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Document 1.3: A Pile of Letters

As you feel around in a dark desk drawer, you find a pile of letters. Grabbing a handful, you find that what you've pulled out is actually a puzzle grid and some clues sandwiched between some envelopes. You wouldn't want the letters to go missing, so you file them, two at a time, in the appropriate places, and get to work on the puzzle.

BLACK
Across
  1. Blind singer featured in Genghis Blues: 2 wds. (8)
  2. John Paul II's bulletproof car (10)
  3. County in a Jack Black movie title (6)
  4. Hall-of-Famer Tom Mack, et al.: 2 wds. (10)
  5. Scorch or lambaste (6)
  6. Mexican peninsula (7)
  7. Free demo copy (5)
    "Hold ___ your hat!": 2 wds. (4)
  8. Greeting spoken by Hollywood Indians (3)
    Time's 1977 Man of the Year (5)
  9. Unagi (3)
    Item hefted by a roadie (3)
  10. Hard-to-find (4)
    Sticky ooze (3)
  11. "The Hard Nut" choreographer Morris (4)
  12. Pigmented parts of irises (5)
  13. Album featuring the song "Charlie Dance": Hyph. (9)
  14. Title for Wenceslao Moreno (5)
  15. Oh or Dee (6)

Down
  1. Cyclops blinded by Odysseus (10)
  2. Content cats' sounds (5)
  3. Father of Deimos (4)
    Layers of paint (5)
  4. In advance, slangily (5)
  5. Like actors filming a scene: 2 wds. (8)
    By means of (3)
  6. Towards Harlem, from Soho (6)
  7. Not staccato (6)
    Mull over, overnight: 2 wds (7)
  8. Feb. follower (3)
  9. Stick out one's lower lip (4)
    Costar, to actors (7)
  10. Michael Jackson song that begins, "Your butt is mine" (3)
  11. Morning rush hour hour: 2 wds. (7)
    Word with gloves or stuff (3)
  12. Scientology founder Hubbard: 2 wds. (4)
  13. Opposite of "have to": 2 wds. (7)
    Tricky puzzle (5)
  14. On the bounding main (4)
WHITE
Across
  1. ___ Cain (partied hard) (6)
  2. Cheers and Moe's, e.g. (4)
  3. Not towards: 2 wds. (8)
  4. Madonna's "La ___ Bonita" (4)
  5. Up to this point: 2 wds. (8)
  6. Eggs: Lat. (3)
    Phrase on a memo's subject line: 2 wds. (4)
  7. Beyond overweight (5)
  8. Tosses one's hair and smiles, perhaps (6)
  9. Ye ___ Curiosity Shoppe (4)
    Once ___ a Time in America (4)
  10. A carrier pigeon carries it (7)
  11. Costs, with "for" (7)
    His first book was Tamerlane and Other Poems (3)
  12. "Et in Arcadia ___" (3)
    Like Todd Solondz's Storytelling, after the MPAA got its way: 2 wds. (6)
  13. Lecterns (5)
  14. Begin, as bad weather: 2 wds. (5)
    Dryer trap buildup (4)
  15. "They're a modern ___ family...": 2 wds. (8)

Down
  1. Speed ___ (parking lot impediments) (5)
  2. Amazon habitat: 2 wds. (10)
  3. Claim without proof (6)
  4. Five-time movie role for Kenny Baker, so far: Hyph. (10)
  5. "If This ___" (Huey Lewis hit): 2 wds. (4)
  6. Mickey Rooney had eight (5)
    Elvis Presley's middle name (4)
  7. Film based on "Supertoys Last All Summer Long" (2)
  8. College course outline (8)
    Bring on board, as cargo (4)
  9. Agua ___ National Monument, Arizona (4)
  10. "Rubber Duckie" singer (5)
    Using an alternative to glue (7)
  11. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" spin-off (5)
  12. Wedge that prevents slamming (8)
    Item under a Trouble bubble (3)
  13. Prevailed (3)
  14. Captain Hook's henchman (4)
    Treat with scorn: 2 wds. (7)


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