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Fred Piscop
Fred Piscop

NY Times, Sun, Aug 22, 1999 Diagramless

23-Down : Secures, with "down"

Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 84, Blocks: 74
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. 1-Across begins in the sixth square of the top row.
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© 1999, The New York Times
Across
1
1972 Oscar refuser : BRANDO
7
Self-satisfied : SMUG
11
"___ Down the Road" : EASEON
12
Boating locale : LAKE
13
Sign of stupidity : VACANTSTARE
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New money : EURO
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Do away with : ABOLISH
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Fire hose target, maybe : RIOTER
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With neatness : TIDILY
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Christopher Marlowe specialty : BLANKVERSE
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With 49-Across, a big lockup : STATE
28
Kind of scallop : BAY
29
Dances that create their own rhythm : TOETAPS
30
E-mail address part : DOT
31
"Dear old" guy : DAD
32
What the suspicious smell : ARAT
33
Research funds receiver : GRANTEE
36
"Door's open, come ___" : ONIN
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Apt title for this puzzle : HEREGOESNOTHING
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Wallet fill : ONES
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Growth formed of nerve tissue : NEUROMA
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"___ boy!" : ATTA
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PX frequenters : GIS
46
Light time : DAY
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Sure : CERTAIN
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See 27-Across : PEN
50
Rum-soaked cakes : BABAS
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Welcome forecast for picnickers : CLEARSKIES
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Part of P.T.A. : PARENT
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In the prior month : ULTIMO
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"Evil Ways" band : SANTANA
60
Buggy's terrain : DUNE
62
One shopping for a smaller house, maybe : EMPTYNESTER
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Memo abbr. : ATTN
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Off the air : SILENT
66
Camp Swampy, to Beetle : BASE
67
Itty-bitty : TEENSY
Down
1
Flagmaker Ross : BETSY
2
Devil-may-care : RASH
3
Bermuda hrs. : AST
4
Not quite : NEARLY
5
Ill-fated ship Andrea ___ : DORIA
6
City northeast of Binghamton : ONEONTA
7
Ace place? : SLEEVE
8
Ancient North African kingdom : MAURETANIA
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Former U.S.S.R. member : UKR
10
Prizm maker : GEO
13
Distillery sights : VATS
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"This won't hurt ___!" : ABIT
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Musical finale : CODA
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Touched down : ALIT
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Khartoum's river : NILE
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Beaten in the ring, briefly : TKOD
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Secures, with "down" : BATTENS
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___ to go (eager) : RARIN
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Right-smack : SPANG
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Attendance fig. : EST
28
Pro ___ : BONO
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U.N.'s Hammarskjöld : DAG
31
Strips bare : DENUDES
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Some older relatives : GREATAUNTS
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Scale notes : RES
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Suffix with Brooklyn : ESE
36
Resistance unit : OHM
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Monopoly buy : HOTEL
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___ nous : ENTRE
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Algerian port : ORAN
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F.A.O. Schwarz buy : TOY
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Clemson and the U. of Md. are in it : ACC
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Essence : GIST
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Most black : INKIEST
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Actress Dahl : ARLENE
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Magazine since 1974 : PEOPLE
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Ruination : BANE
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Crafts' partner : ARTS
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Dog-tired : BEAT
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Beheaded Boleyn : ANNE
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Headliner : STAR
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Playing marble : IMMIE
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Kind of raid : PANTY
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Roget's entries: Abbr. : SYNS
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Apply gently : DAB
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Broadway's Hagen : UTA
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End of a count : TEN
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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