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New York Times, Monday, April 1, 2013

Author:
Gary J. Whitehead
Editor:
Will Shortz
40-Down : Straight: Prefix
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Gary J. Whitehead

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQWXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. Whitehead. Monday freshness: 93%
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© 2013, The New York Times4/1/13 ( No. 23,155 )
Across
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Fool : SCAM
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Classic record label : DECCA
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Fool : BOOB
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Sotto ___ (under one's breath) : VOCE
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Mideast potentate: Var. : AMEER
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The "A" in Thomas A. Edison : ALVA
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Not odd : EVEN
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Fool : DUNDERHEAD
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Permit : LET
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Area including China, Korea and Japan : EASTASIA
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Fool : TRICK
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Facial cover in a Dumas novel : IRONMASK
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Many an Albrecht Dürer piece of art : ETCHING
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___ Lama : DALAI
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Having a fixed fee, as a calling plan : ONERATE
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Terminus : END
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New England catch : COD
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Tooth next to a canine : INCISOR
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Death notices, informally : OBITS
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New Jersey city on the west side of the George Washington Bridge : FORTLEE
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Like the Cyrillic and Hebrew alphabets : NONROMAN
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Fool : CHEAT
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Tethered : ONALEASH
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Watchdog's warning : GRR
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Fool : NINCOMPOOP
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Grand party : GALA
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Sound of delight : OOOH
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Comic Jack of old radio and TV : BENNY
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Just ___ (slightly) : ATAD
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Fool : DUPE
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Donkeys : ASSES
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Fool : DOPE
Down
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Gracefully slender : SVELTE
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Like C.I.A. operations : COVERT
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___ acid (vinegar component) : ACETIC
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Fraternity members, e.g. : MEN
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1910s-'20s art movement : DADA
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Relatives of ostriches : EMUS
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Prefix meaning one-hundredth : CENTI
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Shingle wood : CEDAR
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"You ___ Beautiful" : ARESO
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Grand ___ (vacation island near Florida) : BAHAMA
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"Bravo!" to a torero : OLE
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Eggs in labs : OVA
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Misbehaving : BAD
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Watermelon covering : RIND
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Barely making, with "out" : EKING
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China's ___ En-lai : CHOU
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Actor Guinness : ALEC
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Sent to the ocean floor : SANK
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Fool : KID
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Classic soda brand : NEHI
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:-), in an e-mail : GRIN
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Nelson Mandela's org. : ANC
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End-of-workweek cry : TGIF
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"Happy Motoring" gas brand : ESSO
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Timber wolf : LOBO
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Score after deuce : ADIN
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Caver's light source, maybe : TORCH
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Straight: Prefix : ORTH
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Fool : CON
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Throat lozenge : TROCHE
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Pic of an unborn child : SONO
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Smoothly, in music : LEGATO
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Winter hat part : EARLAP
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Online investor's site : ETRADE
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Venomous African snake : MAMBA
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Suisse peaks : ALPES
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Ad lights : NEONS
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Top-of-the-line : AONE
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1974 Gould/Sutherland C.I.A. spoof : SPYS
59
Auction assent : NOD
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Note of indebtedness : IOU
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Queue before Q : NOP
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___ about (wander) : GAD

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