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Peter Gordon
NY Times, Sun, Apr 01, 2001 DIAGRAMLESS
31-Across : Gave a hand
Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 80, Blocks: 90
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 T | 2 O | 3 R | 4 C | 5 H | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 6 A | M | P | H | I | 7 B | 8 I | 9 A | 10 N | | | | | | |
| 11 A | L | A | M | O | G | O | R | D | O | | | 12 A | 13 M | 14 P | 15 S |
| 16 M | O | H | S | | 17 H | U | R | O | N | | 18 S | W | O | R | E |
| 19 A | N | A | | 20 P | E | N | | | | | 21 A | A | R | O | N |
| | | | 22 A | S | S | T | | 23 T | 24 W | 25 O | I | R | O | N | S |
26 I | 27 M | 28 M | 29 U | N | I | T | Y | 30 C | H | A | L | L | E | N | G | E |
31 D | E | A | L | T | | | | 32 L | A | N | E | | | | | |
33 O | N | E | M | I | 34 L | 35 L | 36 I | O | N | D | O | 37 L | 38 L | 39 A | 40 R | 41 S |
| | | | | 42 E | A | S | T | | | | 43 A | O | R | T | A |
44 T | 45 H | 46 E | 47 T | 48 R | I | B | E | H | 49 A | 50 S | 51 S | P | O | K | E | N |
52 H | O | M | E | B | A | S | E | | 53 C | C | C | P | | | | |
54 I | R | A | N | I | | | | | 55 A | R | I | | 56 C | 57 P | 58 A | |
59 E | D | I | E | S | | 60 A | 61 S | 62 P | C | A | | 63 W | O | O | D | |
64 F | E | L | T | | | 65 F | R | U | I | T | 66 S | A | L | A | D | |
| | | | | | 67 C | O | P | A | C | E | T | I | C | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 68 H | A | T | C | H | | |
© 2001, The New York Times
Across
1
Prop on TV's "Survivor" :
TORCH6
11
12
Sound system components :
AMPS16
Scale on which diamond is 10 :
MOHS17
18
19
20
21
First player alphabetically in The Baseball Encyclopedia :
AARON22
23
26
31
32
Sprinter's assignment :
LANE33
42
New York's ___ Village :
EAST43
44
52
53
Letters on Soviet missiles :
CCCP54
55
White House spokesman Fleischer :
ARI56
Many an H & R Block employee :
CPA59
Actresses Adams and McClurg :
EDIES60
Org. that protects boxers :
ASPCA63
64
65
67
68
First "Survivor" winner Richard ___ :
HATCH
Down
1
2
Nebraska's largest city :
OMAHA3
4
5
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Runcible spoon part :
PRONG15
18
Compete in a regatta :
SAIL20
Penultimate Greek letter :
PSI22
23
24
25
26
27
What a misandrist hates :
MEN28
Daisy ___ of Dogpatch :
MAE29
Einstein's birthplace :
ULM30
34
Fictional princess :
LEIA35
Many M.I.T. classes :
LABS36
Psychoanalyst's phrase :
ISEE37
38
39
40
41
44
45
46
47
48
A grand slam earns four: Abbr. :
RBIS49
Tree with yellow flowers :
ACACIA50
51
56
57
58
Put two and two together :
ADD60
The N.Y. Jets are in it :
AFC61
62
63
66
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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