This web browser is not supported. Use Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox for best results.
Fred Piscop
NY Times, Sun, Mar 16, 2003 DIAGRAMLESS
66-Across : Wraps around a tree
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. The first square across is the third square in the first row.
| | 1 A | 2 L | 3 E | 4 P | 5 H | | | | | | 6 G | 7 A | 8 M | | |
| | 9 R | A | S | H | E | 10 R | | | | 11 T | A | X | I | | |
12 F | 13 L | A | T | T | I | R | E | 14 S | | 15 H | A | S | I | D | 16 I | 17 C |
18 R | I | P | E | R | | 19 S | L | A | 20 L | O | M | | 21 S | W | A | P |
22 A | M | A | N | A | 23 S | | 24 I | B | A | R | | | | 25 E | G | O |
26 N | I | H | | 27 D | A | 28 N | C | E | P | A | 29 R | 30 T | 31 N | E | R | S |
| 32 T | O | 33 M | A | T | O | | | 34 R | E | A | W | O | K | E | |
| 35 S | S | E | | | 36 E | 37 G | 38 G | O | | 39 L | O | O | S | E | |
| | | 40 D | 41 O | 42 L | L | A | R | B | 43 I | L | L | S | | | |
| 44 S | 45 H | I | R | E | | 46 M | E | E | T | | | 47 E | 48 S | 49 C | |
| 50 L | I | C | E | N | 51 S | E | | | 52 T | 53 E | 54 A | S | E | R | |
55 R | A | D | I | O | S | T | A | 56 T | 57 I | O | N | S | | 58 T | E | 59 K |
60 E | V | E | | | | 61 O | C | H | S | | 62 T | H | 63 R | A | C | E |
64 P | E | A | 65 S | | 66 T | O | T | A | L | 67 S | | 68 C | U | S | H | Y |
69 O | R | B | I | 70 T | E | D | | 71 W | E | T | 72 B | A | B | I | E | S |
| | 73 E | D | E | N | | | | 74 S | O | A | K | E | D | | |
| | 75 D | E | M | | | | | | 76 P | A | E | S | E | | |
© 2003, The New York Times
Across
1
Letter before beth :
ALEPH6
9
11
12
15
18
19
21
With 46-Across, place to barter :
SWAP22
24
Construction piece :
IBAR25
26
Medical research agcy. :
NIH27
32
34
35
From K.C. to New Orleans :
SSE36
Frozen waffle brand :
EGGO39
40
44
46
47
Key in the upper-left corner :
ESC50
52
55
58
Drug in William Shatner novels :
TEK60
61
Protest singer Phil :
OCHS62
Balkan Peninsula region :
THRACE64
66
68
Undemanding, as a job :
CUSHY69
71
73
60-Across's domain :
EDEN74
75
Brooklynese pronoun :
DEM76
Down
1
2
3
4
5
Half a matched set :
HERS6
7
8
10
11
12
Football's Tarkenton :
FRAN13
14
15
Goddesses of the seasons :
HORAE16
17
20
Covering for a winter carriage ride, maybe :
LAPROBE23
28
29
Political cartoonist Ted :
RALL30
31
33
37
Legislation of concern to hunters :
GAMEACT38
41
42
43
44
45
48
49
Scene including the Magi :
CRECHE51
53
54
55
56
57
59
63
Snuffy Smith et al. :
RUBES65
66
67
70
72
Answer summary: 7 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
Found bugs or have suggestions?
Please let us know.