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New York Times, Friday, July 18, 2014

Author:
Ian Livengood
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
1-Across : "Know what I'm sayin'?," in hip-hop slang
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Ian Livengood

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 29 Missing: {QWX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 40 for Mr. Livengood. Friday freshness: 74%
Ian Livengood notes:
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Hard to tell that Ian's a sports nut, yeah? There's only COSTAS, THE REBELS, TERRELL Davis... and TEAM SPORTS, of course. Thankfully I ... read more
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© 2014, The New York Times7/18/14 ( No. 23,628 )
Across
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"Know what I'm sayin'?," in hip-hop slang : YAHEARD
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"Yep, alas" : FRAIDSO
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Feature of many a reception : OPENBAR
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1998 N.F.L. M.V.P. Davis : TERRELL
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Tablet alternatives : GELCAPS
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Laughed menacingly : CACKLED
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Any of the Baleares : ISLA
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Political leader? : GEO
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Bob of play-by-play : COSTAS
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Squeeze : SCRUNCH
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Kind of dye : AZO
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Things that wind up on trucks : FIREHOSES
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Sounded wowed : AAHED
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Days ___ : AGO
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Villainous organization in the 007 film "GoldenEye" : RUSSIANMOB
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Sleep around : BEDHOP
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Like many Plains Indians : SIOUAN
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Football and basketball : TEAMSPORTS
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Like innuendo : SLY
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Electronics component : DIODE
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Ole Miss, athletically : THEREBELS
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What you might arrive two hrs. early for : ETD
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Central American capital : SANJOSE
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Blue-flowered Mediterranean herb : BORAGE
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Buff finish? : OON
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Nuzzling spot, maybe : NAPE
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Leader referred to as "His Imperial Majesty" : AKIHITO
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1994 memoir with a chapter on "New Robot Novels" : IASIMOV
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Oscar-nominated Greek-American actor : SAVALAS
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Crank : NUTCASE
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Certain solution holder : EYEBATH
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Figure in many a New Yorker cartoon : STPETER
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Meditative sort : YOGI
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Big tree climbers : APES
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Something to catch from scolding parents : HELL
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Box : ENCASE
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Org. the Utah Stars belonged to : ABA
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Public Enemy and others : RAPGROUPS
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Who wrote "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not" : DRSEUSS
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U.S. fraud watchdog : FTC
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Breadth : REACH
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___ Arena (past Kings home) : ARCO
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Needles : IRKS
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Campus spot for Bluto, Otter and Boon : DELTAHOUSE
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Scuzz : SLEAZEBALL
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Motherland : OLDSOD
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Tender with Washington : ONES
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Google browser : CHROME
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Ted Danson hit series : CSI
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"Groovy!" : FAB
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"All right already!" : IGETITOKAY
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Walk of Style locale : RODEODRIVE
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Flavorings in some root beers : ANISES
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Member of a loving trio? : AMO
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Person on a mission? : ASTRONAUT
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Ordered : HAD
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George Clinton was its first gov. (for 21 years) : NYS
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K-12 grp. : PTA
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"Whoops!" : OHNO
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Answers : REJOINS
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Lower : DEBASE
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"Quit your squabbling" : BENICE
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Switched to, as on a thermostat : SETAT
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Fictional boss of Stubb and Flask : AHAB
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River to the Colorado : GILA
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Member of a loving trio? : AMAT
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Work for an artist, maybe : POSE
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"Would I ___!" : EVER
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Start of a kids' clothing line name : OSH
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Letters on a track : STP

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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