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New York Times, Friday, July 26, 2013

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
46-Across : "Alice" actress Linda
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Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 29 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 158 for Mr. Quigley. Friday freshness: 57%
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© 2013, The New York Times7/26/13 ( No. 23,271 )
Across
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First rock band whose members received Kennedy Center Honors : THEWHO
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Jiffy : SNAP
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Shade of black : JET
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Fix, in carpentry : RENAIL
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Undoubtedly : TOBESURE
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Dropped a line? : ANGLED
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Olympians' food : AMBROSIA
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Figures for investors : YIELDS
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Animal that catches fish with its forepaws : SEAOTTER
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Ward on a set : SELA
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Shade of gray : ASH
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Work ___ : ETHIC
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Annual with deep-pink flowers : COWHERB
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Miles off : AFAR
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Tailor : ALTER
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Part of the Dept. of Labor : OSHA
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All-Star Martinez : TINO
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"Guys and Dolls" composer/lyricist : LOESSER
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Like dirty clothes, often : INAHEAP
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Secondary: Abbr. : ASST
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The muscle of a muscle car, maybe : VTEN
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Soup scoop : LADLE
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Fill : SATE
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Abba's genre : EUROPOP
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"Alice" actress Linda : LAVIN
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Kyrgyzstan's second-largest city : OSH
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Game discs : POGS
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Uncopiable, say : PATENTED
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Quick session for a band : ONESET
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Springsteen hit with the lyric "Only you can cool my desire" : IMONFIRE
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Noted graffiti artist : BANKSY
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Viking, e.g. : NORSEMAN
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Philosophize, say : IDEATE
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Strike leader? : ESS
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Breather : REST
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Trained groups : CADRES
Down
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Sights at the dentist's office : TRAYS
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Three-time Olympic skating gold medalist : HENIE
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Georgia of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" : ENGEL
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1955 Pulitzer-winning poet : WALLACESTEVENS
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Rushed : HIED
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Maxim : OLDSAW
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Pot and porn magazines, typically : STASHES
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Norton Sound city : NOME
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Diplomat who wrote "The Tide of Nationalism" : ABBAEBAN
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Reform Party founder : PEROT
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Legitimate : JUSTIFIED
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Construction project that began in Rome : ERIECANAL
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Rush : TEAR
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"Yeah ... anyway" : SOTHATHAPPENED
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Ultra sound? : SHORTU
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Boolean operators : ORS
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Charging things? : RHINOS
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Ensnare, with "in" : ROPE
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"It wasn't meant to be" : ALAS
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Literally, "the cottonwoods" : LOSALAMOS
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Those with will power? : TESTATORS
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Exactly 10 seconds, for the 100-yard dash : EVENTIME
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Spanish greeting : ALO
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Tending to wear away : ERODENT
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Illogically afraid : PHOBIC
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Draw (from) : INFER
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Actor Werner of "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold" : OSKAR
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Heroic tale : GESTE
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Lid afflictions : STYES
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Cleaner fragrance : PINE
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They're sometimes named after presidents : ERAS
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Squat : NADA

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

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