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Frank Longo
NY Times, Sun, Apr 14, 2002 DIAGRAMLESS
44-Across : Marvel Comics crew
Author:
Frank Longo
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 53, Blocks: 148
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has an asymmetrical pattern. The first square across is the 8th square in the first row.
| | | | | | | 1 S | 2 E | 3 T | 4 S | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 H | A | H | A | | | | 6 A | 7 M | 8 P |
| | | | | | | 9 A | T | E | M | | | | 10 C | I | A |
11 M | 12 E | 13 S | | | | | 14 P | E | C | S | | | | 15 E | R | R |
16 O | P | A | | | | | 17 E | N | O | S | | | | 18 P | A | L |
19 J | I | M | | | | | 20 L | A | L | O | | | 21 G | O | G | O |
22 A | D | A | 23 M | | | | 24 I | W | O | N | | 25 T | R | I | E | R |
26 V | E | R | A | | | | 27 E | A | R | | 28 I | R | O | N | S | |
29 E | M | I | R | | | 30 D | R | Y | A | 31 S | D | U | S | T | | |
| 32 I | T | A | 33 S | 34 C | A | | | 35 D | O | L | E | S | | | |
| 36 C | A | C | T | U | S | 37 F | 38 L | O | W | E | R | | | | |
| | 39 N | A | I | L | H | E | A | D | | | | | | | |
| | | 40 S | R | S | | 41 D | R | E | 42 G | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 43 E | A | S | E | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 44 X | M | E | N | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 45 E | I | R | E | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 46 D | E | T | S | | | | | | |
© 2002, The New York Times
Across
1
5
6
Piece of concert equipment :
AMP9
10
11
14
Bench presser's pride :
PECS15
16
17
Baseball's Slaughter :
ENOS18
19
20
"Le Roi d'Ys" composer :
LALO21
22
24
Victor's exclamation :
IWON25
Judge on the bench :
TRIER26
Waitress at Mel's Diner :
VERA27
28
Attaches patches, perhaps :
IRONS29
30
32
Lake that's a source of the Mississippi :
ITASCA35
36
39
40
Yearbook division: Abbr. :
SRS41
43
44
Marvel Comics crew :
XMEN45
It replaced the Irish Free State :
EIRE46
Cagney and Lacey: Abbr. :
DETS
Down
1
2
3
4
Michael Landon film about a javelin-throwing boy with long hair :
SAMSSON6
7
They may be seen in 3-Down :
MIRAGES8
11
Expanse in the Great Basin :
MOJAVE12
13
21
Before deductions :
GROSS23
25
28
30
Inexact recipe amount :
DASH31
She may be in a pen :
SOW33
34
___-de-sac (dead ends) :
CULS37
38
42
Characteristic carriers :
GENES
Answer summary: 5 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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