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Francis Heaney
NY Times, Sun, May 31, 2009 DIAGRAMLESS
44-Across : Tina who played Sarah Palin
Author:
Francis Heaney
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 18, Words: 71, Blocks: 105
Notepad: This diagramless is 18 squares wide by 15 squares deep and has an asymmetrical pattern. The first square across is the fifth box in the first row.
| | | | 1 N | 2 I | 3 C | 4 K | 5 F | 6 A | 7 L | 8 D | 9 O | | | | | |
| | | 10 D | A | N | I | E | L | B | O | O | N | 11 E | | | | |
| | 12 N | A | U | T | I | L | U | S | S | H | E | L | 13 L | | | |
| 14 M | U | N | R | O | | | | | | | 15 S | K | I | 16 M | | |
17 K | U | D | Z | U | | 18 P | 19 U | 20 R | 21 G | 22 E | 23 D | | 24 O | N | Y | 25 X | |
26 A | S | I | A | | 27 R | A | G | N | A | R | O | 28 K | | 29 K | E | M | 30 P |
31 P | I | S | | 32 C | E | P | H | A | L | O | P | O | 33 D | | 34 Y | E | A |
35 P | C | T | | 36 B | A | R | | | | 37 S | E | R | A | | 38 E | N | D |
39 A | B | C | | 40 S | P | I | 41 R | 42 A | 43 L | | 44 F | E | Y | | | | |
45 S | O | A | 46 P | | 47 S | K | A | T | E | | 48 I | A | N | | | | |
| 49 X | M | A | 50 S | | 51 A | P | E | X | | 52 E | N | E | | | | |
| | 53 P | R | O | 54 F | | | | | 55 R | N | S | | | | | |
| | | 56 C | H | A | 57 M | 58 B | 59 E | 60 R | E | D | | | | | | |
| | | | 61 O | C | T | O | P | U | S | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 62 E | V | I | A | N | | | | | | | | |
© 2009, The New York Times
Across
1
Three-time Masters winner who's now a TV golf analyst :
NICKFALDO10
12
14
Short-story writer Alice :
MUNRO15
17
Comic strip that shares a name with an invasive plant :
KUDZU18
24
Traditional July birthstone :
ONYX26
27
Cataclysmic event in Norse myth that inspired "Götterdämmerung" :
RAGNAROK29
Dole's 1996 running mate :
KEMP31
32
34
35
36
37
Hospital injections :
SERA38
39
"All My Children" airer :
ABC40
44
Tina who played Sarah Palin :
FEY45
"All My Children," e.g. :
SOAP47
48
English novelist McEwan :
IAN49
Big shopping season, for short :
XMAS51
52
53
T.A. someday, maybe :
PROF55
56
61
62
Spring water brand :
EVIAN
Down
1
Micronesian nation once called Pleasant Island :
NAURU2
3
4
5
6
Parts of a washboard? :
ABS7
8
9
10
11
12
Vacation spot for people who like to pack light? :
NUDISTCAMP13
14
Portable player that has only one song :
MUSICBOX16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
25
27
28
30
Place to set a hot dish :
PAD32
Radios for good buddies :
CBS33
Singer Taylor ___ :
DAYNE41
42
43
46
Picnicking place, in Paris :
PARC50
Neighborhood north of TriBeCa :
SOHO54
55
57
Network that owns Comedy Central :
MTV58
OutKast member Big ___ :
BOI59
60
Answer summary: 5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.
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