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New York Times: Friday, June 20, 2014
Below is the full solution for the Friday, June 20, 2014 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Martin Ashwood-Smith
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Prepare to speak, say
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Nurse
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Nurse
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Not now
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Not now
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Puts somebody out
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Puts somebody out
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FICA fig.
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FICA fig.
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___ corde (piano direction)
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___ corde (piano direction)
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Ganders, e.g.
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Ganders, e.g.
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"Bummer"
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"Bummer"
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President's first name on "The West Wing"
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President's first name on "The West Wing"
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Slicker go-with
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Slicker go-with
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With 35-Down, slightly stale
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Choice for bow-making
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Choice for bow-making
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Inexperienced
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Inexperienced
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Their contents have yet to be dealt with
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Their contents have yet to be dealt with
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Tenor Vickers
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Tenor Vickers
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Defense Department dept.
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Defense Department dept.
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She played Detective Sasha Monroe on "Third Watch"
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She played Detective Sasha Monroe on "Third Watch"
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Greetings
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Greetings
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Dummy in "Stage Door Canteen"
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Dummy in "Stage Door Canteen"
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Cellphone feature, informally
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Cellphone feature, informally
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Fr. religious title
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Hotel waiter?
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Hotel waiter?
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Florida preserve?
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Florida preserve?
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Keen insight, with "the"
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Keen insight, with "the"
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Peak performance in 1953?
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Peak performance in 1953?
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Focus of HGTV's "House Hunters"
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Focus of HGTV's "House Hunters"
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Philistine
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Philistine
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"August: Osage County" playwright Tracy
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Westphalian city
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Westphalian city
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Looking down on?
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Looking down on?
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DVD-___
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DVD-___
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Snack since 1912
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Snack since 1912
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Fish with iridescent blue stripes
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Fish with iridescent blue stripes
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Automaker Bugatti
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Automaker Bugatti
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German boys
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German boys
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The old you?
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The old you?
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Snack since 1900
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Snack since 1900
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Named names, maybe
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Named names, maybe
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Crazy quilts
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Crazy quilts
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"Look ___ now!"
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"Look ___ now!"
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Alternative to cafés
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Raid target
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Raid target
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Top 10 hit for Eminem or 3 Doors Down
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Top 10 hit for Eminem or 3 Doors Down
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Eponymous German physicist
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Eponymous German physicist
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Aerosmith's titular gun carrier
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Aerosmith's titular gun carrier
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Gandhi opposed it
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Gandhi opposed it
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___, amas, amat
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___, amas, amat
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Crime writer Rankin
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Crime writer Rankin
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China shop purchase
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China shop purchase
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Intro to biology?
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Intro to biology?
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Business bigwig Blavatnik
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Composition of Accent seasoning
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Composition of Accent seasoning
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See 29-Across
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Big name in oratorios
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Scottish island that's home to Fingal's Cave
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First stabber of Caesar
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1930 tariff act co-sponsor
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Joe, for one
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Joe, for one
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"___ of Rock 'n' Roll" (1976 Ringo Starr hit)
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"___ of Rock 'n' Roll" (1976 Ringo Starr hit)
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Propensities
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Propensities
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"Hug ___" (Shel Silverstein poem)
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Exhibit upward mobility?
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Some paddle wielders, briefly
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Some paddle wielders, briefly
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Propose in a meeting
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Propose in a meeting
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Bass line?
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Bass line?
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Romance novelist ___ Leigh
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Romance novelist ___ Leigh
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