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Fred Piscop
Fred Piscop

NY Times, Sun, Jun 09, 2013 DIAGRAMLESS

68-Across : Sci-fi writer Stephenson

Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 84, Blocks: 78
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. 1-Across begins in the third square of the first row.
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© 2013, The New York Times
Across
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Nativity scene trio : MAGI
5
Venetian blind part : SLAT
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Leave unmentioned : OMIT
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Gyro bread : PITA
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Hardly a fashionable dresser : FRUMP
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Maze solution : PATH
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Postaccident reassurance : IMOK
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Region of Asia Minor : IONIA
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Kadett automaker : OPEL
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Houdini, notably : ESCAPEARTIST
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Not do much of anything : LOAF
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Place to "eat at" : JOES
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Chilling downpours : SLEETS
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Almost defunct : MORIBUND
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Uttered : SAID
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Shogun capital : EDO
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Dot follower : ORG
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Word with cord or column : SPINAL
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All thumbs : CLUMSY
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Convention handout : NAMETAG
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Suffix with acetyl : ENE
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Witness to the Fort McHenry attack of 1814 : KEY
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Refund check org. : IRS
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Dratted : DOGGONE
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Contents of some arks : TORAHS
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Less trusting : WARIER
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Two-timing sort : CAD
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Whiz : PRO
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Really bug : RILE
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Symbol of approval : GOLDSEAL
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Syrup sources : MAPLES
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Product of a domesticated insect : SILK
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French door feature : PANE
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Bill Clinton's birthplace : HOPEARKANSAS
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Really bugs : IRKS
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Colleague of Kent and Lane : OLSEN
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Therapist's comment : ISEE
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Rosemary, e.g. : HERB
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Lightheaded? : BLOND
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Sci-fi writer Stephenson : NEAL
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Ice cream flavor : OREO
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Japanese liquor : SAKE
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Fruit that's been halved and hidden in four of this puzzle's answers : PEAR
Down
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Wander dejectedly : MOPEAROUND
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Tourist town SE of Naples : AMALFI
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"Scram!" : GIT
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Spillane novel that introduced Mike Hammer : ITHEJURY
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Having pepper or paprika, say : SPICED
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Beans in succotash : LIMAS
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Resting on : ATOP
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Prepares to shoot : TAKESAIM
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Tried to shoot : FIREDAT
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Learn by ___ : ROTE
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Curriculum element : UNIT
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Go wide of the mark : MISS
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Butter amount : PAT
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Ancient Mexican : OLMEC
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One named Fifi, stereotypically : POODLE
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MP3 download : SONG
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Dress with a flare : ALINE
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The Red Sox, on scoreboards : BOS
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Fix : SPAY
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Elvis facial expression : SNEER
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Dragon's home : LAIR
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Catty remark? : MEOW
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Vine-supporting framework : GRAPEARBOR
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Banjo's spot in "Oh! Susanna" : KNEE
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Recoiled, as in fear : SHRANK
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Lei, for one : GARLAND
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Pam of "Jackie Brown" : GRIER
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Mariners' foul weather wear : OILSKINS
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Chat with co-workers, maybe : TALKSHOP
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Having no mate : ODD
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Cobbler's stock : SOLES
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RC, e.g. : COLA
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Supermodel Bündchen : GISELE
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Rose family shrub : SPIREA
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Gangster's gal : MOLL
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Lhasa ___ : APSO
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Hammerhead part : PEEN
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Underhanded sort : SNEAK
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Play ___ with (do harm to) : HOB
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On the briny : ASEA
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Bard's "before" : ERE
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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