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Fred Piscop
NY Times, Sun, Jan 18, 2015 DIAGRAMLESS
68-Across : *Cinema twofer
Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 84, Blocks: 74
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. 1-Across begins in the seventh square in the first row.
| | | | | | 1 C | 2 A | 3 P | 4 R | 5 I | | | | 6 M | 7 O | 8 C |
9 I | 10 M | 11 P | | | 12 L | A | D | I | E | S | | | | 13 U | R | N |
14 F | E | A | 15 T | 16 H | E | R | D | U | S | T | 17 E | 18 R | | 19 R | I | O |
20 S | T | R | E | A | M | E | R | S | | 21 O | N | E | 22 S | P | O | T |
| 23 A | S | T | R | O | S | | | | | 24 D | A | P | H | N | E |
| | | 25 O | M | N | | | | | | 26 I | L | L | Y | | |
27 F | 28 A | 29 W | N | | 30 L | 31 E | 32 H | 33 A | 34 R | | 35 T | E | A | B | 36 A | 37 G |
38 I | R | A | | 39 S | A | L | O | M | E | | | 40 A | T | R | I | A |
41 R | O | T | | 42 T | W | I | N | P | E | 43 A | 44 K | S | | 45 O | D | S |
46 S | M | E | 47 A | R | | | 48 O | L | D | B | O | Y | | 49 W | E | S |
50 T | A | R | T | A | 51 R | | 52 R | E | S | E | W | | 53 A | N | D | Y |
| | 54 P | L | I | E | | | | | | 55 T | 56 V | S | | | |
57 P | 58 L | I | A | N | T | | | | | 59 D | O | E | S | 60 S | 61 O | |
62 R | U | S | S | E | R | 63 T | | 64 C | 65 R | E | W | N | E | C | K | 66 S |
67 I | N | T | | 68 D | O | U | 69 B | L | E | F | E | A | T | U | R | E |
70 A | G | O | | | | 71 B | E | A | N | E | D | | | 72 M | A | X |
73 M | E | L | | | | 74 A | D | D | E | R | | | | | | |
© 2015, The New York Times
Across
1
Blue Grotto's isle :
CAPRI6
Beaded Indian shoe, for short :
MOC9
12
13
14
*Cleaning tool sometimes made with ostrich plumes :
FEATHERDUSTER19
Carnival city, for short :
RIO20
21
23
Team that moved to the American League in 2013 :
ASTROS24
25
26
27
30
Franz who composed "The Merry Widow" :
LEHAR35
38
Nest egg fund, briefly :
IRA39
40
41
42
45
Does too much, briefly :
ODS46
Dirty campaign tactic :
SMEAR48
Member of a traditional network, of sorts :
OLDBOY49
50
Dental hygienist's target :
TARTAR52
53
54
55
Sports bars usually have lots of them :
TVS57
59
62
64
67
68
70
"It's ___!" (thumbs-up response) :
AGO71
Conked with a fastball, say :
BEANED72
Top end, informally :
MAX73
Alice's sitcom boss :
MEL74
Down
1
2
Info on a mailing env. :
ADDR3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Scores a 72 on, perhaps :
PARS12
15
Grand ___ National Park :
TETON16
17
18
22
Pie-in-the-face sound :
SPLAT27
Who's position, in a classic comedy routine :
FIRST28
Potpourri emanation :
AROMA29
31
One of the Mannings :
ELI32
Throw a roast for, e.g. :
HONOR33
34
36
Gave a tow or a jump, say :
AIDED37
39
43
"The Simpsons" grandpa :
ABE44
47
Titan with a burden :
ATLAS51
53
56
___ cava (blood vessel) :
VENA57
Last king of Troy :
PRIAM58
59
60
61
63
Oktoberfest band instrument :
TUBA64
65
66
69
Word that can follow the starts of the answers to the five starred clues :
BED
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.
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