This web browser is not supported. Use Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox for best results.
Alex Eaton-Salners
NY Times, Sun, Oct 16, 2022 DIAGRAMLESS
25-Across : French president Emmanuel
Author:
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 70, Blocks: 114
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has an asymmetrical pattern relating to the puzzle's theme.
| | | | | | | | 1 A | 2 R | 3 T | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | 4 T | O | R | 5 O | | | | | |
| | | 6 L | 7 O | 8 O | | 9 M | A | C | A | R | 10 O | 11 N | | | |
| | | 12 O | L | L | 13 I | E | | 14 K | I | D | N | A | 15 P | | |
16 C | 17 L | 18 A | U | D | E | M | O | 19 N | E | T | | 20 T | R | A | 21 Y | 22 S |
23 O | A | S | I | S | | 24 T | W | I | T | | 25 M | A | C | R | O | N |
26 O | P | T | S | | 27 P | O | E | T | | 28 R | A | P | | 29 I | L | L |
| | 30 O | X | 31 F | O | R | D | | 32 F | E | Y | | 33 A | S | K | |
| | | 34 I | R | O | N | | 35 B | R | E | A | 36 S | T | | | |
| | | 37 V | O | L | | 38 V | E | A | L | | 39 U | T | 40 A | | |
| | | | 41 S | N | 42 O | C | A | T | | 43 A | S | E | A | | |
| | | | 44 T | O | U | R | D | E | 45 F | R | A | N | C | 46 E | |
| | | | 47 B | O | T | S | | 48 R | E | I | N | D | E | E | 49 R |
| | | 50 H | I | D | E | | 51 A | N | N | A | B | E | L | L | A |
| | | 52 A | T | L | A | 53 N | T | I | S | | | 54 E | L | S | E |
| | | 55 M | E | E | T | S | A | T | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 56 S | A | D | E | | | | | | | |
© 2022, The New York Times
Across
1
What's displayed in the Louvre :
ART4
Bull in a bullfight :
TORO6
Head of the British Parliament? :
LOO9
Sandwich cookie made from meringue :
MACARON12
Basic skateboarding jump :
OLLIE14
16
20
23
Lush spot among dunes :
OASIS24
25
French president Emmanuel :
MACRON26
27
Charles Baudelaire, for one :
POET28
Kendrick Lamar's genre :
RAP29
30
Word before shoe or comma :
OXFORD32
33
34
Metal known to the French as le fer :
IRON35
Turkey ___ (white meat source) :
BREAST37
Abbr. on a remote control :
VOL38
Wiener schnitzel meat :
VEAL39
Broadway legend Hagen :
UTA41
Rugged winter vehicle :
SNOCAT43
On the bounding main :
ASEA44
Annual cycling race ... that's an apt description of this puzzle's theme :
TOURDEFRANCE47
Programs that automate online tasks :
BOTS48
50
Keep in the closet, say :
HIDE51
One-named actress from 15-Down who married Tyrone Power :
ANNABELLA52
54
If all ___ fails ..." :
ELSE55
Uses as a rendezvous point :
MEETSAT56
Down
1
2
3
5
Chicago airport code :
ORD6
Monarch known as the Sun King :
LOUISXIV7
Bygone G.M. car, informally :
OLDS8
Cheer at a fútbol match :
OLE9
Requested catnip, perhaps :
MEOWED10
Available, as draft beer :
ONTAP11
13
"What a difficult choice!" :
IMTORN15
Capital on the Seine :
PARIS16
17
Once around the track :
LAP18
19
Small thing to be picked :
NIT21
Certain yellow ball :
YOLK22
Sketch show since 10/11/75 :
SNL25
Yucatán pyramid builders :
MAYA27
28
31
32
33
35
Necklace decoration :
BEAD36
Dollar coin, informally :
SUSANB38
TiVo forerunners, in brief :
VCRS40
42
Bests in Nathan's hot dog contest, e.g. :
OUTEATS43
45
46
49
50
Ingredient in a croque-monsieur :
HAM51
53
Government org. with many cryptologists :
NSA
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
Found bugs or have suggestions?
Please let us know.