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New York Times, Saturday, July 21, 2012

Author:
Joe DiPietro
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
12-Down : "I want to know ..."
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1418/26/19955/9/20241
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311092443303
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331.591,23673%
Joe DiPietro

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 111 for Mr. DiPietro. Saturday freshness: 53%
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© 2012, The New York Times7/21/12 ( No. 22,901 )
Across
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Powerful voting bloc : HISPANICS
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Ways : PATHS
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Fast-food slogan : IMLOVINIT
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Odious one : CREEP
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Musical work that includes "Willow, Tit-Willow" : THEMIKADO
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Woman's name meaning "beautiful" : BELLA
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Promulgates : SOWS
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Job largely automated these days: Abbr. : OPER
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Gal asked to "lay down" in a Clapton song : SALLY
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They're set : ALARMS
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Ways, for short : MOS
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#2 or #3, say : ALSORAN
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Doormats, of a sort : YESMEN
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Vendor's condition : SOLDASIS
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Flirt with : CHATUP
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Better with deception : SLIER
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Overhead ___ : CAM
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Like pueblos : OCHRE
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Gong : TAMTAM
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Union demand : PAYRAISE
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Rot : FESTER
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Objects in some Japanese art : LOTUSES
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Pull-___ : TAB
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Become friends with : TAKETO
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King of Norway, 1957-91 : OLAFV
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See 54-Across : NILE
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53-Across menaces : ASPS
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Prefix with -lithic : PALEO
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Mr. Handsome : DREAMBOAT
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Bay, say : INLET
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2012 election issue : OBAMACARE
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Worker bees, e.g. : CASTE
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Kevin Bacon film of 2000 : MYDOGSKIP
Down
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Modern measures of popularity : HITS
2
Internet commenter's initialism : IMHO
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Knocked off : SLEW
4
Pooches with turned-up tails : POMS
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Flying start? : AVI
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Greek prince ___ Cassadine, longtime "General Hospital" character : NIKOLAS
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Opposite of collected : INAPANIC
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Hard ___ : CIDER
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Violent : STORMY
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E.P.A. targets : PCBS
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Info in an apartment ad : AREA
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"I want to know ..." : TELLMETHIS
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Old vaudevillian catcall : HELLONURSE
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Prevents from littering : SPAYS
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Mountain on the Armenian coat of arms : ARARAT
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Jiff : SEC
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Aide, in ads : ASST
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Singer/dancer/actress once called the "Queen of Las Vegas" : LOLAFALANA
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Odious ones : SLIMEBALLS
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"Night Music" playwright : ODETS
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Feature of pop and rock? : SHORTO
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Gambling mecca : MACAU
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Dupe : SAP
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Insignia on Pirates uniforms : PEES
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Hero player : MALELEAD
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Satisfied : MET
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It may be said con flores : YOTEAMO
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What a gun may be fired at? : RANDOM
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Something to talk about : TOPIC
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Pink Nintendo title character : KIRBY
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Shuffled pair : FEET
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What a 25-Across may have lost : VOTE
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Basics : ABCS
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Overcharge : SOAK
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___ passu (equably) : PARI
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Repeated cry in an exercise class : STEP
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___ wheels : MAG

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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