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Fred Piscop
NY Times, Sun, Oct 26, 2014 DIAGRAMLESS
38-Across : Libidinous god
Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 84, Blocks: 72
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. 1-Across begins in the second square in the first row.
| 1 A | 2 L | 3 T | 4 O | | 5 S | 6 C | 7 A | 8 N | 9 T | | | | | | |
10 A | S | I | A | N | | 11 H | O | L | E | Y | | 12 P | 13 O | 14 M | 15 S | |
16 R | H | E | T | T | 17 B | U | T | L | E | R | | 18 E | X | I | T | |
19 M | E | N | T | A | L | L | Y | | 20 D | E | 21 S | T | I | N | E | |
| | 22 S | E | P | I | A | | 23 R | E | S | T | E | D | U | P | |
| | | 24 R | E | P | | 25 P | O | D | | 26 A | R | A | T | | |
27 O | 28 C | 29 H | S | | | 30 N | I | B | | | 31 M | I | T | E | | |
32 D | O | O | | | 33 G | O | T | I | 34 T | | 35 P | I | E | M | 36 A | 37 N |
38 E | R | O | 39 S | | 40 E | M | A | N | A | 41 T | E | | 42 D | A | L | E |
43 R | A | T | I | 44 O | S | | 45 S | C | R | O | D | | | 46 I | F | S |
| | 47 E | M | I | T | | | 48 O | D | E | | | 49 P | D | A | S |
| | 50 N | O | L | A | | 51 T | O | Y | | 52 M | 53 S | U | | | |
| 54 B | A | L | L | P | 55 A | R | K | | 56 M | E | T | E | 57 R | | |
| 58 O | N | E | I | O | T | A | | 59 P | O | L | A | R | I | 60 T | 61 Y |
| 62 A | N | O | N | | 63 S | C | 64 R | E | W | D | R | I | V | E | R |
| 65 T | Y | N | E | | 66 E | T | U | D | E | | 67 C | L | A | M | S |
| | | | | | 68 A | S | T | I | R | | 69 H | E | L | P | |
© 2014, The New York Times
Across
1
Voice below soprano :
ALTO5
10
11
Like Swiss cheese :
HOLEY12
Some lap dogs, for short :
POMS16
18
Illuminated theater sign :
EXIT19
How Uri Geller supposedly bends spoons :
MENTALLY20
22
23
24
25
26
27
Phil who sang "Draft Dodger Rag" :
OCHS30
31
32
33
35
Simple Simon acquaintance :
PIEMAN38
40
42
43
Sine and cosine, for two :
RATIOS45
New England catch :
SCROD46
47
48
49
Droids and iPhones :
PDAS50
Mardi Gras locale, for short :
NOLA51
52
54
56
It might have to be fed hourly :
METER58
59
62
Abbr. in a book of quotations :
ANON63
65
66
67
68
69
Household staff ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to the five starred clues :
HELP
Down
1
2
Creditors' holdings :
LIENS3
4
Like some important Watergate evidence :
ONTAPE5
N.F.L. coaching great Don :
SHULA6
Big name in beauty products :
COTY7
8
9
Radials for a Rolls, e.g. :
TYRES10
Activate, as a bomb :
ARM12
13
14
15
17
Control tower image :
BLIP21
23
25
27
River of Frankfurt :
ODER28
Mrs. Dithers of the comics :
CORA29
30
33
Heavy-handed police force :
GESTAPO34
36
Sporty Italian auto, for short :
ALFA37
Monster's supposed home :
NESS39
41
44
49
51
52
53
54
55
56
Groundskeeper's tool :
MOWER57
59
Nail salon service, for short :
PEDI60
Be a sidewalk Santa, say :
TEMP61
Orbital periods: Abbr. :
YRS64
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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