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Brendan Emmett Quigley
Brendan Emmett Quigley

NY Times, Sun, Jun 04, 2006  DIAGRAMLESS

8-Down : Wood shop tool

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 80, Blocks: 92
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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© 2006, The New York Times
Across
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___ code (postal aid) : ZIP
4
Comedian Carvey : DANA
8
Ballerina's skirt : TUTU
9
Studio sign : ONAIR
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More likely to sunburn : PALER
12
10-pointer : ZTILE
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Record holders : ALBUMSLEEVES
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Part of a mil. arsenal : SAM
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First State: Abbr. : DEL
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Try to bankrupt, maybe : SUE
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Vision quest? : EYECARE
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Ruthless boss : AXER
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Consume : EAT
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Cancels : NIXES
27
Variety show staple : MUSIC
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Comedian with a 1950's variety show : REDBUTTONS
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Goldman's Wall Street partner : SACHS
35
Long, long time: Var. : AEON
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A vote : NAY
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Like some jobs : WHITECOLLAR
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Rx overseer : FDA
44
Wood strip : LATH
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More urgent : DIRER
47
Showed cowardice : TURNEDTAIL
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Be silent, on a score : TACET
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Braved : DARED
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Nothing : NIL
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Certain South African : BOER
57
Angrily : INAHUFF
60
British rule in India : RAJ
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Original "King Kong" studio : RKO
63
Marks off : XES
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Call in a pool game : CORNERPOCKET
68
"Holy Toledo!" : EGADS
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TV Guide content: Abbr. : SCHED
70
"Queen Margot" author : DUMAS
71
Squeezed (out) : EKED
72
Lap dog, for short : PEKE
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2005 World Series winners, for short : SOX
Down
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Certain South African : ZULU
2
List components : ITEMS
3
Follow : PURSUE
4
Drowse : DOZE
5
Table center piece? : ANTE
6
Still green : NAIVE
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Choreographer Alvin : AILEY
8
Wood shop tool : TABLESAW
10
Take offense at : RESENT
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Network : PLEXUS
13
Brother on "Bonanza" : ADAM
14
Kind of jet : LEAR
15
Anglo-___ : SAXON
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Gladiator's site : ARENA
17
Not easily fixable : MESSY
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Op. ___ : CIT
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Loaded : RICH
25
1960's college protest : TEACHIN
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Innocent : CHILD
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___ gratias : DEO
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Type type : BOLD
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Dark : UNLIT
34
ESPN datum : STAT
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Flight info, for short : ETA
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Graceful steed : ARAB
40
Like unfinished wine bottles : RECORKED
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N.J. military base : FTDIX
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One of the Allman Brothers : DUANE
43
Wall hanging : ARRAS
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Stank : REEKED
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O.T. book : NEH
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Brought out : EDUCED
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Train to N.Y.C. : LIRR
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Horse race : TROT
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Minor mistakes : LAPSES
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What hot showers do to bathroom mirrors : FOGUP
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Construct, as a constitution : FRAME
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Classic chimp toy : JOCKO
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Theo. Roosevelt Natl. Park site : NDAK
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Latin 101 infinitive : ESSE
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General Mills cereal word : CHEX
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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