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Michael Shteyman
Michael Shteyman

NY Times, Sun, Jul 20, 2003 DIAGRAMLESS

18-Down : Cpl. or Sgt.

Author:
Michael Shteyman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 78, Blocks: 106
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has left/right symmetry. The first square across is the first square in the first row.
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© 2003, The New York Times
Across
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U-shaped piece attached to a yoke : OXBOW
6
: : COLON
11
Inventor of the electric battery : VOLTA
12
Not just overweight : OBESE
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Praise highly : EXTOL
14
Mazda model : MIATA
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Stone with hieroglyphs : ROSETTA
18
Nor's partner : NEITHER
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It may hold data : DISK
22
Current option : ACDC
23
Figure shown by this puzzle, when completed : MICKEYMOUSE
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7 and 11: Abbr. : NOS
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___ Wee Reese : PEE
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Singing syllable : TRA
30
Article in Dresden : EIN
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Holiday ___ : INN
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Button on some boomboxes : REC
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Cigs : WEEDS
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Jail, in slang : JOINT
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Up to this time : JUSTYET
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Advocate : ESPOUSE
43
"Give it ___" : ATRY
44
Cats, maybe : MOUSERS
48
Trumpet sound : WAWA
49
Life sentences? : BIO
50
Long-running London play, with "The" : MOUSETRAP
52
Tennis call : LET
53
"___ fan tutte" : COSI
55
Like specialized computer matters : TECHY
56
Somersault : ROLL
58
Big appliance maker : AMANA
60
Glassy gem : BERYL
61
23-Across's girlfriend : MINNIEMOUSE
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They can be found near computers : MOUSEPADS
68
When repeated, a bedtime call : NIGHT
Down
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Finished : OVER
2
Hugs and kisses, in a letter : XOXO
3
Diner orders, for short : BLTS
4
Tribe that once inhabited the Missouri valley : OTOE
5
Creator of 23-Across : WALTDISNEY
6
Where 23-Across once appeared : COMICSTRIP
7
Life sentences? : OBIT
8
Wife of Jacob : LEAH
9
Bone: Prefix : OSTE
10
Next-door : NEAR
16
Part of XXX : TIC
17
Clamor (for) : ASK
18
Cpl. or Sgt. : NCO
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Common URL ending : EDU
21
French military cap : KEPI
22
Word to a brother? : AMEN
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Half : MOIETY
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Want : YEN
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In previous times : ERENOW
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Place for an anchor : NEWSROOM
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"To tell you the truth ..." : ACTUALLY
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Many a shareware program : DEMO
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Solid : STOUT
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Tom's partner in cartoons : JERRY
37
Greek peak : OSSA
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Bit of sparring : JAB
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City near Syracuse : UTICA
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Hunky-dory : SWELL
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Have : EAT
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Put into service : USE
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"Just a ___" : SEC
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Olden letter : ETH
50
Small thing : MINIM
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Iron, in a way : PRESS
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Deputy McCloud, in "McCloud" : SAM
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Norwegian money : ORE
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It has 12 meses : ANO
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Good friend : BUD
62
Sister : NUN
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"It ___" (formal acknowledgment) : ISI
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Brain image: Abbr. : EEG
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Dashboard abbr. : MPH
66
Stable particle? : OAT
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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