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New York Times, Thursday, June 9, 2011

Author:
Joon Pahk
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
24-Across : "Galifianakis wants you to call him back"?
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. pahk. Thursday freshness: 67%
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© 2011, The New York Times6/9/11 ( No. 22,493 )
Across
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Nailed : ACED
5
Portland's Rose Garden, e.g. : ARENA
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"Twelfth Night" sir : TOBY
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Trademarked spray : MACE
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Work divided by time, in physics : POWER
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"Gotcha" : ISEE
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Greek god of fake tans? : ORANGEZEUS
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Chain "links": Abbr. : MTNS
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Outer layer of the cerebrum : CORTEX
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"Gotcha" : ROGER
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Of yore : OLDEN
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"Galifianakis wants you to call him back"? : PHONEZACH
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Twangy-sounding guitar : DOBRO
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Java flavor : MOCHA
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Irksome response to "You're avoiding the question" : AMI
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Sign in the middle of town : MAINST
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Selma Lagerlöf's "The Wonderful Adventures of ___" : NILS
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Madhouse at a G.O.P. convention? : CONSERVATIVEZOO
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Do as Dürer did : ETCH
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Where credit is given : BYLINE
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"I should ___ die with pity, / To see another thus": King Lear : EEN
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Find new tenants for : RELET
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Get the word out, perhaps : ERASE
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Informal erotic reading? : BLUEZINES
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Figurative device : TROPE
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Dictator's underling : STENO
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Band with three self-titled albums (1994, 2001 and 2008) : WEEZER
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"At the Movies" bit : CLIP
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Famous Amos, e.g.? : COOKIECZAR
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Falafel bean : FAVA
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Lightning Bolt : USAIN
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New Zealand : Kiwi :: Costa Rica : ___ : TICO
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Drawing pair, perhaps : OXEN
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Gets a break, maybe : RESTS
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Tiresias, e.g., in Greek myth : SEER
Down
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Brand with a torch in its logo : AMOCO
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Number of holidays? : CAROL
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Greeting on a computer? : ECARD
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In need of some hammering out : DENTED
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Pinnacle : APEX
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Cartoonist Chast : ROZ
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Dolly, for one : EWE
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Surgical specialty, informally : NEURO
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Bad match result? : ARSON
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China has only one : TIMEZONE
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Freeze out : OSTRACIZE
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Bernanke of the Fed : BEN
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"All right!" : YES
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High-tech map subject : GENOME
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Perfect instance : GEM
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A party (to) : PRIVY
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Magical land : HONALEE
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Tech-savvy "24" woman : CHLOE
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Sports : HASON
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Biting comment : BARB
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Biting : ACERB
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"Psycho" setting : MOTEL
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Nonsexist, in a way : INCLUSIVE
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Swizzles : STIRS
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Brown of Newsweek/The Daily Beast : TINA
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Batch holder : SHEETPAN
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Decorative neckline insert : VESTEE
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Philosopher Mo-___ : TZE
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Puts up : ERECTS
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Arouse, as someone's wrath : INCUR
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Tight rope? : NOOSE
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Smith in Cooperstown : OZZIE
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What two fingers may signify : PEACE
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Overthrow, e.g. : ERROR
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First part of a record : WINS
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Head of cabbage?: Abbr. : CFO
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Permissive : LAX
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Western treaty grp. : OAS
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Drummer's setup : KIT

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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