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Frank Longo
NY Times, Sun, Nov 01, 1998 Diagramless
16-Across : Detroit auto co.
Author:
Frank Longo
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 90, Blocks: 84
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry.
1-Across begins in the first square of the top row.
1 P | 2 A | 3 N | 4 D | 5 A | | 6 O | 7 P | 8 E | | | | | | | | |
9 E | R | I | E | C | 10 A | N | A | L | | 11 M | 12 O | 13 O | | | | |
14 D | I | X | I | E | L | A | N | D | 15 J | A | Z | Z | | 16 G | 17 M | 18 C |
| | | | | 19 E | P | A | | 20 O | R | Z | O | | 21 A | A | U |
| 22 B | 23 I | 24 G | | 25 R | A | M | 26 O | S | G | I | N | 27 F | I | Z | Z |
28 D | R | N | O | | | 29 R | A | F | | | 30 E | E | L | E | D | |
31 J | A | C | O | 32 B | | | | 33 F | 34 R | 35 O | | | 36 A | T | A | |
37 S | C | H | N | O | 38 Z | 39 Z | | 40 T | E | N | 41 U | 42 I | T | Y | | |
| | | | 43 P | E | A | 44 C | H | F | U | Z | Z | | | | |
| | 45 D | 46 E | P | E | C | H | E | | 47 P | I | Z | 48 Z | 49 A | 50 Z | 51 Z |
| 52 P | A | D | | | 53 H | A | J | | | | 54 Y | A | H | O | O |
| 55 E | R | I | 56 C | 57 A | | | 58 O | 59 P | 60 A | | | 61 P | A | N | E |
62 B | E | T | T | Y | S | 63 H | 64 A | B | A | Z | 65 Z | | 66 S | T | E | |
67 I | V | E | | 68 S | T | E | W | | 69 R | T | E | | | | | |
70 Z | E | D | | 71 T | H | E | L | 72 A | T | E | S | 73 T | 74 B | 75 U | 76 Z | 77 Z |
| | | | 78 S | E | P | | 79 T | I | C | T | A | C | T | O | E |
| | | | | | | | 80 M | I | S | | 81 O | D | E | O | N |
© 1998, The New York Times
Across
1
Bamboo-eating "bear" :
PANDA6
9
11
14
16
19
20
21
Junior Olympics org. :
AAU22
25
28
29
British mil. fliers :
RAF30
31
Biblical birthright buyer :
JACOB33
36
___ moment's notice :
ATA37
40
43
45
47
52
53
Uris book, with "The" :
HAJ54
55
"All My Children" siren :
ERICA58
61
French door feature :
PANE62
66
Canonized Fr. woman :
STE67
68
69
70
Alphabet ender, overseas :
ZED71
78
79
80
Prefix with fit or fortune :
MIS81
"___ a Grecian Urn" :
ODEON
Down
1
2
3
4
5
Point of no return? :
ACE6
___ with (comparable to) :
ONAPAR7
8
Antiquity, in antiquity :
ELD10
New York Yankee, e.g., briefly :
ALER11
Actress Helgenberger :
MARG12
13
15
"___ Boys" (Alcott book) :
JOS16
17
18
22
23
24
26
27
28
32
34
35
"Movin' ___" (old TV theme) :
ONUP38
39
"Gremlins" star Galligan :
ZACH41
42
I. F. Stone's nickname :
IZZY44
45
46
48
49
At the drop of ___ :
AHAT50
51
52
56
Pathological sacs :
CYSTS57
59
60
62
Hollywood, with "the" :
BIZ63
"'Umble" Dickens man :
HEEP64
65
72
73
74
75
76
77
Answer summary: 5 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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