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MAKE THE CHANGE

New York Times, Sunday, July 8, 2012

Author:
Joel Fagliano
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
18-Across : Capital city formerly behind the Iron Curtain
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Joel Fagliano

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 142, Blocks: 74 Missing: {X} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Fagliano. Sunday freshness: 39%
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© 2012, The New York Times7/8/12 ( No. 22,888 )
Across
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Hose shape : COIL
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Building blocks : ADOBES
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"The Office" woman : PAM
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QB feats : TDS
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Years in old Rome : ANNI
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Capital city formerly behind the Iron Curtain : TIRANE
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Nephew of Cain : ENOS
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"Let's Get Lost" singer Baker : CHET
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So happy you can't see straight? : BLINDEDBYDELIGHT
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Where to enter the theater, usually : REAR
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Where "it's fun to stay" in a 1978 hit : YMCA
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Gleamed : SHONE
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Deserving praise : LAUDABLE
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"Sk8er ___," 2002 top 10 hit : BOI
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Acid : LSD
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Argument about a fork-tailed bird? : SWALLOWDEBATE
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Apt : INCLINED
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Spend the night : STAY
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Arizona senator Jon : KYL
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It represents a 0 or 1 : BIT
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Trendy antioxidant berry : ACAI
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"Yeah, right" : IBET
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Org. full of big shots? : NRA
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Calpurnia's dream in "Julius Caesar" and others : OMENS
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Bear's cry : SELL
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Circle above the airport? : PUTOFFDESCENT
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Manager with four World Series titles : JOETORRE
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Very clumsy person, in slang : SPAZ
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Subject of the 19th, 24th and 26th Amendments : VOTE
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Willing to do : UPFOR
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TWA competitor : USAIR
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See 77-Across : LIE
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Optima maker : KIA
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Making one's way down the corporate ladder? : GOINGTHROUGHDEMOTIONS
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[This ticks me off] : GRR
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With 67-Across, "That's not true!" : YOU
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Relative of a harrumph : SNORT
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Not flat, say : ONKEY
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One of two for four : SEMI
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Slalom obstacle : GATE
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Passing : ENACTING
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Breed hatred in? : TEACHTODETEST
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It's seen on many roadside signs : LOGO
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When the witches in "Macbeth" say "Double, double toil and trouble" : ACTIV
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"Sure thing" : YUP
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___ beetle : STAG
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Eternally : EVER
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Canterbury can : LOO
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Org. trying to clear the air? : EPA
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Ed Wood player in "Ed Wood" : DEPP
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Squad cars : CRUISERS
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Woman who's the very best at saying no? : QUEENOFDENIAL
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Part of TBS: Abbr. : SYS
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Pal of Pooh : ROO
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Modern marketplace : APPSTORE
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Like the verbs "come" and "go": Abbr. : IRREG
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"Baseball Tonight" broadcaster : ESPN
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Bulldogs : ELIS
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Really enjoy giving specifics? : LIVETOTELLDETAIL
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Art ___ : DECO
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Alexander Graham Bell, by birth : SCOT
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Get ready for a bomb, say : GODEEP
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Corona garnish : LIME
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Require (of) : ASK
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"Your point being ...?" : AND
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Some closeups : INSETS
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Take too much of, briefly : ODON
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It might be caught in the rain : CAB
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Unrepeated : ONLYONCE
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Hostile : INIMICAL
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Nickname for the Philadelphia Eagles' stadium, with "the" : LINC
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Downed : ATE
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Arranged, as the hair : DID
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Partners of scepters : ORBS
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Indiana political family : BAYHS
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Gives support to : ENDOWS
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Spotted in the vicinity of : SEENAT
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Eastern Canadian prov. : PEI
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White, informally : ANGLO
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Hair line? : MOHAWK
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Old Yankee nickname : THEBABE
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Given a hand : DEALTIN
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Some are mean : STREETS
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Home office site : STUDY
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Curmudgeon : CRAB
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Painter portrayed by Adrien Brody in "Midnight in Paris" : DALI
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Stanford of Stanford University : LELAND
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Actor Alain : DELON
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Predilection : BIAS
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Marsh bird : SNIPE
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It's a first : DEBUT
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Zither cousins : LYRES
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"Get Low" rapper : LILJON
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Orange sign : DETOUR
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Organ holder : TORSO
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Ancient royal symbol : ASP
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Network with an annual awards show : MTV
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German women : FRAUS
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Fake : FEIGNED
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Not wavy, say : CALM
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Basso Pinza : EZIO
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Hardly an exercise in restraint : ORGY
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"I get your point. Jeez!" : OKOK
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Pitchfork part : TINE
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Unhurried : EASY
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Fashionable boots : UGGS
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Read carefully : PORE
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Like some offers : FIRM
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Van Gogh's "Starry Night Over the ___" : RHONE
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David Cameron's alma mater : ETON
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___ party : TOGA
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Red Scare grp. : HUAC
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Mild oaths : DRATS
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"I won't bore you with the rest" : ETCETC
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What a Latino immigrant might learn : INGLES
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Sam Cooke's "That's ___ Quit - I'm Movin' On" : ITI
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"Know ___ enemy" : THY
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Bit of music at a music conservatory : ETUDE
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Old Russian line : TSARS
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One to consult for PC problems : ITGUY
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Birthday party, e.g. : EVENT
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Words heard at a birthday party : OPENIT
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Like pro athletes, some say : OVERPAID
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Jump accompanier? : GERONIMO
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+/- : ORSO
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War on terror target : ALQAEDA
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Combines : COUPLES
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Part of an ice skate : TOEPICK
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Combines : POOLS
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One of the five Olympic rings : AFRICA
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Filled turnovers : PIROGI
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"Steel Magnolias" actress : PARTON
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"Hmm ..." : ISEE
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Petro-Canada competitor : ESSO
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English county : DEVON
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"Traffic Crossing ___ Bridge" (pioneering 1888 film footage) : LEEDS
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Hit Fox show : GLEE
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W.W. II battle city : STLO
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Airport approximation: Abbr. : ETD
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Word before rip or slip : LET
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Infielder feats: Abbr. : DPS
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"Dancing With the Stars" judge Goodman : LEN

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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