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Byron Walden
Byron Walden

NY Times, Sun, Sep 21, 2008 DIAGRAMLESS

23-Down : *Dennis the Menace zinger?

Author:
Byron Walden
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 71, Blocks: 113
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has left/right symmetry. The first square across is the seventh square in the first row
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© 2008, The New York Times
Across
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Sky blue : AZURE
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Adjust the relative value of, as a currency : REPEG
7
*Branch of hydrology? : DIVININGROD
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Tums target : ACID
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"Me neither" : NORI
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*Orchestra members' aids : TUNINGFORKS
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What candles sometimes signify : AGE
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Science of the ear : OTOLOGY
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Hearth residue : ASH
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Plenty : LOTS
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Common complimentary close : YOURS
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"___ and Janis" (comic strip) : ARLO
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First name in the Bible alphabetically : AARON
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Common U.R.L. ending : NET
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Time for a shower : APRIL
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Inflated : BLEWUP
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See 61-Across : ASTAND
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Rubberneck : GAPE
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Common U.R.L. ending : GOV
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Matterhorn, for one : ALP
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"Son of Frankenstein" drudge : YGOR
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Start of a Latin 101 conjugation : AMO
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Fall tool : RAKE
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Competed : VIED
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Locale for a massage : SPA
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Gauge with units in cubic feet : GASMETER
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2000 George Clooney film, familiarly : OBROTHER
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*Resistance fighter? : ANTIBODY
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*Chicken leftover : WISHBONE
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Guide for the Magi : STAR
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Whence the Magi : EAST
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Word that describes the answers to the six asterisked clues : YSHAPED
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With 35-Across, commits oneself publicly : TAKES
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Audience member with a hidden agenda : PLANT
Down
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Severe dryness : ARIDITY
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"___ and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" : ZEN
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News inits. since 1958 : UPI
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Stimpy's cartoon pal : REN
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Yuletide quaffs : EGGNOGS
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Fruit-bearing palm : DATETREE
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Post-O.R. destination : ICU
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Chianti or Soave : VINO
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Actor Calhoun of old westerns : RORY
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Sitcom planet of the 1970s-'80s : ORK
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Unsettled state : DISARRAY
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Lunch time : NOON
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Stick stuff that sticks stuff : GLUE
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Setting in many a western : FORT
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Certain Gulf Stater : ALABAMAN
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*Ends of some fields : GOALPOSTS
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*Dennis the Menace zinger? : SLINGSHOT
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Not finally fill, as an employment position : HOLDOPEN
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Farm female : SOW
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Likely : APT
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Of very little value : NUGATORY
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Disparaged : ASPERSED
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Nosed (around) : POKED
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Defense story : ALIBI
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Crazy in love, maybe : GAGA
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With 41-Down, like triple plays in baseball : VERY
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Swear to : AVOW
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See 38-Down : RARE
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Singer McEntire : REBA
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Capital of Qatar : DOHA
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Univ. on the Charles River : MIT
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"Frank TV" channel : TBS
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Speedway letters : STP
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"Malcolm in the Middle" dad : HAL
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Wanted poster abbr. : AKA
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Autograph hound's need : PEN
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D.C. winter setting : EST
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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