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New York Times, Monday, July 8, 2013

Author:
Randy Sowell
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
57-Across : Part of a buzzing swarm
TotalDebutLatest
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Randy Sowell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 44 Missing: {FJQ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 22 for Mr. Sowell. Monday freshness: 29%
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© 2013, The New York Times7/8/13 ( No. 23,253 )
Across
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"House" actor Omar : EPPS
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Remove the husk from, as corn : SHUCK
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Galifianakis of "The Hangover" : ZACH
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Stead : LIEU
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Nearsighted Mr. ___ : MAGOO
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Grades 1-12 : ELHI
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Deborah of "The King and I" : KERR
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Funny DeGeneres : ELLEN
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Uprising : RIOT
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Job position in which no one lasts long : REVOLVINGDOOR
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Not working : IDLE
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Outside of a watermelon : RIND
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The "D" of PRNDL : DRIVE
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Alan of "Argo" : ARKIN
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Replacement for the franc and mark : EURO
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Dog or dogtooth : CANINE
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Command to a dog : SIC
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Seemingly mad Muslim monk : WHIRLINGDERVISH
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12-mo. periods : YRS
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British P.M. after Churchill : ATTLEE
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Eye amorously : OGLE
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Extra-fat : OBESE
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Building add-on : ANNEX
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Theda of the silents : BARA
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The "A" of N.B.A.: Abbr. : ASSN
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Yarn-making device : SPINNINGWHEEL
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Abstract artist Joan : MIRO
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Muscat native : OMANI
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Part of a buzzing swarm : GNAT
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One with millions of followers : IDOL
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Writer Joyce Carol ___ : OATES
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Submachine guns : UZIS
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Chromosome component : GENE
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"Who ___ what evil lurks ..." : KNOWS
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Sped : TORE
Down
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Antlered animal : ELK
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Boardwalk adjunct : PIER
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Father, in France : PERE
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Reality show in which contestants get "voted off the island" : SURVIVOR
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Odor : SMELL
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Cut in two : HALVE
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Citrus hybrid : UGLI
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Filmmaking brother Joel or Ethan : COEN
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"King ___" : KONG
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Take close aim : ZEROIN
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"March comes in like ___ ..." : ALION
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Part of a guitar riff : CHORD
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Any top 10 song, say : HIT
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Praiseful poem : ODE
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Not as moist : DRIER
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Moist, as morning grass : DEWY
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Germany's ___ Valley : RUHR
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Flower in a van Gogh painting : IRIS
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It may be acute or obtuse : ANGLE
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Car-pooler's need : RIDE
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Midpoint between a midi and a mini : KNEE
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Mention in a footnote, say : CITE
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Bugs in "A Bug's Life" : ANTS
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Leo or Libra : SIGN
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Capri, e.g. : ISLE
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___ Mix (party staple) : CHEX
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Jacob's father-in-law, in the Bible : LABAN
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"Slaughterhouse-Five" novelist : VONNEGUT
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Bird on Cal Ripken's cap : ORIOLE
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Volcanic emission : ASH
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"I Am the Walrus," for the Beatles' "Hello, Goodbye" : BSIDE
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Chef's wear : APRON
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Vice president under Nixon : AGNEW
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Holey cheese : SWISS
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Kindle competitor : NOOK
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One-named supermodel : IMAN
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Grp. with forces in Afghanistan : NATO
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___ Ferrari, Italian automaker : ENZO
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Den : LAIR
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Russian jet : MIG
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Mao ___-tung : TSE

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

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