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Fred Piscop
NY Times, Sun, Apr 03, 2011 DIAGRAMLESS
16-Across : Sleep inducer
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. 1-Across begins in the 4th square of the top row.
| | | 1 J | 2 A | 3 B | 4 B | 5 A | 6 R | | 7 M | 8 E | 9 W | 10 L | | | |
| | | 11 O | R | I | O | L | E | | 12 O | P | I | E | | | |
13 P | 14 A | 15 R | K | P | L | A | C | E | | 16 S | A | N | D | 17 M | 18 A | 19 N |
20 A | R | I | E | S | | | 21 O | S | 22 U | | | 23 G | U | I | L | E |
24 U | L | T | | | 25 R | 26 E | V | E | R | 27 S | 28 E | S | P | L | I | T |
29 L | E | A | 30 D | 31 T | I | M | E | | 32 G | E | R | | 33 T | A | B | S |
| 34 S | L | U | R | P | S | | 35 R | I | G | A | 36 T | O | N | I | |
| | 37 I | D | O | | | 38 S | O | N | A | T | A | | | | |
| | 39 N | E | U | 40 T | 41 R | A | L | G | R | O | U | 42 N | 43 D | | |
| | | | 44 G | R | O | P | E | S | | | 45 N | O | R | | |
| 46 E | 47 L | 48 C | H | E | A | P | O | | 49 D | 50 I | T | T | O | 51 S | |
52 E | N | Y | A | | 53 N | C | O | | 54 B | A | S | S | I | N | E | 55 T |
56 D | R | I | V | 57 E | T | H | R | 58 O | U | G | H | | | 59 I | R | E |
60 G | O | N | O | W | | | 61 O | R | S | | | 62 P | 63 I | N | G | S |
64 E | L | G | R | E | 65 C | 66 O | | 67 L | O | 68 W | 69 B | U | D | G | E | T |
| | | 70 T | R | I | P | | 71 O | N | E | I | L | L | | | |
| | | 72 S | S | G | T | | 73 N | I | B | B | L | E | | | |
© 2011, The New York Times
Across
1
Hoops great Kareem Abdul-___ :
JABBAR7
Whimper like a baby :
MEWL11
12
___ Taylor, 1960s TV role :
OPIE13
16
20
21
23
24
25
Corporate action that reduces a shareholder's number of shares :
REVERSESPLIT29
32
33
They're kept on suspects :
TABS34
Rude sounds at dinner :
SLURPS35
37
"'Deed ___" (Ruth Etting tune) :
IDO38
Piece that may contain a rondo :
SONATA39
44
45
Word between here and there :
NOR46
49
52
Singer with the album "The Celts" :
ENYA53
72-Across, e.g.: Abbr. :
NCO54
56
59
60
1965 Moody Blues hit :
GONOW61
Where scrubs are worn: Abbr. :
ORS62
Signs of engine trouble :
PINGS64
67
70
71
"The Hairy Ape" playwright :
ONEILL72
73
Sign of interest, as in an offer :
NIBBLE
Down
1
2
Some Dadaist works :
ARPS3
4
5
6
Baseball's Pee Wee :
REESE7
8
9
10
13
One of the Fab Four :
PAUL14
Town on the Rhône :
ARLES15
17
City with a twice-yearly fashion week :
MILAN18
It's good when airtight :
ALIBI19
22
25
26
911 responder, for short :
EMS27
Popeye creator Elzie :
SEGAR28
30
Weekend rancher, maybe :
DUDE31
35
Lumberjacks' contest :
ROLEO36
38
1972 Winter Olympics site :
SAPPORO40
___ Reznor, Oscar winner for scoring "The Social Network" :
TRENT41
Exterminator's target :
ROACH42
43
Emulating a boring professor :
DRONING46
47
48
49
Nobelist Hammarskjöld :
DAG50
51
52
Competitive leg up :
EDGE54
"Doktor Faust" composer :
BUSONI55
Word repeated before "1, 2, 3" :
TEST57
Still-life pitchers :
EWERS58
Wool-like material :
ORLON62
63
65
66
68
69
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.
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