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Mike Nothnagel
NY Times, Sun, Jan 09, 2011 DIAGRAMLESS
9-Across : Faucet
Author:
Mike Nothnagel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 88, Blocks: 70
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. 1-Across begins in the seventh square of the top row.
| | | | | | 1 S | 2 L | 3 A | 4 V | | | | 5 I | 6 A | 7 M | 8 S |
| | | | | 9 S | P | I | G | O | 10 T | | 11 A | N | J | O | U |
12 U | 13 N | 14 H | | 15 T | H | O | M | A | S | K | 16 I | N | K | A | D | E |
17 N | A | U | 18 S | E | A | T | E | | 19 T | O | D | D | | 20 X | E | S |
21 I | N | L | A | N | D | | | 22 P | O | S | E | A | 23 S | | | |
24 T | O | A | S | K | Y | 25 L | 26 A | R | K | | 27 A | N | K | 28 H | | |
| | 29 S | S | S | | 30 A | L | E | | | | 31 T | I | A | 32 R | 33 A |
34 C | 35 A | K | Y | | 36 C | U | B | S | | 37 D | 38 E | E | P | S | I | X |
39 R | B | I | | 40 J | U | D | A | S | 41 K | I | S | S | | 42 K | O | I |
43 A | I | R | 44 T | I | M | E | | 45 P | A | D | S | | 46 B | I | T | S |
47 G | E | T | E | M | | | | 48 L | O | O | | 49 S | A | T | | |
| | 50 S | A | D | 51 D | | 52 D | A | S | K | 53 A | P | I | T | 54 A | 55 L |
| | | 56 M | A | Y | 57 D | A | Y | | | 58 D | A | R | E | M | E |
59 S | 60 K | 61 A | | 62 V | E | E | R | | 63 S | 64 S | M | I | N | N | O | W |
65 I | N | Q | 66 U | I | R | E | W | 67 I | T | H | I | N | | 68 S | I | D |
69 P | O | U | R | S | | 70 D | I | G | O | U | T | | | | | |
71 S | W | A | N | | | | 72 N | A | P | E | | | | | | |
© 2011, The New York Times
Across
1
Czech, Pole or Croat :
SLAV5
Big pet food brand :
IAMS9
11
12
15
*Modern American artist known as the Painter of Light :
THOMASKINKADE17
19
One of the Flanders kids on "The Simpsons" :
TODD20
21
22
24
*Shelley ode that begins "Hail to thee, blithe spirit!" :
TOASKYLARK27
Cross seen in hieroglyphics :
ANKH29
30
31
Jeweler's crowning achievement? :
TIARA34
36
Den mother's charges :
CUBS37
39
One of four in a grand slam, for short :
RBI40
42
Fish in Japanese gardens :
KOI43
What TV and radio hosts get :
AIRTIME45
46
47
48
49
50
School grp. advocating safety behind the wheel :
SADD52
56
58
"You think I won't?!" :
DAREME59
Jamaican-based music :
SKA62
63
65
Phrase on a help-wanted sign ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues :
INQUIREWITHIN68
Vicious of punk rock :
SID69
Rains cats and dogs :
POURS70
Recover from a snowstorm :
DIGOUT71
A young one is called a cygnet :
SWAN72
Down
1
Lady Macbeth had a "damned" one :
SPOT2
3
4
Russian program that produced the first manned spaceflight :
VOSTOK5
6
Cleanser named for a Trojan War hero :
AJAX7
Most frequently occurring value, in statistics :
MODE8
Files a case against :
SUES9
Of dubious character :
SHADY10
Some ring finishes :
TKOS11
12
13
14
15
Charity runs, often :
TENKS16
What a germ might become when it grows :
IDEA18
22
23
25
26
28
32
Laugh-until-you-cry occasion :
RIOT33
34
Steep, rugged rock :
CRAG35
"___ Baby" ("Hair" song) :
ABIE36
With 25-Down, diploma phrase :
CUM37
38
40
41
Evil "Get Smart" group :
KAOS44
46
49
2010 World Cup champion :
SPAIN51
One covering up the gray, say :
DYER52
Passenger on the Beagle :
DARWIN53
54
Parisian possessive :
AMOI55
More than off-color :
LEWD57
59
60
Be acquainted with :
KNOW61
63
64
66
67
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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