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Paula Gamache
Paula Gamache

NY Times, Sun, Feb 03, 2013 DIAGRAMLESS

57-Down : Director of "Misery"

Author:
Paula Gamache
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 88, Blocks: 75
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. 1-Across begins in the first square of the first row.
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© 2013, The New York Times
Across
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Do the lawn : MOW
4
Masterpiece : GEM
7
Word with powder or blue : BABY
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___ carte : ALA
12
Avatar of Vishnu : RAMA
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Hodgepodge : OLIO
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Traditional English landscape component : HEDGEROW
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Basketball jam : DUNK
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Author McEwan : IAN
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Vodka cocktail : GIMLET
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Toscanini, for one : MAESTRO
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Close associates : COTERIE
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Customer : CLIENT
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Where an angel may perch : CHRISTMASTREE
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Customer support site, maybe : INDIA
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Potter's matter : CLAY
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Handlebar Club requirement : MOUSTACHE
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California locale whose name may be related to the Spanish for "the jewel" : LAJOLLA
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California locale whose name is Spanish for "poplar grove" : ALAMEDA
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With no surprises : ASUSUAL
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Harry who sang "Everybody's Talkin'" : NILSSON
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Sea air catcher : SHIPSSAIL
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Sea greeting : AHOY
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Goes sightseeing : TOURS
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Annual presidential proposal : FEDERALBUDGET
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Toy train name : LIONEL
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Corkscrews, e.g. : OPENERS
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Steamy stuff : EROTICA
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Indo-Europeans : ARYANS
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Blue Stater, for short : DEM
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It's above a 35-Across : NOSE
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What 14-, 28-, 35-, 48- and 53-Across may need : TRIMMING
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Bad, bad, bad : EVIL
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Sheltered : ALEE
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John of England : LOO
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Paper order : REAM
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Saint-___-l'École, France : CYR
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Recede : EBB
Down
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___-jongg : MAH
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Cassini of fashion : OLEG
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Desert stream : WADI
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Nephew of King Arthur : GARETH
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Ham on stage : EMOTER
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Big mouth : MAW
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Physique, slangily : BOD
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Dubya, to Yale, e.g. : ALUM
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Popular breath spray : BINACA
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Country folk : YOKELS
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Moves to a new town : RELOCATES
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Detroit inits. : GMC
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Old Roman road : ITER
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"Rule, Britannia" composer : ARNE
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E, F or G, but not H : NOTE
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Perch : SIT
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Loaded : RICH
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Cruise stopover : ISLE
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Hellenic H : ETA
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Vietnamese hamlet in 1969 news : MYLAI
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Somalian supermodel : IMAN
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___ me tangere : NOLI
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Twofold : DUAL
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Belief systems : ISMS
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Ruckus : ADO
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Venetian "road" : CANAL
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African biter : ASP
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"Oh yeah? I dare you!" : JUSTTRYME
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___ buco : OSSO
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Wailea wingding : LUAU
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Hideaway : LAIR
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"___ fair ..." : ALLS
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Thick fog, informally : SOUP
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"Mr." of fiction : HYDE
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"The Newsroom" airer : HBO
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Ran : FLED
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Cork's place : EIRE
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Fate : DOOM
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M.D. specialty : ENT
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Director of "Misery" : REINER
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Nook : ALCOVE
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Great or awful, in slang : GNARLY
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More weird : EERIER
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"Casablanca" role : SAM
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___ Minor : ASIA
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Aswan Dam site : NILE
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Snooty sort : SNOB
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Shade maker : ELM
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Part of O-O-O : TAC
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Lump : GOB
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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