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New York Times, Saturday, January 26, 2013

Author:
Raymond C. Young
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
41-Down : Aspartame developer
TotalDebutLatest
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Raymond C. Young

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 29 Missing: {FJX} Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Young. Saturday freshness: 99%
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© 2013, The New York Times1/26/13 ( No. 23,090 )
Across
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Rainbow event : GAYPARADE
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Given orally, at law : PAROL
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Maureen of "Tarzan the Ape Man" : OSULLIVAN
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Russian princess who was Nicholas II's only niece : IRINA
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One of a chain owned by Wyndham : RAMADAINN
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Platte River natives : OTOES
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"Unfaithful" Oscar nominee : DIANELANE
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See 26-Across : NIGHT
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"Come on down!" announcer : OLSON
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Ode title opener : TOA
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Receipt to redeem a credit : SCRIP
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Place of imprisonment in book and film : ZENDA
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With 20-Across, Conan's domain : LATE
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Worried about, in slang : SWEATED
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What repeats in solemn hymns but isn't in hymnals? : SILENTN
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One who snaps : CENTER
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First-ever : MAIDEN
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"Indeed, mate" : RIGHTOH
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Shaking : QUIVERY
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Pianist Gilels : EMIL
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Prepare for a long drive : GASUP
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Falls off : WANES
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Maxwell rival : REO
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"The strain seemed doubly dear, / Yet ___ sweet": Wordsworth : SADAS
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Butler who played Grace Kelly : BRETT
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Setting for the swing set? : DANCEHALL
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Thor's group : AESIR
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She told Willy Wonka "Loompaland? There's no such place" : MRSTEEVEE
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Signs of spring : CROCI
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Clear thinker's asset : ALERTMIND
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American tribe that lent its name to a state : KANSA
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Non-profit concerns? : NETLOSSES
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Monkey launched into space in 1958 : GORDO
2
Repeated cry from Mercutio in "Romeo and Juliet" : ASAIL
3
Arizona natives : YUMAS
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City whose name is Spanish for "flat" : PLANO
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Mayflower man : ALDEN
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100 fils : RIAL
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Winged it? : AVIATED
8
Activia maker : DANNON
9
Standard sudoku groupings, e.g. : ENNEADS
10
No-spin particles : PIONS
11
It includes the extradition clause : ARTICLEIV
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It's between Laredo and Nuevo Laredo : RIOGRANDE
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Performance with nearly perfect pitch? : ONEHITTER
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What a broke person is down to : LASTPENNY
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Feeling no physical attraction? : ZEROG
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Prepare to fire into the sky : AIMUP
27
Kind of earring requiring twisting : SCREWBACK
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1919-33, in German history : WEIMARERA
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Pre-takeoff command : ENGINESON
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One side in the Bay Bridge Series rivalry : ATHLETICS
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Southeast Asian observance : TET
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Medieval love poem : LAI
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Mae West reputedly said this "is good to find" : HARDMAN
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Military hut : QUONSET
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Aspartame developer : SEARLE
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Tiny groove : STRIA
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Ensure : SEETO
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Sounds that make frogs disappear? : AHEMS
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"Jezebel" star : DAVIS
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Coeur d'___ : ALENE
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They go down when it's cold : SLEDS
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___-C : CTRL

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

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