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Mike Nothnagel
Mike Nothnagel

NY Times, Sun, Jan 09, 2011 DIAGRAMLESS

41-Down : Evil "Get Smart" group

Author:
Mike Nothnagel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 88, Blocks: 70
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. 1-Across begins in the seventh square of the top row.
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© 2011, The New York Times
Across
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Czech, Pole or Croat : SLAV
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Big pet food brand : IAMS
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Faucet : SPIGOT
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Pear variety : ANJOU
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Granite State sch. : UNH
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*Modern American artist known as the Painter of Light : THOMASKINKADE
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Turn one's stomach : NAUSEATE
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One of the Flanders kids on "The Simpsons" : TODD
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Ballot marks : XES
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Not on the coast : INLAND
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Pretend to be : POSEAS
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*Shelley ode that begins "Hail to thee, blithe spirit!" : TOASKYLARK
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Cross seen in hieroglyphics : ANKH
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Draft org. : SSS
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Newcastle, e.g. : ALE
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Jeweler's crowning achievement? : TIARA
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Like dried mud : CAKY
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Den mother's charges : CUBS
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Jettison : DEEPSIX
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One of four in a grand slam, for short : RBI
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*Act of betrayal : JUDASKISS
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Fish in Japanese gardens : KOI
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What TV and radio hosts get : AIRTIME
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Elbow protectors : PADS
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Smashing result? : BITS
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Chaser's line : GETEM
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Privy in a pub : LOO
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Was idle : SAT
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School grp. advocating safety behind the wheel : SADD
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*1867 Marx treatise : DASKAPITAL
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Help-wanted sign? : MAYDAY
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"You think I won't?!" : DAREME
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Jamaican-based music : SKA
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Swerve : VEER
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"Gilligan's Island" ship : SSMINNOW
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Phrase on a help-wanted sign ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues : INQUIREWITHIN
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Vicious of punk rock : SID
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Rains cats and dogs : POURS
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Recover from a snowstorm : DIGOUT
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A young one is called a cygnet : SWAN
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Pickup site? : NAPE
Down
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Lady Macbeth had a "damned" one : SPOT
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Green fruit : LIME
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Ottoman officer : AGA
4
Russian program that produced the first manned spaceflight : VOSTOK
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Tattoo, in slang : INK
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Cleanser named for a Trojan War hero : AJAX
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Most frequently occurring value, in statistics : MODE
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Files a case against : SUES
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Of dubious character : SHADY
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Some ring finishes : TKOS
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Moderately slow passages : ANDANTES
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Condo, e.g. : UNIT
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iPod ___ : NANO
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*Hawaiian dancers' garments : HULASKIRTS
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Charity runs, often : TENKS
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What a germ might become when it grows : IDEA
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Pert : SASSY
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Start a CD, perhaps : PRESSPLAY
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CD trouble : SKIP
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See 36-Down : LAUDE
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Actress Jessica : ALBA
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*Blows one's stack : HASKITTENS
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Laugh-until-you-cry occasion : RIOT
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Turning point? : AXIS
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Steep, rugged rock : CRAG
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"___ Baby" ("Hair" song) : ABIE
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With 25-Down, diploma phrase : CUM
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Got a C, say : DIDOK
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Tricky road curve : ESS
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"Garfield" cartoonist : JIMDAVIS
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Evil "Get Smart" group : KAOS
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Angels or Devils : TEAM
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Scottish child : BAIRN
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2010 World Cup champion : SPAIN
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One covering up the gray, say : DYER
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Passenger on the Beagle : DARWIN
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Let in : ADMIT
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Parisian possessive : AMOI
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More than off-color : LEWD
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Monopoly card : DEED
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Tastes : SIPS
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Be acquainted with : KNOW
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Blue shade : AQUA
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Station : STOP
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Actress Elisabeth : SHUE
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Mantel piece : URN
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Supermarket chain : IGA
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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