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Fred Piscop
Fred Piscop

NY Times, Sun, Mar 07, 1999 Diagramless

27-Across : Swimmer also called an electric ray

Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 80, Blocks: 80
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry.
1-Across begins in the fourth square of the top row.
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© 1999, The New York Times
Across
1
Old Broadway great George M. ___ : COHAN
6
One of the Three Bears : PAPA
10
Sunshine State city : OCALA
11
Burnoose wearer : ARAB
12
Animated film of 1968 : YELLOWSUBMARINE
18
In : ATHOME
19
Groups of three : TROIKAS
20
Body-shop autos, sometimes : LOANERS
22
Witty Bombeck : ERMA
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___ Miguel (Azores island) : SAO
26
Massachusetts motto starter : ENSE
27
Swimmer also called an electric ray : TORPEDOFISH
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"Pogo" alligator : ALBERT
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Flat, as a shoe : HEELLESS
35
"You're ___ talk!" : ONETO
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Book before Josh. : DEUT
38
Idolater : HEROWORSHIPER
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Dustin's "Tootsie" co-star : TERI
44
Pickle serving : SPEAR
45
Easy-to-play instrument : TRIANGLE
49
Former mile record-holder ___ Coghlan : EAMONN
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Piece of optometric gear : LENSGRINDER
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Slip (into) : EASE
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Middling mark : CEE
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Inter ___ : ALIA
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Drew a bead on : AIMEDAT
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Fell behind : RANLATE
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Pretentious : LADIDA
66
"Georgia on My Mind" composer : HOAGYCARMICHAEL
68
Food served with red beans : RICE
69
"Pal Joey" penner : OHARA
70
Antlered animals : ELKS
71
Sin city : SODOM
Down
1
Silver eagle wearer : COLONEL
2
"___, All Ye Faithful" : OCOME
3
Hesitant one : HAWER
4
Gore and others : ALS
5
Seagoing: Abbr. : NAUT
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Garage, north of the border : PARKADE
7
Coloratura's piece : ARIA
8
Raves' opposites : PANS
9
Playwright Burrows : ABE
12
Kind of lock : YALE
13
Short jacket : ETON
14
___ apso : LHASA
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___ Rabbit : BRER
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Change form, in sci-fi : MORPH
17
Actress Anouk : AIMEE
21
Scatter about : STREW
23
Explorer ___ de La Salle : SIEUR
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Off. helper : ASST
25
Words of surprise : OHS
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Comics dog : OTTO
29
Grizzled veteran : OLDPRO
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Make tracks : FLEE
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[yawn-n-n] : BORING
33
Rock producer Brian : ENO
36
Hosp. areas : ORS
38
"Die Lorelei" poet Heinrich : HEINE
39
Bullpen stats : ERAS
40
Graf ___ : SPEE
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"Do I ___ Waltz?" : HEARA
42
Words before and after "what" : IAM
43
Sloth's home : TREE
45
Gentle handling, in brief : TLC
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Farms : GRANGES
47
Pharmaceuticals giant : LILLY
48
Computer of 1946 : ENIAC
50
Boston suburb : NEEDHAM
51
1976 Olympics name : NADIA
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Spreadsheet fodder : DATA
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Licentious marquis : SADE
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List finisher : ETAL
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Tale of Troy : ILIAD
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Prefix with economics : MACRO
62
Stir up : ROIL
63
Cry from Cathy, in the comics : AACK
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Cupid's counterpart : EROS
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Maximilian's realm: Abbr. : HRE
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Conductance unit : MHO
Answer summary: 6 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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