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Fred Piscop
Fred Piscop

NY Times, Sun, Jan 22, 2012 DIAGRAMLESS

69-Down : Clinch, as a deal

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 9th square of the first row.
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© 2012, The New York Times
Across
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Father, to Li'l Abner : PAPPY
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Elbows and such : JOINTS
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Gooey campfire treat : SMORE
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Dog's gem? : RUFFCUTDIAMOND
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Without a scratch : UNMARRED
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Likkered up : STEWED
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Bump into : MEET
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People who aren't straights or gays : BIS
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307, for Wyoming : AREACODE
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"Chacun ___ goût" : ASON
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Inflation fig. : CPI
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One who swears "On my honor I will do my best ..." : SCOUT
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Pastoral poems : IDYLLS
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Like much folklore : ORAL
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Super Bowl side: Abbr. : AFC
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Part of a merry refrain : TRALA
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Wooer : SUITOR
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Mitt : PAW
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Hack (off) : LOP
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Dog's Monopoly property? : BARKPLACE
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Justice Fortas : ABE
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Some vinyl : LPS
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Moves silently : STEALS
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Concession word : UNCLE
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Norm: Abbr. : STD
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Like Harpo, in films : MUTE
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Twisted and turned : SNAKED
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Leave locale : SHORE
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24 checkers, e.g. : SET
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Cell builders : BEES
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Thefts of music, e.g. : PIRACIES
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Big house : PEN
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America's most corpulent president : TAFT
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Missing link, so to speak : APEMAN
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Pledge recipient : PROMISEE
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Dog's farewell? : ARFWIEDERSEHEN
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Run down : TRACE
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Part of a cornstalk : TASSEL
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All fired up : EAGER
Down
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Letter before omega : PSI
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Docs' org. : AMA
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Toy dog, for short : POM
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Non-poetry : PROSE
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Nosy sorts : YENTAS
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Bloomsday month : JUNE
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"How silly ___!" : OFME
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Words after "rarely" : IFATALL
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42-Down maker : NCR
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Muscle car options, for short : TURBOS
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Rathskeller serving : STEIN
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Long Island iced tea need : RUM
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Letters on some shingles : DDS
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Bing Crosby's longtime label : DECCA
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Dog's submarine group? : WOOFPACK
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Fit for training : EDUCABLE
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"Law & Order" role: Abbr. : DET
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Busy times at H&R Block : APRILS
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Bit of gaucho gear : RIATA
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Thick, flat pieces : SLABS
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"The Bronx? No thonx!," e.g. : COUPLET
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"___ do" : ITLL
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Send directly via a wholesaler : DROPSHIP
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Dog's place to buy iPhone programs? : YAPSTORE
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Rapper Tone ___ : LOC
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Roller derby need : SKATES
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Get the old gang together : REUNE
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Thistle, e.g. : WEED
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24-hr. convenience : ATM
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Get more mileage from : REUSE
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Evildoers : NASTIES
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Play category : DRAMA
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Title with a tilde : SENORA
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Mud bath locale : SPA
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Game akin to whist : ECARTE
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Left Bank topper : BERET
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Prefix with red : INFRA
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Mail order abbr. : PPD
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Queens's ___ Stadium : ASHE
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Have a hunch : FEEL
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Perfect body, say : TEN
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Ed.'s workload : MSS
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Zinger deliverer : WAG
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Clinch, as a deal : ICE
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Suffix with puppet : EER
Answer summary: 7 unique to this puzzle.

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