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joon pahk

NY Times, Sun, Feb 07, 2010 DIAGRAMLESS

24-Down : Doles out

Author:
Joon Pahk
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 82, Blocks: 88
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. The first square across is the first box in the first row.
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© 2010, The New York Times
Across
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Puccini title heroine : TOSCA
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*Gag's end : PUNCHLINE
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Consume eagerly : EATUP
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50/50 : EVENMONEY
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Long part of an arrow : SHAFT
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Put back, as after a demotion : REINSTATE
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Sport of horse racing, with "the" : TURF
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Hate group : KLAN
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Borden bovine : ELSIE
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Inverse trigonometric function : ARCSINE
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Uses a chair : SITS
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*Squarely : SMACKDAB
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Unfeeling : NUMB
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One who doesn't belong : OUTSIDER
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It's flexed in a genuflection : KNEE
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CBS procedural drama : CSI
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Bear: Sp. : OSO
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*Utterly fail : STRIKEOUT
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Nafta member : USA
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Inst. of learning : SCH
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Part of 9-Down : NEWS
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Empathize with : RELATETO
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Flat-bottomed boat : SCOW
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*Umpire's cry at the start of an inning : BATTERUP
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Subject of Zen contemplation : KOAN
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Bratislavans, e.g. : SLOVAKS
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1:50, e.g. : TENTO
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Camper driver, for short : RVER
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Cultivate : TILL
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"That's the right thing to do" : FAIRSFAIR
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The press : MEDIA
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Guesses : ESTIMATES
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Cardio-boxing regimen : TAEBO
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Top 40, say ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues? : HITPARADE
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Stockpile : AMASS
Down
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The "T" in S.A.T. : TEST
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Pearl Harbor locale : OAHU
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Rubbernecks : STARES
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*Tuxedo shirt accessory : CUFFLINK
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Suitable : APT
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___ Mesta, the "hostess with the mostest" : PERLE
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Part of a 14-Down : UVEA
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Nürnburg negative : NEIN
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"The Situation Room" channel : CNN
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Letters on U.K. ships : HMS
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Parking place : LOT
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With 13-Down, how some fish are caught : INA
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See 12-Down : NET
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Organ containing the 7-Down : EYE
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Destiny : KISMET
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Tases, maybe : STUNS
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Entertain : AMUSE
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Doles out : RATIONS
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They're equivalent to mLs : CCS
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___ mask : SKI
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"... and ___ it again!" : IDDO
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Scottish negatives : NAES
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River of Iberia : EBRO
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*1950s social : SOCKHOP
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Raging mad : BERSERK
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Beat for a maestro's baton : ICTUS
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Sportscaster who played a sportscaster in "Major League" : UECKER
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Runners at first and second, say : TWOON
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Metro areas : URBS
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Diploma feature : SEAL
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Voice below a mezzo : ALTO
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*Elite police unit : SWATTEAM
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Off-roader: Abbr. : ATV
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It may be brewing : TEA
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"Beats me" : NOIDEA
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Concise : TERSE
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Pro ___ : RATA
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Competed : VIED
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Ad-___ (improvises) : LIBS
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Land on the Mekong : LAOS
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Expression of disgust : FEH
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"___ was saying ..." : ASI
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TV's hirsute Cousin ___ : ITT
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Sharply criticize : RIP
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Wee, to a Scot : SMA
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Not within walking distance : FAR
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Kingston Trio song about the Boston subway system : MTA
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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