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Brendan Emmett Quigley
Brendan Emmett Quigley

NY Times, Sun, Dec 18, 2005  DIAGRAMLESS

36-Down : Act really nice

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 82, Blocks: 76
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. The first square across is the third square in the first row.
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© 2005, The New York Times
Across
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Indian with kachina dolls : HOPI
5
Key of two Beethoven piano sonatas: Abbr. : EMAJ
9
Eva of Argentina : PERON
10
Sign out, as from a computer : LOGOFF
13
Fancy salad ingredients : ARTICHOKEHEARTS
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Holy Fr. women : STES
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Something that may be tipped : HAT
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Hunting cry : TALLYHO
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MGM motto start : ARS
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Words with nails or roses : BEDOF
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Judah's mother : LEAH
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Vegas venue : HOTELCASINO
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Wise Men, traditionally : TRIO
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Winter jacket : ANORAK
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Some statues : TORSOS
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Jacket fabric : RAYON
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Digital? : TOED
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Kimono part : OBI
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Gone by : AGO
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Invention said to have started the Industrial Revolution : COTTONGIN
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Zone (out) : VEG
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Modern: Ger. : NEU
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Queens ballpark : SHEA
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Fat substitute : OLEAN
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Like Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" : TWOACT
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Caterer's heat source : STERNO
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Stress, some say : AGER
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1870's conflict with Sitting Bull : THESIOUXWAR
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Jumbo, in product names : MAXI
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Jazz pianist Bill : EVANS
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K.C.-to-Chicago direction : ENE
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Part of a freight train : FLATCAR
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Modern rock genre : EMO
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Slobs : PIGS
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New York engineering feat completed in 1909 : MANHATTANBRIDGE
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It's just one thing after another : SERIES
70
Title character in a Menotti opera : AMAHL
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Pupil's place : DESK
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Cartoonist who added the whiskers to Uncle Sam : NAST
Down
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"Cheers!" : HERESTOYOU
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Table scraps : ORTS
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Luau dish : POI
4
Under attack, as a king : INCHECK
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Lodge member : ELK
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Popular brand of champagne, for short : MOET
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Turkish honorific : AGHA
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Singer Billy : JOEL
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Business : PATRONAGE
11
Be defeated by : FALLTO
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Falafel makers : FRYERS
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"Mary ___ little lamb" : HADA
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Plains tribe : OTOS
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Spicy cuisine : THAI
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Fashionable London district : SOHO
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Hot and dry : SAHARAN
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One side in échecs : BLANC
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Completely suit : FITTOATEE
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Mancinelli opera "___ e Leandro" : ERO
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Eleven plus one : NOON
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Wash. neighbor : OREG
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Reagan mil. program : SDI
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Act really nice : BEANANGEL
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Zones out : IGNORES
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Bear: Sp. : OSO
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Word said while pointing : THAT
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Kind of support : TECH
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Them : NOTUS
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Latin law : LEX
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Lone Star Staters : TEXANS
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Twist in pain : WRITHE
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The Southwest's ___ Desert : SONORAN
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Kind of radio : AMFM
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Big party : GALA
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Cinematographer Nykvist : SVEN
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One foot : IAMB
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Kind of game, and a hint to this puzzle's theme : CARD
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End in ___ : ATIE
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Expys. : RTES
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BlackBerries, e.g. : PDAS
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“Fire away” : ASK
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The Monkees' "___ Believer" : IMA
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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