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Byron Walden
Byron Walden

NY Times, Sun, Mar 12, 2006 DIAGRAMLESS

20-Down : Poster holders

Author:
Byron Walden
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 16, Words: 79, Blocks: 66
Notepad: This diagramless is 16 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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© 2006, The New York Times
Across
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"Hurry up!" : CMON
5
Paris subway : METRO
10
"Where the heart is" : HOME
11
Saintly glow : AUREOLE
14
"Two urns on ___ high throne have ever stood": Homer : JOVES
15
Kept aloft or afloat : PROPPEDUP
18
Eat like ___ : APIG
19
Tennis star Henin-Hardenne : JUSTINE
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Blood plasma of universal recipients : TYPEAB
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Parked it : SAT
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W.W. II French battle site : STLO
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Big name in Italian kitchenware : ALESSI
25
Moderate, with "down" : TONE
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Pork cut : LOIN
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Give up : CEDE
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Boutique : SHOP
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Trumpeter for the theme of "The Green Hornet" : HIRT
31
Six-sided bronze coin used by Harry Potter : KNUT
32
High on drugs : HOPPEDUP
35
High voice: Abbr. : SOP
36
Took care of the final tasks : MOPPEDUP
37
Indians, in box scores : CLE
40
Hit a blooper : POPPEDUP
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Steal : CRIB
42
Somewhat : ABIT
44
Mussolini moniker : DUCE
45
Arch of Titus location : ROME
46
Sources of some needles : FIRS
47
Bustier type, or maybe not? : BCUP
49
TV partner of 39-Down : ROEPER
51
Popular computer : IMAC
52
Swiss peak : ALP
53
Be short with : SNAPAT
54
Antitank weapon : BAZOOKA
56
Scratched (out) : EKED
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Not flowing : STOPPEDUP
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It's seldom played : BSIDE
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Skyrocketing : SOARING
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In ___ of : LIEU
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"Roots" actress ___ Day George : LYNDA
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Maryland athlete, for short : TERP
Down
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Sliced and diced : CHOPPEDUP
2
Filming locale : MOVIESET
3
Greek letters : OMEGAS
4
Super ___ (electronic game device) : NES
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Orienteering need : MAP
6
Swe. spot? : EUR
7
Like a famous horse in myth : TROJAN
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Good name : REPUTE
9
"That was dumb of me!" : OOPS
12
Accidentally reveal : LETSLIP
13
Wheel of Fortune? : EDITOR
14
TV host who wrote "How to Be the Funniest Kid in the Whole Wide World" : JAYLENO
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Dark : UNLIT
17
Drudge : PEON
20
Poster holders : TACKS
21
Diagonal mover : BISHOP
22
Removed with a sponge : SOPPEDUP
25
Filled to the brim : TOPPEDUP
29
1940's Cardinal All-Star Hippity ___ : HOPP
30
March call : HUP
33
Part of N.E.A.: Abbr. : EDUC
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Tricksters : DUPERS
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Witticism : MOT
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Arose : CROPPEDUP
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Citrus cooler : LIMEADE
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TV partner of 49-Across : EBERT
40
Comic Joe : PISCOPO
41
More decrepit : CREAKIER
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Shoot for : AIMAT
43
Longest river wholly in Texas : BRAZOS
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Prevarications : FIBS
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Cruller source : BAKERY
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Wearing : CLADIN
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Infant garment : ONESIE
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October stone : OPAL
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Sturm ___ Drang : UND
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Links org. : PGA
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Lunch order : BLT
Answer summary: 10 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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