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Janet R. Bender
Janet R. Bender

NY Times, Sun, Sep 09, 2007 DIAGRAMLESS

8-Down : Smaller half of Congress

Author:
Janet R. Bender
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 74, Blocks: 114
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. The first square across is the seventh square in the first row
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© 2007, The New York Times
Across
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Soprano partner : ALTO
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Singer/actor Ed : AMES
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Sight outside a city window, maybe : STREETSCENE
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Sinatra standard beginning "When I was a young man" : SEPTEMBERSONG
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Savings overseer : BANKER
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Seasoning from the ocean : SEASALT
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Slang for a pound : QUID
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Sock part : TOE
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Sling : HURL
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She-sheep : EWE
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Sternum attachment : RIB
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"Simpsons" girl : LISA
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Syndicated comic by Jan Eliot : STONESOUP
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Savage creature : BEAST
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"Schindler's List" director : STEVENSPIELBERG
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Swine homes : STIES
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Site of Hearst Castle : SANSIMEON
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"Super!" : NEAT
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Six, for a first-grader : AGE
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Slope sight : SKI
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Square-ended vessel : SCOW
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Squeak eliminator : OIL
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Storm preceder : LULL
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Soapmaker's supply : SALSODA
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Shoddy car : JALOPY
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Smoked or dried meat : SUMMERSAUSAGE
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Stillwater's locale : SOONERSTATE
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Swelled heads : EGOS
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Short name for a herding dog : SHEP
Down
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Spanish museum collection : ARTE
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Salacious look : LEER
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Speaker pro ___ : TEM
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Site for a gambler, in brief : OTB
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Surveying unit : ACRE
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Southwest landscape feature : MESA
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Slaughter in the Baseball Hall of Fame : ENOS
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Smaller half of Congress : SENATE
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Ship : SEND
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Stretch that will cost you: Abbr. : TPK
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Sartre possessive : SES
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Spinnaker or jib : SAIL
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Shine : GLOW
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Stream denizens related to cods : BURBOTS
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Simple shirt : TEE
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Stops working : QUITS
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Sixty-min. periods : HRS
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Strauss of denim fame : LEVI
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"So that's it!" : ISEE
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Seth, Cain and Abel : SONS
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Salzburg's land: Abbr. : AUS
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Snare : NET
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Second letter addendum:Abbr. : PPS
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Seneca's "well" : BENE
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Schiaparelli of fashion : ELSA
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Somewhat : ABIT
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Sch. for ministers-to-be : SEM
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Sentimental plus : TREACLY
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Spy novelist Fleming : IAN
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Storywriter of Russian fame : GOGOL
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Spanking ___ : NEW
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Stranded person's call : SOS
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Subaru competitors : KIAS
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Stomp on, e.g. : ILLUSE
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Spear holder on an opera stage : SUPE
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Seating section : LOGE
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Skyline obscurer : SMOG
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Sequel to "Typee" : OMOO
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Scouting groups : DENS
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"Such stuff as dreams ___ made on": Shak. : ARE
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Strong fiber used in making burlap bags : JUTE
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"Stat" : ASAP
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Side-of-the-back muscle, briefly : LAT
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Soon-to-be grads: Abbr. : SRS
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Shade of gray : ASH
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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