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David Steinberg
David Steinberg

NY Times, Sun, Apr 08, 2018 DIAGRAMLESS

12-Down : ___ chicken

Author:
David Steinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 78, Blocks: 85
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has an asymmetric pattern. 1-Across starts in the 4th square of the top row.
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© 2018, The New York Times
Across
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Belgrade resident : SERB
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Martini & ___ vermouth : ROSSI
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Tropical fruit : PAPAYA
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Ant acid? : FORMIC
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Agatha who created Hercule Poirot : CHRISTIE
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Protocol for guys : BROCODE
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Title for the painting depicted in this puzzle, with "The" : TREACHERYOFIMAGES
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___ Tin Tin : RIN
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Assortment : MEDLEY
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Spanish for "I love" : AMO
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Tale about Troy : ILIAD
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Kendrick Lamar's genre : RAP
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Rep.'s counterpart : DEM
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Tilt : LIST
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Battery : CELL
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She's a sheep : EWE
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N.Y. summer hours : EDT
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Burst ___ the scene : ONTO
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Pale : WAN
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"Shredded" cereal grain : WHEAT
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Declare openly : AVOW
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Wifey : THEMRS
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Of the kidneys : RENAL
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Artemis, in Rome : DIANA
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Art genre of this puzzle's painting : SURREALISM
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One talking to you while you drive, briefly? : GPS
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Jim Parsons's role on "The Big Bang Theory" : SHELDON
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Nonsense : ROT
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English translation of the words in the puzzle's painting : THISISNOTAPIPE
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Prescription sleep aid : AMBIEN
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Lively dance : JIG
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Basketball coach's urging : HUSTLE
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To a greater degree : MORESO
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Breakfasted or lunched : ATE
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G.M. tracking system : ONSTAR
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Bikes without pedaling : COASTS
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"I'm with ___" (2016 campaign slogan) : HER
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Says : UTTERS
Down
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Poet Teasdale : SARA
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"Odyssey," for one : EPIC
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Result of touching poison ivy : RASH
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Tiny unit of computer memory : BYTE
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Spacious : ROOMY
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Giant SeaWorld attraction : ORCA
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Beijing air problem : SMOG
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Black or white, in chess : SIDE
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Decorates, as a cake : ICES
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The gap between language and meaning suggested by this puzzle's painting, e.g. : PHENOMENON
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Unit for a frequent flier : AIRMILE
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___ chicken : FRIED
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Break-in breakout? : CRIMEWAVE
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Lashes grow from it : EYELID
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A sharp's equivalent : BFLAT
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Battle involving tariffs : TRADEWAR
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Keats or Pindar : ODIST
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Artist behind this puzzle's painting : RENEMAGRITTE
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Place to say "I do" : ALTAR
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Schemes : PLOTS
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TV host Andy : COHEN
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Collision sound : WHAM
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Used to be : WAS
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"___ the season ..." : TIS
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Most full of foliage : LUSHEST
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T. rex, for one : DINO
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African heavyweights : RHINOS
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In medias ___ : RES
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Prophet in the Book of I Kings : ELIJAH
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What an online pop-up might lead you to : ADSITE
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Like novels vis-à-vis novellas : LONGER
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Willow relative : POPLAR
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Controls the wheel : STEERS
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Rare Scrabble results : TIES
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G : THOU
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May, to Spider-Man : AUNT
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Test cheater's sound : PSST
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"Breaking Bad" channel : AMC
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Dairy farm sound : MOO
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Bit of lingerie : BRA
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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