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New York Times, Friday, April 26, 2013

Author:
Michael Ashley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
8-Down : Unpredictable
TotalDebutLatest
117/29/200110/9/2016
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Michael Ashley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 29 Missing: {QV} This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Ashley. Friday freshness: 69%
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© 2013, The New York Times4/26/13 ( No. 23,180 )
Across
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Onetime co-host of "The View" : STARJONES
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Seen-it-all : BLASE
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Did some undercover work : WOREAWIRE
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Like opals : MILKY
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"Archie Bunker's Place" actress : ANNEMEARA
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No-handed skateboarding trick : OLLIE
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Cash in Cambodia : RIELS
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Some cornbreads : ASHCAKES
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Base fare : MESS
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Creole, e.g. : PATOIS
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When repeated, response to "Who wants dessert?" : IDO
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AARP focus: Abbr. : SRS
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PCBs, e.g. : TOXINS
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Zoom ___ : INON
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Kind of column : DORIC
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"Forever Your Girl" singer, 1989 : ABDUL
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Lawsuits : ACTIONS
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Royal personage : MAJESTY
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Arizona player, for short : DBACK
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Poke : JABAT
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One of the Jetsons : JANE
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Viagra maker : PFIZER
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Kind of animation : CEL
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Potato chip brand : UTZ
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Blasted : DARNED
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It might be spun around a campfire : TALE
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Major education supporter : STATETAX
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Some Spanish dates: Abbr. : SRTAS
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Purport : TENOR
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"The Book of Eli" actress : MILAKUNIS
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Rigel's constellation : ORION
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1985 Dennis Quaid sci-fi film : ENEMYMINE
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"___ Hope" : RYANS
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"Band" leader of the 1960s : SGTPEPPER
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A lot : SWARMS
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More stylish : TONIER
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Marshal Dillon portrayer : ARNESS
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Cinephiles' collectibles : REELS
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Printer malfunctions : JAMS
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Not be square with : OWE
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Actress Peeples : NIA
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Unpredictable : ERRATIC
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TV set? : SEASON
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Quad standouts : BMOCS
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Lee of silent films : LILA
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What it often takes, it's said : ALLKINDS
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Hit a lazy pop-up, say : SKIEDOUT
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Dossier stamp : EYESONLY
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Greetings : HIS
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YouTube no-no : PORN
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1940's ___ Pact : AXIS
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Bamboozled : TOOK
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"Su-u-ure" : IBET
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Make mincemeat of, say : DICE
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"Wearing the face that she keeps in ___ by the door" (Beatles lyric) : AJAR
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Professional claims examiner : ADJUSTOR
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Many a toy powerer : CBATTERY
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Land on the Indian Ocean : TANZANIA
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Feature on some place mats : MAZE
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Not up : ABED
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Cursing : JINXING
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Way to stand : PAT
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Purchase at an optician's : FRAMES
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Mint family plant : CATNIP
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Lady of Arthurian legend : ELAINE
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Inferior : LESSER
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Hollywood father and daughter : DERNS
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Supersede : TRUMP
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Bugs, e.g. : TOON
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___ terrier : SKYE
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Do-over, of a sort : LET
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Electrical unit : AMP

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