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New York Times, Saturday, July 2, 2011

Author:
Joel Fagliano
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
9-Across : Old Navy's owner
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Joel Fagliano

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 28 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Fagliano. Saturday freshness: 18%
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© 2011, The New York Times7/2/11 ( No. 22,516 )
Across
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Makeshift mask : PAPERBAG
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Old Navy's owner : THEGAP
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Lingua di Livorno : ITALIANO
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Ford from long ago : MODELA
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Home of minor-league baseball's Sea Dogs : PORTLAND
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23-Across representing a user : AVATAR
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Join : ENROL
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Rte. through 17-Across : USONE
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It may be groove-billed : ANI
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Desktop item : ICON
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"Mama's Special Garden" brand : RAGU
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Old Maltese money : LIRAS
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March Madness souvenir : NET
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Literature's Dolores Haze, familiarly : LOLITA
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Most arias : SOLI
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38-Down, to a 14-Down : SES
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Drive in N.Y.C. : FDR
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What may appear after washing or baking : SODA
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Oppose authority : STICKITTOTHEMAN
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Reaction to bad news : OHNO
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Giant rival, briefly : NAT
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Tag for some grandchildren : III
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Kept in : PENT
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Patrol boats patrol them : SHORES
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Stat on some guns : MPH
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Casino winner, often : HOUSE
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Man ___ : OWAR
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Driver's alert : FORE
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Like "Spring" from Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" : INE
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Use as a crash site? : LIEON
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Where Paul and Silas were sent, in Acts : BEREA
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Stage name of entertainer David Adkins : SINBAD
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Stage name of entertainer Stanley Burrell : MCHAMMER
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Yet : TODATE
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Chemistry Web site? : EHARMONY
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Faulkner family name : SNOPES
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"Don't believe it for a second" : NONSENSE
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Supply, as elevator music : PIPEIN
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Straightaway : ATONCE
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Ape : PARROT
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Singer at Diana's funeral : ELTON
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Streamlet : RILL
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Cry of shear fear? : BAA
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Tomato or pea, e.g. : ANNUAL
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Don Juan's self-description : GODSGIFTTOWOMEN
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Bootlegger's bugbear : TMAN
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Dumpy dwelling : HOVEL
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Writer LeShan : EDA
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Cry to the overly amorous : GETAROOM
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"The Four Seasons" director : ALANALDA
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Métro area resident : PARISIAN
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One-up : OUTDO
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Violinists' cake ingredients : ROSINS
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Some nonnative Hawaiians : ISSEI
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Coin whose original portrait was Alexander the Great : LEK
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More affected : ARTIER
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Most Prestwick Airport patrons : SCOTS
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Fallacious reasoners : SOPHISTS
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It has unbelievable news : THEONION
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Part of many a smear campaign : INNUENDO
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Kings Beach sits on it : TAHOE
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Embroidered word, at times : HIS
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Vaquero's charge : RANCHO
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Young follower : MORMON
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Runs a bill through : PREENS
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Cry for attention : HEARYE
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Really pick up : ELATE
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Bonne ___ (cooked simply) : FEMME
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13th, at times : IDES
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Spots for shots : BARS
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Like Bill Clinton or Jimmy Carter: Abbr. : BAP
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___ characters (common Chinese writing) : HAN

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

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