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Fred Piscop
Fred Piscop

NY Times, Sun, Dec 23, 2012 DIAGRAMLESS

25-Down : Least sweet, as wine

Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 84, Blocks: 80
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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© 2012, The New York Times
Across
1
Opposite of post- : PRE
4
Horror director Craven : WES
7
"Jurassic Park" menace : TREX
8
Trident-shaped letters : PSIS
12
Shepard in space : ALAN
14
Bank offering, redundantly : IRAACCOUNT
16
Stitch's movie pal : LILO
17
Prefix with adjusted : MAL
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Greasy spoon, say : EATERY
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Mucho : LOTSA
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Champ before and after Spinks : ALI
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Ending with hippo- : DROME
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Obtained : GOTTEN
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Magician of the comics : MANDRAKE
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Jungfrau, for one : ALP
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"Give it ___!" : AGO
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"___ tu" (Verdi aria) : ERI
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Dish in a shell : TACOSALAD
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Connections : INS
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Sir, in colonial India : SAHIB
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Hebrides isle : SKYE
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Many a Monopoly square: Abbr. : AVE
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Package marking, redundantly : UPCCODE
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Draft dodger's bane: Abbr. : SSS
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Competitor of Dollar : AVIS
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Covered in slime : GOOKY
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Naval pronoun : SHE
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Disc-shaped sweet : MINTPATTY
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Wipe out : END
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Roll-on brand : BAN
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Monopoly quartet: Abbr. : RRS
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Denture wearer's supply : FIXATIVE
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Practice pieces : ETUDES
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Helped someone to a seat? : VOTED
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Itinerary word : VIA
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LeAnn of country music : RIMES
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A Williams sister : SERENA
62
___ deferens : VAS
63
Big Apple stage award : OBIE
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Convenience store convenience, redundantly : ATMMACHINE
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Group of spies : NEST
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Web site for a duck? : TOES
68
Chopped clods, maybe : HOED
69
Abbr. in an apt. ad : RMS
70
"The X-Files" subjects, for short : ETS
Down
1
Pecan confection : PRALINE
2
Stephen of "The Crying Game" : REA
3
Migraine relief brand : EXCEDRIN
4
Whacks hard : WALLOPS
5
Former New York governor Spitzer : ELIOT
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Cold war conferences, redundantly : SALTTALKS
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Refrain syllables : TRALA
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"The Chosen" author Chaim : POTOK
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Defiant retort : SUEME
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Regarding : INRE
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Place for a feeding trough : STY
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Floral arrangements : NOSEGAYS
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Mosque chief : IMAM
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"___ Mia" (1965 hit) : CARA
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Battery terminal : ANODE
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Geography class items : GLOBES
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Least sweet, as wine : DRIEST
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Battery ___ : ACID
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In poor taste : TACKY
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Sailor's salutation : AHOY
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Thumbs-up : ASSENT
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Sweeteners : SUGARS
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Many a wearer of plaid : SCOT
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Howard Hughes's field : AVIATION
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Auto figure, redundantly : VINNUMBER
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Some crockery : POTS
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"Jurassic Park" preservation medium : AMBER
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Malady relieved by 3-Down : HEADACHE
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Car radio features : PRESETS
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Splits (up), informally : DIVVIES
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Gift-getter's question : FORME
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Gossip tidbits : ITEMS
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TV's warrior princess : XENA
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Tasty dish : VIAND
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Tone down : EASE
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Religious view of Franklin and Jefferson : DEISM
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Bill killer : VETO
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Parked it, so to speak : SAT
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Flying off the shelves : HOT
Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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