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New York Times, Friday, September 2, 2011

Author:
Tim Croce
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
27-Across : ___-80 (old computer)
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Tim Croce

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 33 Missing: {JQVXYZ} Spans: 6, (2 triple stacks) This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Croce. Friday freshness: 20%
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© 2011, The New York Times9/2/11 ( No. 22,578 )
Across
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Sensitive information is often shared on it : NEEDTOKNOWBASIS
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Thing rolled in a classroom : EDUCATIONALFILM
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Continue cordially despite differences : AGREETODISAGREE
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Cousin of a canvasback : TEAL
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Scapola or clavicola : OSSO
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It gets lapped a lot : SHORE
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Potential mouth choker : SILT
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Agricultural Hall of Fame locale: Abbr. : KAN
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Certain X or O : TAC
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It includes an analytical reasoning sect. : LSAT
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___-80 (old computer) : TRS
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Nascar Hall of Fame locale: Abbr. : NCAR
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A good defense may result in it, briefly : PHD
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A wee bit : ONEIOTA
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1968 title role for Vanessa Redgrave : ISADORA
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"Thinking ..." : LETSSEE
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Chihuahua assent : SISENOR
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Idyllic place : LEA
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___ suspension (ear drops) : OTIC
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"And that sort of thing": Abbr. : ETC
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Evidence of some growth : RING
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One-third of nove : TRE
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"Configuration" artist : ARP
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Enrich : LARD
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Not as experienced : RAWER
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Earth as an organism : GAIA
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Place for a rip : SEAM
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Like real danger : CLEARANDPRESENT
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Toiletries and such : PERSONALEFFECTS
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Feature of many a residential neighborhood : TREELINEDSTREET
Down
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Ingenious : NEAT
2
Ball's lack : EDGES
3
Continental pass provider : EURAIL
4
Common flashlight fillers : DCELLS
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South Korea's Roh ___ Woo : TAE
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Cartoon busman Mann : OTTO
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Small business site : KIOSK
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Gives a passing acknowledgment : NODSAT
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Piquant sandwich base : ONIONROLL
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"Time ___ ..." : WAS
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Firing result : BLAST
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Kandahar cash : AFGHANIS
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Dust-laden winds : SIROCCOS
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Soprano player Robert : ILER
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Hook accompanier : SMEE
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Hit lightly : TAPON
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Painful struggle : THROE
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Look bad? : SNEER
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Put down : ATE
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Movie heroine Norma ___ Webster : RAE
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Dumas hero : DARTAGNAN
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Some cashless commerce : ETAIL
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Prefix with -meric : ISO
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Get on the bottom? : SIT
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Seemingly : ASITWERE
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Cut : DECREASE
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Protect : CRADLE
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Six-Day War figure : NASSER
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Attic locale : GREECE
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Owl in Harry Potter tales : ERROL
52
Brought (in), as music : PIPED
54
He met Charon in the underworld : DANTE
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Return request: Abbr. : RCPT
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A, Jay or Ray : ALER
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Boxer rebellion cries? : ARFS
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___ Mary's (L.A. college) : MTST
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Black bird : ANI
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Young pond dweller : EFT

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