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Brendan Emmett Quigley
Brendan Emmett Quigley

NY Times, Sun, May 09, 2004 DIAGRAMLESS

60-Down : Most of 1,000,000,000

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 82, Blocks: 90
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. The first square across is the fifth square in the first row.
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© 2004, The New York Times
Across
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Not sleeping : AWAKE
6
Site of a fall : EDEN
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Model behavior? : POSING
12
Big-time : MAJOR
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Emphatic refusal : DROPDEAD
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Dummy Mortimer : SNERD
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Yankee nickname starting in 2004 : AROD
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Stolen property : SWAG
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March Madness org. : NCAA
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Batman and Robin, e.g. : DYNAMICDUO
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Balance sheet abbr. : YTD
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"Your point being ...?" : AND
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Where some people split for ... to split : RENO
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The Beatles' "Revolution" vis-à-vis "Hey Jude" : BSIDE
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Fuse : WELD
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Banned bug killer : DDT
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Like a line, for short : ONED
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Bread choice : WHEAT
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Reactions to stomach punches : OOFS
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Valentine's Day sentiment, informally : LUV
40
Electronic means of getting paid : DIRECTDEPOSIT
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Fleur-de-___ : LIS
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Hurler Hershiser : OREL
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Fancy collars : ETONS
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Harmony : SYNC
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Sass : LIP
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Beasts of burden : OXEN
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Concert hall : ODEUM
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Crystal ball reader : SEER
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___ Jima : IWO
57
Party invitation letters : BYO
58
1967 Lee Marvin/Ernest Borgnine film, with "The" : DIRTYDOZEN
62
Popular cologne : TABU
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Oil of ___ : OLAY
64
Queens team : METS
65
Item on a lab slide : AMEBA
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Early Chic Young comic strip : DUMBDORA
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Hoops : BBALL
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Deceived : LIEDTO
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Chemical endings : INES
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Lets up : EASES
Down
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Item of apparel that might say "Kiss the Cook" : APRON
2
Actress Alfre : WOODARD
3
Cleopatra biter : ASP
4
Josh : KID
5
Georges who composed "Oedipe" : ENESCO
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Dash measurements : EMS
7
"Ruthless People" star, 1986 : DANNYDEVITO
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Threw out of a game : EJECTED
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U.S./Canadian military acronym : NORAD
11
Slangy cry of dismay : GAWD
13
Nutritionist's fig. : RDA
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Not drinking : DRY
15
Besmear : DAUB
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Cuckoo in the head : ADDLED
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Try for a career without the band : GOSOLO
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Bordeaux wine : MEDOC
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Altogether : INTOTO
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"Isn't that cute?!" : AWW
26
Old Test. book : NEH
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Occupied : INUSE
31
"Jeopardy!" bonus : DAILYDOUBLE
35
Group of three : TRINE
37
Presidential four-termer : FDR
38
___ Lake, Mont. : SEELEY
41
Portuguese coin replaced by the euro : ESCUDO
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Wielded : PLIED
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Pollutants : TOXINS
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Just out : NEW
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___-Caps (theater candy) : SNO
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Tofu source : SOYBEAN
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Ballyhoo : PROMOTE
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Salsa choice : MILD
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Frustrate : STYMIE
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Friend of Thumper : BAMBI
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Actor Julia : RAUL
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Most of 1,000,000,000 : ZEROS
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Airport posting, for short : ETA
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It's picked up at a bar : TAB
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Unser Jr. and Sr. : ALS
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"___ pal!" : BEA
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Cavity filler: Abbr. : DDS
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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