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Peter Gordon
Peter Gordon

NY Times, Sun, Dec 29, 2019 DIAGRAMLESS

24-Across : Unfair trick

Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 14, Columns: 20, Words: 77, Blocks: 92
Notepad: This diagramless is 20 squares wide by 14 squares deep and has left/right symmetry. The first word begins in the eighth square of the top row.
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T
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I
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N
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E
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A
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R
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R
C
A
D
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V
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G
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U
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H
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D
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C
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G
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O
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C
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F
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T
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N
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C
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E
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M
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O
R
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N
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E
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L
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E
X
P
O
S
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R
Y
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A
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R
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R
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D
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A
R
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E
W
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L
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I
C
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A
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U
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T
O
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M
I
N
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E
R
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T
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A
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G
O
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L
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G
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B
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N
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L
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S
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Y
A
L
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Y
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K
S
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T
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O
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N
E
S
T
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A
D
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M
U
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T
69
G
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© 2019, The New York Times
Across
1
Lack of musical ability : TINEAR
7
Place for a pinball machine : ARCADE
8
Gift of eloquence : SILVERTONGUE
14
Rooster's mate : HEN
17
Berry from Brazil : ACAI
18
Toon with a monkey friend named Boots : DORA
19
Gear tooth : COG
22
Letter after xi : OMICRON
24
Unfair trick : FASTONE
26
"Fuhgeddaboudit!" : NOCHANCE
28
Various : MULTIPLE
29
Big name in pest control : ORKIN
30
Building addition : ELL
32
Lithium-___ battery : ION
33
Baseball team that became the Nationals : EXPOS
34
Reuben bread : RYE
35
"___, fair sun, and kill the envious moon": Romeo : ARISE
37
Storm tracker : RADAR
39
Milk source for pecorino cheese : EWE
40
Not forbidden : LICIT
42
Jam ingredient? : AUTO
45
Sleepy while at work? : MINER
47
Bar bills : TABS
49
Second-highest-grossing movie of 1964, after "Mary Poppins" : GOLDFINGER
52
"Moby-Dick" captain : AHAB
55
Like some thermometers : ORAL
56
"I wish!" : IFONLY
57
The Beatles' "___ Sadie" : SEXY
58
Like Miss Congeniality : NICE
59
Carnivore of the late Jurassic Period : ALLOSAURUS
63
Second-oldest Ivy : YALE
64
Shaggy-haired oxen : YAKS
65
Four-legged Kansan of film : TOTO
66
Cozy home : NEST
67
Fruity drinks : ADES
68
Necessity : MUST
69
Aussie greeting : GDAY
Down
1
"Rikki-Tikki-___" : TAVI
2
Anger : IRE
3
Company that makes point-of-sale devices : NCR
4
End a hunger strike : EAT
5
Brouhaha : ADO
6
Split apart : REND
8
New York river that empties into Lake Champlain : SARANAC
9
Representative figure : ICON
10
Judge in the O. J. Simpson trial : LANCEITO
11
Website whose users use crowdsourcing to raise money : GOFUNDME
12
River that empties into the Caspian Sea : URAL
13
Time zone between Atlantic and Central : EASTERN
14
Word with card or guard : HONOR
15
Atlanta university : EMORY
16
Rock band with the 2001 #1 hit "How You Remind Me" : NICKELBACK
19
Venomous snake : COPPERHEAD
20
Simmering : ONLOW
21
Birds in a skein : GEESE
23
Greek X : CHI
25
Ducats : TIX
27
Golfer Ernie : ELS
28
Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand : MOA
31
Speed demon : LEADFOOT
32
Device for some polio survivors : IRONLUNG
36
Fix in a bad way : RIG
38
Vacuum's lack : AIR
41
Key chain? : ISLES
43
Sci-fi vehicles : UFOS
44
Singer Turner : TINA
46
Class that doesn't require much work : EASYA
47
Broadway trophy : TONY
48
Operatic piece : ARIA
50
Rhythmic tunes : LILTS
51
Whirled, old-style : GYRED
53
Car bar : AXLE
54
Tournament passes : BYES
59
Casino convenience : ATM
60
TV's "___ Dobbs Tonight" : LOU
61
G7 member : USA
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Messy place : STY
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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