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Patrick Berry
Patrick Berry

NY Times, Sun, Nov 14, 1999 DIAGRAMLESS

36-Across : Treat a problem stain

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 76, Blocks: 75
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. 1-Across begins in the sixth square of the top row.
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© 1999, The New York Times
Across
1
Channels 14 and up, for short : UHF
4
Toothy tool : SAW
7
Football's Grier : ROSEY
9
Marty's love in "Marty" : CLARA
12
Delay-of-game call, e.g. : TECHNICALFOUL
15
Some toothpastes do it : WHITEN
16
Eastern : ORIENTAL
18
Ill-tempered : ORNERY
19
Hardly subtle : OVERDONE
20
Welcomes : GREETS
21
Pub orders : ALES
22
Drastically alter : UPEND
24
Tech support callers : USERS
25
Mine rocks : ORES
26
Big name in Russian news : PRAVDA
27
"You betcha!" : YEP
28
Footnote abbr. : IBID
29
With circumspection : LEERILY
30
Newsman Charles : OSGOOD
33
Takes care of : SEESTO
34
Parrot : IMITATE
36
Treat a problem stain : SOAK
37
W.C. in the U.K. : LAV
40
California wine county : SONOMA
41
Impact sound : THUD
42
Violate a game reserve : POACH
44
Request when holding 8 : HITME
45
Live purchases : PETS
46
Bar code variations : WIDTHS
47
Comfort : REASSURE
49
Oakmont employee : CADDIE
50
Language historian : ARCHAIST
51
Whites in Hispanic neighborhoods : ANGLOS
52
Center's strategic choices : SHOTSELECTION
54
Ice sculpture birds : SWANS
55
Refuse to, quaintly : SHANT
56
Capture : NET
57
Proof windup : QED
Down
1
Seats, as guests : USHERS
2
___ Penny : HENNY
3
Thought you'd want to know... : FYI
4
Wind protectors : SCARVES
5
Enemies of the Central Powers : ALLIES
6
Communion offering : WAFER
7
"Misery" director Rob : REINER
8
Sonnet starters : OCTETS
10
Graceful curves : RONDURES
11
Item salvaged from a junker : AUTOPART
12
Long shots : THREEPOINTERS
13
Like soup that's sat too long : COOLED
14
Reason for a third free throw : LANEVIOLATION
15
More odious : WORSE
17
Three-time U.S. Open champ : LENDL
20
Fellow : GUY
21
Extremely dry : ARID
23
Calendar square : DAY
25
Nasal-sounding woodwind : OBOE
26
Look through cupped hands : PEEK
28
Whit : IOTA
29
Barbershopper who sings the melody : LEAD
31
Endures : STOMACHS
32
"Password," e.g. : GAMESHOW
33
___-chef : SOUS
34
Suffix used by hedgers : ISH
35
"Chaplin" actress Kelly : MOIRA
36
Old Jewish village : SHTETL
38
Post-workout woes : ACHES
39
Betamax rival : VHS
41
Least wordy : TERSEST
42
Pared-down language : PIDGIN
43
Small stock purchase : ODDLOT
45
Younger, at law : PUISNE
46
Job hunter's interest : WANTAD
48
The Serpent : SATAN
49
Squirreled-away money : CACHE
53
Hon. title for A.B.A. members : ESQ
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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