine up : BUFF
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Words before "before" : ONOR
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Common prefix with phobia : ACRO
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___-com : ROM
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Thought (up) : DREAMT
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One who's always getting a pass? : SKIBUM
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Certain game point : ADIN
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One piece of a two-piece : BRA
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Archery asset : AIM
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Whole lotta : SLEWOF
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"Billy ___," 2000 film : ELLIOT
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Abbr. on a stadium ticket : SECT
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Give zero stars, say : HATE
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First name among celebrity chefs : EMERIL
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Acid : LSD
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Present day figure : SAINTNICK
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Ned's bride on "The Simpsons" in 2012 : EDNA
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They're handled in Asian restaurants : WOKS
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Tithing amounts : TENTHS
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Burkina ___ (Niger neighbor) : FASO
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What a rabble-rouser might be read : RIOTACT
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Needs no further cooking : ISDONE
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Take root : SETIN
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Air-conditioned : COOLED
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H.M.O. figures : MDS
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Israelites' leader after Moses : JOSHUA
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Still in the outbox : UNSENT
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San ___, Italy : REMO
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Prepare for the afterlife : EMBALM
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Boot : OUST
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Low-grade?: Abbr. : ELEM
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Eye inflammation : STYE
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Greet respectfully : BOWTO
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Not just theoretical : APPLIED
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Lhasa ___ (dog breed) : APSO
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Upstream on the Mississippi River, along Miss. : NNE
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Abbr. for those not mentioned : ETC
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Seine-___, department bordering Paris : STDENIS
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Need (to) : OUGHT
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Coll. fraternity : SAE
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"What ___!" ("Bummer!") : ADRAG
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Question of surprise to a volunteer : WHOYOU
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Total : SUM
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Object of a hunt in "Lord of the Flies" : BOAR
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Tool used in the evening? : SANDER
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Lackey : STOOGE
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Some witches like their eyes : NEWTS
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Great Plains Indians : PAWNEES
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Oven cleaner ingredient : LYE
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Org. for Duke : ACC
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Like the ocean : SALINE
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Forensic facility : DNALAB
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Hill's partner : DALE
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First gemstone mentioned in the Bible : ONYX
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Novices : NEOPHYTES
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It might be patted on the back : TALC
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Bambino's first word : MAMMA
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Prop for Popeye or Santa : PIPE
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Fi preceder : SCI
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John of Fox's "Grandfathered" : STAMOS
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Hit the road : TRAVEL
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Treats vengefully : SPITES
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Wild : INSANE
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What eyes and pedestrians may do : DART
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Blue-collar and pink-slip : IDIOMS
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Pill type : CAPLET
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One corner of a Monopoly board : JAIL
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Start of a reminiscence : ONCE
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Raise : REAR
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Operatives: Abbr. : AGTS
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Some med. facilities : CTRS
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Story with many chapters : SAGA
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Sparrow, to a sparrow hawk : PREY
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Common connectors : ANDS
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Monogram on Christian crosses : IHS
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Amphibious W.W. II vessel : LST
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"Wonderful!" : OOH
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Go wrong : ERR

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