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New York Times, Friday, June 15, 2012

Author:
Mark Diehl
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
21-Down : Comparatively arch
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Mark Diehl

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 31 Missing: {JQZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 58 for Mr. Diehl. Friday freshness: 99%
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© 2012, The New York Times6/15/12 ( No. 22,865 )
Across
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Field agents? : SCARECROWS
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Amount to : COST
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Home of Owens Corning Corporation : TOLEDOOHIO
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First lady Harrison : ANNA
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Catchphrase of the '80s : IWANTMYMTV
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Rock's Kings of ___ : LEON
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Big party : FETE
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Big party : BASH
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Coulrophobe's bugaboo : CLOWN
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Extra turn in Monopoly : FREEROLL
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"Monster" actress, 2003 : RICCI
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Explanatory lead-in : IMEAN
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Composer/conductor Webern : ANTON
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What was yours at one time? : THINE
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Puck, for one : WOLFGANG
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Building with giant doors : HANGAR
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Envy, anger or greed, maybe : MOTIVE
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Many a prom corsage : WRISTLET
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Napa Valley sight : VINES
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Postal stamp on una carta : AEREO
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Patrick of "Barry Lyndon" : MAGEE
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Dotted ones are half again as long : RESTS
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French cathedral city : CHARTRES
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Hard hits : WHAMS
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Curly-haired toon : BOOP
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Possible result of an allergic reaction : WELT
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Joe Hardy's girlfriend in the Hardy Boys books : IOLA
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What an ad blocker might block : POPUPVIDEO
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Oater sound : CLOP
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Taking a load off : CHILLAXING
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Big name in salad dressing : KENS
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Current : PRESENTDAY
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Shortchange : STIFF
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Duck and quail : COWER
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"___ Walk" (Frost poem) : ALATE
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O'Connor of "Xena" : RENEE
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Setting for Yankees home games: Abbr. : EDT
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Money-saving fast-food option : COMBOMEAL
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Nassau ___ liqueur : ROYALE
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I = V/R : OHMSLAW
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Accompanying : WITH
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Like the K.G.B.: Abbr. : SOV
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Excusing oneself from work, maybe : CALLINGIN
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"Home on the Range" range : ONEOCTAVE
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Treats to beat the heat : SNOWCONES
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Kind of bed : TANNING
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Comparatively arch : CRAFTIER
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Carnival booth with soda bottles : RINGTOSS
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Jean, Jacques or Jean-Jacques : NOM
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Like some paper punches : THREEHOLE
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Do business? : HAIRSALON
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They're usually found on the margins : INSETMAPS
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Tomato : LOVEAPPLE
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"Stand" band : REM
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"Walk On By" singer : WARWICK
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Zesty casserole with a crust : TACOPIE
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Halloween personae : GHOULS
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In the midst of : TWIXT
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Overhauled : REDID
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"The Vampire Diaries" girl : ELENA
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Rank smoke : STOGY
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Nobelist name of 1922 and 1975 : BOHR
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D.E.A. target drug : PCP
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Transportation for many a Little League team : VAN

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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