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Paula Gamache
Paula Gamache

NY Times, Sun, Apr 06, 2008 DIAGRAMLESS

18-Down : Eccentric

Author:
Paula Gamache
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. The first square across is the first square in the first row
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© 2008, The New York Times
Across
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Rich deposit of ore : LODE
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Sine ___ non : QUA
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Évian waters : EAUX
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Brouhaha : UPROAR
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___-wolf : SHE
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It's an elite group : THECHOSENFEW
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Back pocket part : FLAP
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Private pupil : TUTEE
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"Later!" : SEEYA
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Slimy stuff : OOZE
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Florida waters : LAKEOKEECHOBEE
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Alt. spelling : VAR
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Variety show segment : SKIT
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Like a McJob : MENIAL
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Lead-in to day or year : YESTER
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Dojo blow : KARATECHOP
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Canine from Kansas : TOTO
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Novelist Calvino : ITALO
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Impresario Sol : HUROK
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Sulks : POUTS
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___ vu : DEJA
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The Yale Whiffenpoofs, e.g. : MALECHORUS
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Tars : SEAMEN
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Deadly : LETHAL
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Les États-___ : UNIS
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German article : EIN
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Confection made with cocoa butter : WHITECHOCOLATE
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Puffery : HYPE
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Is wearing : HASON
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Last in a Greek series : OMEGA
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Exchanged words : IDOS
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What 16-, 23-, 36-, 46- and 55-Across are, in a way : ECHOCHAMBERS
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Letter from Leeds : ZED
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Gabe of "Welcome Back, Kotter" : KAPLAN
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Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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Quarterback's target : END
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Via Veneto locale : ROMA
Down
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Resident of Riga : LETT
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Where Pearl Harbor is : OAHU
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Any Sonny and Cher song : DUET
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Popular spreadsheet program : EXCEL
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Quid pro ___ : QUO
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Letters on a brown truck : UPS
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Childish rebuttal : ARESO
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1,024 bytes of computer memory, informally : ONEK
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For ___ (not free) : AFEE
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Kings, in Córdoba : REYES
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Neatnik's opposite : SLOB
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Visible air : HAZE
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Foil alternative : EPEE
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Stop, to a sailor : HEAVETO
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Eccentric : WACKY
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Low furniture item : FOOTSTOOL
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"Citizen ___" : KANE
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"The Art of Loving" author Fromm : ERICH
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Shake a leg : HIE
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Alaskan sled dogs : MALAMUTES
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Buzzing : AHUM
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Major satellite manufacturer : LORAL
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See the sights : TOUR
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"___, Brute!" : ETTU
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Supreme leader? : ROSS
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Gives birth to a goat : KIDS
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Suit to ___ : ATEE
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Indian prince : RAJA
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Venetian propeller : POLE
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___ One (premium vodka) : KETEL
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Illusory : PHANTOM
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___ Pet (former fad item) : CHIA
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Wind dir. : ENE
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Place for a bust : NICHE
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Humble abode : SHACK
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Phenom : WHIZ
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Stevenson mister : HYDE
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It can carry a tune : IPOD
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Workplace watchdog org. : OSHA
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Harvard Square emporium since 1882, with "the" : COOP
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Rouen relative : ONCLE
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Remnant of a barbecue : EMBER
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Architect Saarinen : EERO
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Metric weight : GRAM
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Hammett hound : ASTA
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Sci-fi's ___ Solo : HAN
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"Furthermore ..." : AND
Answer summary: 5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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