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Patrick Blindauer
NY Times, Sun, May 29, 2011 DIAGRAMLESS
51-Across : Is wild about
Author:
Patrick Blindauer
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 88, Blocks: 69
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 I | 2 F | 3 S | | 4 L | 5 B | 6 J | | | 7 Z | 8 O | 9 R | 10 R | 11 O |
| | 12 H | A | U | T | | 13 A | R | I | 14 D | | 15 O | N | E | A | L |
| 16 H | A | M | M | E | 17 R | H | O | M | E | | 18 N | U | D | G | E |
19 M | O | U | S | E | P | A | D | | 20 D | E | 21 S | K | S | | | |
22 A | N | N | O | | 23 P | R | I | 24 M | A | R | Y | | | 25 H | 26 A | 27 P |
28 R | O | T | | 29 H | E | A | D | O | V | E | R | 30 H | 31 E | E | L | S |
32 G | R | E | 33 T | A | | | 34 A | L | I | | | 35 I | M | A | C | S |
| | 36 D | O | S | | | 37 H | T | S | | | 38 P | E | R | O | T |
| 39 S | H | I | H | | | | | | | | 40 S | R | T | A | |
41 A | I | O | L | I | | | 42 S | 43 W | 44 F | | | 45 T | I | T | | |
46 C | L | U | E | S | | | 47 H | A | I | | | 48 E | L | O | 49 P | 50 E |
51 H | A | S | T | H | 52 E | 53 H | O | T | S | 54 F | 55 O | R | | 56 H | A | M |
57 E | S | E | | | 58 N | O | W | T | H | E | N | | 59 T | E | R | I |
| | | 60 S | 61 H | O | O | T | | 62 F | R | E | 63 S | H | A | I | R |
64 D | 65 O | 66 N | H | O | | 67 H | I | 68 S | A | N | D | H | E | R | S | |
69 I | N | T | O | W | | 70 A | M | E | R | | 71 G | I | F | T | | |
72 A | S | H | E | S | | | 73 E | L | M | | 74 E | A | T | | | |
© 2011, The New York Times
Across
1
4
Successor to J.F.K. :
LBJ7
Film hero with a sword :
ZORRO12
___ monde (high society) :
HAUT13
15
"Love Story" co-star :
ONEAL16
18
19
20
Places for paperweights :
DESKS22
23
25
Five-star general Arnold :
HAP28
29
32
Garbo of "The Kiss" :
GRETA34
Ayatollah ___ Khamenei :
ALI35
Un-P.C. purchases? :
IMACS36
37
N.Y.C.'s Washington ___ :
HTS38
39
40
41
42
Abbr. in a personal ad :
SWF45
46
What a crossword maker writes last :
CLUES47
48
Run to a chapel, say :
ELOPE51
56
57
58
59
60
62
You might step outside for it :
FRESHAIR64
"Pearly Shells" singer :
DONHO67
69
70
Part of A.A.A.: Abbr. :
AMER71
72
Word before and after "to" :
ASHES73
74
Down
1
"You are not!" retort :
IAMSO2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
14
16
Middle word of West Point's motto :
HONOR17
19
Actress Helgenberger :
MARG21
Land under Saladin's command, once: Abbr. :
SYR24
25
26
27
29
30
31
33
39
"___ Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe" :
SILAS41
42
43
James who worked under pressure? :
WATT44
49
The City of Light :
PARIS50
Prince of the East :
EMIR52
Brian once known for art rock :
ENO53
54
Many an office plant :
FERN55
59
Jean Valjean's crime in "Les Misérables" :
THEFT60
61
63
LaBeouf of "Constantine" :
SHIA64
Division of una semana :
DIA65
Turn-___ (arousers) :
ONS66
68
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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