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Paula Gamache
NY Times, Sun, Apr 06, 2008 DIAGRAMLESS
29-Across : Like a McJob
Author:
Paula Gamache
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 84, Blocks: 80
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. The first square across is the first square in the first row
1 L | 2 O | 3 D | 4 E | | 5 Q | 6 U | 7 A | | | | | | | | | |
8 E | A | U | X | | 9 U | P | R | 10 O | 11 A | 12 R | | | | 13 S | 14 H | 15 E |
16 T | H | E | C | 17 H | O | S | E | N | F | E | 18 W | | 19 F | L | A | P |
20 T | U | T | E | E | | | 21 S | E | E | Y | A | | 22 O | O | Z | E |
| | | 23 L | A | 24 K | 25 E | O | K | E | E | C | 26 H | O | B | E | E |
| | | | 27 V | A | R | | | | 28 S | K | I | T | | | |
| | | 29 M | E | N | I | 30 A | 31 L | | | 32 Y | E | S | 33 T | 34 E | 35 R |
36 K | 37 A | 38 R | A | T | E | C | H | O | 39 P | | | | 40 T | O | T | O |
41 I | T | A | L | O | | 42 H | U | R | O | 43 K | | 44 P | O | U | T | S |
45 D | E | J | A | | | | 46 M | A | L | E | 47 C | H | O | R | U | S |
48 S | E | A | M | 49 E | 50 N | | | 51 L | E | T | H | A | L | | | |
| | | 52 U | N | I | 53 S | | | | 54 E | I | N | | | | |
55 W | 56 H | 57 I | T | E | C | H | 58 O | 59 C | 60 O | L | A | T | 61 E | | | |
62 H | Y | P | E | | 63 H | A | S | O | N | | | 64 O | M | 65 E | 66 G | 67 A |
68 I | D | O | S | | 69 E | C | H | O | C | 70 H | 71 A | M | B | E | R | S |
72 Z | E | D | | | | 73 K | A | P | L | A | N | | 74 E | R | A | T |
| | | | | | | | | 75 E | N | D | | 76 R | O | M | A |
© 2008, The New York Times
Across
1
Rich deposit of ore :
LODE5
8
9
13
16
19
20
21
22
23
27
28
Variety show segment :
SKIT29
32
Lead-in to day or year :
YESTER36
40
Canine from Kansas :
TOTO41
42
44
45
46
48
51
52
54
55
62
63
64
Last in a Greek series :
OMEGA68
69
What 16-, 23-, 36-, 46- and 55-Across are, in a way :
ECHOCHAMBERS72
73
Gabe of "Welcome Back, Kotter" :
KAPLAN74
75
Quarterback's target :
END76
Down
1
2
Where Pearl Harbor is :
OAHU3
Any Sonny and Cher song :
DUET4
Popular spreadsheet program :
EXCEL5
6
Letters on a brown truck :
UPS7
Childish rebuttal :
ARESO10
1,024 bytes of computer memory, informally :
ONEK11
For ___ (not free) :
AFEE12
Kings, in Córdoba :
REYES13
Neatnik's opposite :
SLOB14
15
17
18
19
24
25
"The Art of Loving" author Fromm :
ERICH26
29
30
31
Major satellite manufacturer :
LORAL33
34
35
36
Gives birth to a goat :
KIDS37
38
39
Venetian propeller :
POLE43
___ One (premium vodka) :
KETEL44
47
___ Pet (former fad item) :
CHIA49
50
53
55
56
57
It can carry a tune :
IPOD58
Workplace watchdog org. :
OSHA59
Harvard Square emporium since 1882, with "the" :
COOP60
61
Remnant of a barbecue :
EMBER65
Architect Saarinen :
EERO66
67
70
71
Answer summary: 5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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