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New York Times, Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Author:
Julian Lim
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
23-Down : Barber who composed "Adagio for Strings"
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Rows: 16, Columns: 15 Words: 79, Blocks: 44 Missing: {QZ} Spans: 2, (1 double stack) This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Lim. Wednesday freshness: 51%
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© 2013, The New York Times4/10/13 ( No. 23,164 )
Across
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Disgraced Armstrong : LANCE
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Energize, informally : AMPUP
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Movie org. that created a top-100 list from which all of this puzzle's quotes come : AFI
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Item in a squirrel's hoard : ACORN
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Duct outflow : TEARS
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One may play something by this : EAR
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Memorable movie line spoken by ... Jack Nicholson : HERESJOHNNY
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Boarding house?: Abbr. : STA
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Tito of Latin jazz : PUENTE
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Ulster, e.g. : COAT
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... Haley Joel Osment : ISEEDEADPEOPLE
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Hand-held organizer, briefly : PDA
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Aromatherapist's supply : OIL
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Target : AIMAT
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Flawed, as mdse. : IRREG
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Bern's river : AAR
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... Renée Zellweger : YOUHADMEATHELLO
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... Marlon Brando : STELLAHEYSTELLA
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Digital communication, for short? : ASL
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Conjure up : EVOKE
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Many Sylvester Stallone characters : HEMEN
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Singer DiFranco : ANI
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Capp and Kaline : ALS
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... Greta Garbo : IWANTTOBEALONE
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Cuckoo : DAFT
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Cheesy treats : NACHOS
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Snap, Crackle or Pop : ELF
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... Debra Winger (heard but not seen) : ETPHONEHOME
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2001 Will Smith biopic : ALI
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Nautical hazard : SHOAL
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Victors' shout : WEWON
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Kinsey topic : SEX
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Adorable one : CUTIE
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Many a deli offering : SALAD
Down
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"Well, ___-di-dah!" : LAH
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Star pitcher : ACE
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Hammerfest's locale: Abbr. : NOR
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Often-filled breakfast food : CREPE
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Come next : ENSUE
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Do penance : ATONE
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Maestro Zubin : MEHTA
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Like French doors : PANED
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Mantel piece : URN
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"Gangnam Style" rapper : PSY
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There was always a point to what he wrote : AESOP
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Like some attractions : FATAL
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Steamed : IRATE
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President Bartlet of "The West Wing" : JED
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Mustard, for one: Abbr. : COL
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Mad magazine's Usual Gang of ___ : IDIOTS
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Barber who composed "Adagio for Strings" : SAMUEL
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Some laureates : POETS
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Pizza slice, often : EIGHTH
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___ visit (drops in) : PAYSA
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Calder Cup rink org. : AHL
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What "America's Got," on NBC : TALENT
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Texter's "As I see it ..." : IMHO
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Stink : REEK
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Martha a k a the Big Mouth : RAYE
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Rocker Gregg who married Cher : ALLMAN
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Alternative form of a gene : ALLELE
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Dappled horses : ROANS
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Shipboard crane : DAVIT
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Shoebox letters : EEE
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Tiny soldier : ANT
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Gray matter output : IDEAS
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2008 Pixar robot : WALLE
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Tack on : AFFIX
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Baked, so to speak : ONPOT
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Religion founded in Persia : BAHAI
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Where to learn anglais : ECOLE
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Philip of "Kung Fu" : AHN
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Bygone theater chain : LOEWS
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Milo of "The Verdict" : OSHEA
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Key to the left of F1 : ESC
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Ascension Day, e.g.: Abbr. : THU
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Avian pal of Eeyore : OWL
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Extinct flightless bird : MOA
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The ___ [fittingly] : END

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