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New York Times, Friday, April 19, 2013

Author:
Ned White
Editor:
Will Shortz
17-Across : Holds water
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Ned White

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 27 Missing: {QWXZ} This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. White. Friday freshness: 64%
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© 2013, The New York Times4/19/13 ( No. 23,173 )
Across
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Rob Lowe was one : BRATPACKER
11
Screen : SIFT
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It reflects radio waves : IONOSPHERE
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"Well, Did You ___?" : EVAH
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Holds water : MAKESSENSE
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She said "Don't be humble. You're not that great" : MEIR
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Many a trop. paradise : ISL
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Unlike radio shows : SEEN
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"Scooby-Doo" girl : DAPHNE
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Bikini event, briefly : NTEST
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Down a sports drink, say : REHYDRATE
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Comparison words : ISTO
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In ___ (as placed) : SITU
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Took from the top : REDID
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See 12-Down : UPTOHERE
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"Love ___ Ball" (Glenn Ford film) : ISA
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British Columbia's longest river : FRASER
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It might elicit a shrug : APATHY
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Garbage : ROT
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Put a seal of approval on, overseas : NOTARISE
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"There's many ___ ..." : ASLIP
46
Classic publisher of paperbacks : AVON
47
Composer Harris and others : ROYS
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Spouse's entreaty starter, perhaps : BEANANGEL
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Giverny's most famous resident : MONET
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Evidencing change? : JANGLY
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Occasion for the fleet : RACE
57
Compass dir. : SSE
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Not taken by : ONTO
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It's still open to investigation : ACTIVECASE
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Syllabus segment : UNIT
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Deposit memo : CREDITSLIP
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They're often ticked off: Abbr. : SECS
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Alex P. Keaton and Marcia Brady each had two : KIDSISTERS
Down
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1935-37 home for Hemingway : BIMINI
2
Some tributes : ROASTS
3
It may have its charms : ANKLET
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Digital print source? : TOE
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Covert call : PSSST
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Projection for some kneelers : APSE
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"À bientôt," across the Channel : CHEERIO
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Cole of fashion : KENNETH
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Sites of many revivals, briefly : ERS
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Thin-sounding : REEDY
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Unvarying, in music : SEMPRE
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With 30-Across, shout of frustration : IVEHADIT
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A bit woozy : FAINTISH
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Like some weekends : THREEDAY
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Promo team : ADREPS
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___-chef : SOUS
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Orange or plum : HUE
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Minute Maid Park team member, for short : STRO
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Mate via mail : PENPAL
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Game stopper : RAIN
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Splendid, humorously : FRABJOUS
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Waitress at the fictional Lobo Lounge : ROSEANNE
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Canaries' setting : ATLANTIC
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Flying start? : AERO
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Make it? : TAG
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Like some eyes and disasters : AVERTED
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Sponsor of baseball's Relief Man Award : ROLAIDS
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Reserved bars? : INGOTS
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Marked down : ONSALE
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Private reply : YESSIR
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Pickles, e.g. : STEEPS
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New York home of the painter Edward Hopper : NYACK
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Boy-girl connection : MEETS
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Year in Trajan's reign : CVII
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Shout, to Cherie : CRI
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Part of Fla. is on it : CST

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5 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later.

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