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New York Times, Monday, August 5, 2013

Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
3-Down : Lizards sometimes kept as pets
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Alan Arbesfeld

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQVW} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 103 for Mr. Arbesfeld. Monday freshness: 99%
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© 2013, The New York Times8/5/13 ( No. 23,281 )
Across
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Uneasy feeling : AGITA
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Timekeeper : CLOCK
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Madrid Mrs. : SRA
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"Understood," to a radioer : ROGER
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Drug company that makes Valium : ROCHE
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Rooster's mate : HEN
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Randy Travis or Travis Tritt : COUNTRYSTAR
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Chicken ___ king : ALA
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Tennis great Andre : AGASSI
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"Wing" for Dumbo : EAR
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Airline that doesn't fly on the Sabbath : ELAL
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Finished : DONE
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Minivan since the mid-'90s : FORDGALAXY
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Material in an underwear waistband : ELASTIC
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Sinks to the bottom, as silt : SETTLES
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'60s draft org. : SSS
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"___ first you don't succeed ..." : IFAT
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Seaboard : COAST
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Drummer for the Who : KEITHMOON
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Mexican houses : CASAS
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Slangy assents : YEPS
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Free TV spot, for short : PSA
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Attribute (to) : ASCRIBE
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Overall profit : NETGAIN
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Arizona N.B.A.'er : PHOENIXSUN
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Tehran's land : IRAN
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Amaze : STUN
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College transcript no. : GPA
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Period when a computer is functioning : UPTIME
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Abbr. on a sale item's tag : IRR
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Clark Kent and Lois Lane's paper : DAILYPLANET
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Make a sharp turn back : ZAG
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Binge : SPREE
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Uneasy feeling : ANGST
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Hurricane's center : EYE
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Swarms (with) : TEEMS
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"Long time ___!" : NOSEE
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Pinball parlors : ARCADES
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Humongous numbers : GOOGOLS
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Lizards sometimes kept as pets : IGUANAS
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Past, present and future : TENSES
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Crafts' partner : ARTS
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Weep : CRY
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One who can't catch a break : LOSER
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Groups of eight : OCTADS
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Alternative to cash or check : CHARGE
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Lead-in to plop or plunk : KER
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Song syllables in the title of a 1964 hit : SHALALA
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Takes a breather : RELAXES
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Brokerage worker : ANALYST
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Classic 1955 Jules Dassin heist film : RIFIFI
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John who sang "Rocket Man" : ELTON
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One-___ (old ball game) : OCAT
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Without any profit : ATCOST
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Connects : TIESIN
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"___ will be done" (Lord's Prayer phrase) : THY
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Singer Carpenter : KAREN
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Restaurant posting : MENU
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Words after a yell of "Police!" : OPENUP
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Flip over, as a boat : CAPSIZE
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Apt pig Latin for "trash" : ASHTRAY
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___ of God (epithet for Attila the Hun) : SCOURGE
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Leftovers after peeling : PARINGS
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Shorthaired cat : SIAMESE
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Actress Bening of "American Beauty" : ANNETTE
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Galoot : BIGAPE
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Run out, as a subscription : EXPIRE
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Jordache jeans competitor : GITANO
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Oregon's capital : SALEM
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Scheme : PLAN
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Summer hours: Abbr. : DST
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Band with the 1983 hit "Owner of a Lonely Heart" : YES

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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