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NY Times, Sun, Jun 16, 2019 DIAGRAMLESS

58-Across : Was polite in asking for something

Author:
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 80, Blocks: 93
Notepad: This diagramless crossword is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has an asymmetrical pattern. 1-Across starts in the 8th square of the top row.
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© 2019, The New York Times
Across
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"This Old House" airer : PBS
4
Baby grand, e.g. : PIANO
6
Swiss peak : ALP
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2015 musical based on an Alison Bechdel memoir : FUNHOME
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Note after fa : SOL
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Sudden shock : JOLT
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Flaky Mideast confection : BAKLAVA
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Throw hard : HURL
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Bring to order? : NEATEN
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Free coffee, maybe ... or what coffee may do in a coffeepot : PERK
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Grp. that meets at school : PTA
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Verb with "thou" : DOEST
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Off-the-wall : ZANY
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Toffee bar brand : HEATH
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Funny Mort : SAHL
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Roofing company names like "Local Shingles" and "We Work Slate" : PUNS
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Petered (out) : FIZZLED
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Hotel worker : MAID
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Brewed beverage : ALE
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Goal : AIM
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Prominent part of a pout : LIP
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Corp. money manager : CFO
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Stress-free employment : CUSHYJOB
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Hybrid Thanksgiving dessert : PIECAKEN
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1978 comedy starring John Belushi : ANIMALHOUSE
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Coagulate : CLOT
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Opus ___ : DEI
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Show on which John Candy got his start : SCTV
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Sources of acorns : OAKS
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Address book no. : TEL
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Nickname akin to Teddy : THEO
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Rival of Uber : LYFT
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Hole-punching tool : AWL
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Furnace's output : HEAT
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Kazan who directed "East of Eden" : ELIA
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Was polite in asking for something : SAIDPLEASE
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Stamford's state: Abbr. : CONN
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Old print shop employee : TYPESETTER
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Had a mortgage, say : OWED
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Things written in blue books : ESSAYTESTS
Down
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Half a quart : PINT
2
"___, humbug!" : BAH
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Elitist sort : SNOB
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Push's opposite : PULL
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Muscat's land : OMAN
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How sled dogs must work : ASATEAM
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1989 top 5 hit for the B-52's : LOVESHACK
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Flora : PLANTLIFE
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Split in the road : FORK
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Barely got (by) : EKED
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What the 12 angry men comprised in "12 Angry Men" : JURY
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Neighbor of Cambodia : LAOS
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Producers of eggs : HENS
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Window parts : PANES
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Candy from a dispenser : PEZ
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Cartoon "devil," informally : TAZ
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The Falcons, on scoreboards : ATL
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Final letter in the NATO alphabet : ZULU
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Jumbotron message, perhaps : HIMOM
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Sun: Prefix : HELIO
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Ms. ___-Man : PAC
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Bottled water brand named after a country : FIJI
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"Mon ___!" : DIEU
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Mafia big : DON
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Objectivist Rand : AYN
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Settings for Windows : PCS
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Accessory often next to the front door (as is the case here!) : HATSTAND
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What offensive language is used in : BADTASTE
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Kind of screwdriver : PHILLIPS
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Art lover : AESTHETE
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Spaces to maneuver : LEEWAYS
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Company that introduced Cabbage Patch Kids : COLECO
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Tried not to be seen : LAYLOW
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"Sure, I can go with that" : OKFINE
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Has a chocolate sundae while on a diet, say : CHEATS
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Cups, saucers, sugar bowl, etc. : TEASET
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"Nay" sayers? : VOTERS
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Raider's grp. : DEA
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"Gangnam Style" rapper : PSY
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Gave permission to : LET
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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