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New York Times, Friday, July 4, 2008

Author:
John Underwood
Editor:
Will Shortz
14-Across : Freeload
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John Underwood

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {BQX} Spans: 2 Grid has repeated answers. This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. Underwood. Friday freshness: 2%
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© 2008, The New York Times7/4/8 ( No. 21,423 )
Across
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Designer known for his "American look" : ELLIS
6
Cruel one : OGRE
10
It might include hot dogs and baked beans : MENU
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Freeload : MOOCH
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Wile E. Coyote or the Road Runner : TOON
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"Three Places in New England" composer : IVES
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Go-getter : MOVER
18
Org. offering college scholarships : ROTC
19
"Bye-bye!" : TATA
20
1916 work by 28-Across : AMERICAFIRST
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Thurman of "Dangerous Liaisons" : UMA
24
Greenwich Village campus inits. : NYU
25
Blue : SAD
28
Subject of this puzzle : JOHNPHILIPSOUSA
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Writer LeShan : EDA
35
When doubled, a book by Gauguin : NOA
36
Locale for some Gauguin art : TAHITI
37
Defeat : WORST
40
Middle of a patriotic cheer : USA
42
"We didn't do it!" : NOTUS
43
Like some designs : INLAID
45
Trauma sites, for short : ERS
47
Sport ___ : UTE
48
Title subject of a 28-Across work : STARSANDSTRIPES
52
Cupcake : HON
53
___-Magnon : CRO
54
N.R.C. predecessor : AEC
55
Sobriquet for 28-Across : THEMARCHKING
61
Items for Rambos : UZIS
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Ames Research Center org. : NASA
65
Broadcaster : AIRER
66
___ vaccine : SALK
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Anita who sang "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" : ODAY
68
Where Hercules slew the lion : NEMEA
69
Mimics mockingly : APES
70
Sugar amts. : TSPS
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May gift recipients : GRADS
Down
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Austen's Woodhouse : EMMA
2
Tower : LOOM
3
It is "resistless in battle," wrote Sophocles : LOVE
4
Spring river breakup : ICERUN
5
Small fry : SHRIMP
6
Barbara Kingsolver's "___ América" : OTRA
7
Slip : GOOF
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Spiral pasta : ROTINI
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Make secret, in a way : ENCRYPT
10
Ball catcher : MITT
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"Die Meistersinger" heroine : EVA
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Volleyball need : NET
13
Start of a patriotic cheer : USA
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Sammy the lyricist : CAHN
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Sontag who wrote "In America" : SUSAN
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Get into uniform : SUITUP
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Shrewd : ASTUTE
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Ceremonial sites : DAISES
28
Like some delis : JEWISH
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Teeth: Prefix : ODONTO
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Supreme Court justice Stone : HARLAN
31
Chit : IOU
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Beamed intensely : LASED
33
"Well, looky here!" : OHO
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Fraternal patriotic org. : SAR
39
Former CBS chief : TISCH
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Poetica opening : ARS
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Be afraid to : DARENOT
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Opposite of legato: Abbr. : STAC
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Tent dwellers, maybe : NOMADS
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Put back on display, in a way : REHANG
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More gross : ICKIER
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Clucking sounds : TSKS
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Without dawdling : ASAP
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They may be caught on a beach : RAYS
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"Garfield" waitress : IRMA
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Want : NEED
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Pâté de fois ___ : GRAS
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End of a patriotic cheer : USA
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Get rid of : ZAP
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Nouvelle-Calédonie, e.g. : ILE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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