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Paula Gamache
Paula Gamache

NY Times, Sun, Apr 15, 2012 DIAGRAMLESS

3-Down : Public radio's Glass

Author:
Paula Gamache
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 86, Blocks: 78
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. 1-Across begins in the 4th square of the first row.
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© 2012, The New York Times
Across
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Expo : FAIR
5
Like toned abs : TAUT
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Suffix with million or billion : AIRE
10
Shrek or Princess Fiona : OGRE
11
Refrain syllable : TRA
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In circular fashion : ROUNDANDROUND
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Roadside bomb, for short : IED
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Sun-dried brick : ADOBE
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Scintillas : IOTAS
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Alarm setter's toggle : AMPM
23
Home of Rousseau's "The Sleeping Gypsy" : MOMA
24
Cpl.'s inferior : PVT
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Virgo follower : LIBRA
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They play for pay : PROS
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Complete destruction : RACKANDRUIN
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Community values : ETHOS
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Hooded jackets : ANORAKS
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Ad ___ : HOC
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Dice, e.g. : CHOP
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GPS display: Abbr. : RTE
38
Sons of Mars : ROMULUSANDREMUS
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___ pro nobis : ORA
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Bit of rain : DROP
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Bit with an electrical charge : ION
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French chanteuse Mireille : MATHIEU
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Neighbor of a Kazakh : UZBEK
50
Complain vociferously : RANTANDRAVE
52
Chair piece : SLAT
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Broadway backer : ANGEL
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Java : MUD
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Roll on a runway : TAXI
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December air : NOEL
60
Toasting word : SKOAL
63
Prepared to do battle : ARMED
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TiVo, for one : DVR
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Crude but effective : ROUGHANDREADY
68
Flat fish : RAY
69
Fling : HURL
70
Explore the Grand Canyon, say : HIKE
71
Shoppe description : OLDE
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For fear that : LEST
Down
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Hardcore supporters : FANBASE
2
Lieutenant : AIDE
3
Public radio's Glass : IRA
4
Cartoon canine : REN
5
Warning from a driver : TOOT
6
Water, in Oaxaca : AGUA
7
Cemetery vessels : URNS
8
Sen. Kennedy : TED
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Faraway place, figuratively : TIMBUKTU
12
Musical echoes : REPRISES
13
Saatchi & Saatchi exec, say : ADMAN
14
Part of a skate park : RAMP
15
Sign of rot : ODOR
16
Man of Milano : UOMO
17
High-maintenance stars : DIVAS
18
Drilling org. : ROTC
22
Military branch with wings? : AIRARM
24
Obtained : PROCURED
25
President, e.g.: Abbr. : LDR
28
"Blazing Saddles" co-star Madeline : KAHN
29
Coated, in a way, as metal : ANODIZED
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"Don't mention it" : NOPROB
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When Thanksgiving falls: Abbr. : THU
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Constrain : HOLDIN
36
Spending limit : CAP
38
Bond girl Tatiana : ROMANOVA
39
Greenhouse for citrus fruit : ORANGERY
40
Barbie owner : MATTEL
41
Lip-puckering : SOUR
42
Dallas-to-Memphis dir. : ENE
47
Henry, to Shakespeare : HAL
48
Soft palate appendage : UVULA
49
Washington lobbyists' location : KSTREET
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Time off ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme : RANDR
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Asian household helper : AMAH
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Tibetan monk : LAMA
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Given the boot : AXED
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Straighten (up) : TIDY
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Heart's partner : SOUL
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Many a northern Iraqi : KURD
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Check out, in a way : OGLE
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Torah holders : ARKS
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Pi's follower : RHO
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Kings' org. : NHL
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Check out, so to speak : DIE
Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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