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Frank Longo
NY Times, Sun, Apr 05, 1998 Diagramless
27-Across : Model of madness
Author:
Frank Longo
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 74, Blocks: 113
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has left/right symmetry.
1-Across begins in the 2nd square of the top row.
| 1 J | 2 A | 3 R | | | | | | | | | | 4 W | 5 H | 6 O | |
| 7 O | X | E | 8 N | | | | | | | | 9 F | A | U | X | |
10 Q | U | I | V | E | 11 R | | | | | | 12 T | E | X | M | E | 13 X |
14 E | L | O | | 15 W | E | 16 S | | | | 17 B | I | Z | | 18 A | Y | E |
19 D | E | M | | | 20 S | T | 21 P | | 22 O | O | P | | | 23 N | E | D |
| | | | | | 24 A | L | 25 A | N | S | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 26 R | A | C | E | S | | | | | | |
| | | | 27 M | 28 A | R | C | H | H | A | 29 R | 30 E | | | | |
| | 31 B | 32 A | A | S | | 33 A | T | A | | 34 O | L | 35 D | 36 E | | |
| 37 S | A | L | S | A | | 38 T | U | N | | 39 N | E | R | D | 40 S | |
41 A | T | L | A | S | | | 42 I | N | D | | | 43 N | A | I | L | 44 S |
45 F | R | A | M | E | 46 D | 47 R | O | G | E | 48 R | 49 R | A | B | B | I | T |
50 T | U | N | E | | 51 I | A | N | | 52 D | E | E | | 53 B | L | E | U |
| 54 M | C | D | 55 U | C | K | | | | 56 K | I | 57 L | L | E | R | |
| | 58 E | A | S | T | E | 59 R | 60 B | 61 U | N | N | I | E | S | | |
| | | | 62 S | A | R | D | I | N | I | A | N | | | | |
| | | | | | 63 S | A | G | E | T | | | | | | |
© 1998, The New York Times
Across
1
Peanut butter holder :
JAR4
With 45-Across, semi-animated film of 1988 :
WHO7
The yoke's on them :
OXEN9
10
12
Like quesadillas, enchiladas, etc. :
TEXMEX14
15
17
18
19
20
22
23
24
Shepard and others :
ALANS26
Some are three-legged :
RACES27
31
33
___ moment's notice :
ATA34
"Ye" follower, sometimes :
OLDE37
12-Across topping :
SALSA38
39
41
Ayn Rand's shrugger :
ATLAS42
43
45
50
It may be hard to carry :
TUNE51
"Richard III" star McKellen :
IAN52
53
54
56
58
62
63
Star of TV's "Full House" :
SAGET
Down
1
2
Self-evident truth :
AXIOM3
4
5
6
8
Still in the wrapper :
NEW9
10
11
12
13
16
Prosecutor in the news :
STARR17
"Blame It on the ___ Nova" :
BOSSA21
22
25
27
28
Hard-rock connection :
ASA29
Silver of "Blue Steel" :
RON30
31
32
City on San Francisco Bay :
ALAMEDA35
36
37
40
Comparatively crafty :
SLIER41
44
Original Beatle Sutcliffe :
STU46
47
48
49
55
Letters on a battleship :
USS57
59
60
61
Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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