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Paula Gamache
NY Times, Sun, May 06, 2007 DIAGRAMLESS
9-Across : South African novelist Gordimer
Author:
Paula Gamache
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 86, Blocks: 78
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. The first square across is the fourth square in the first row.
| | | 1 E | 2 D | 3 I | 4 T | | | 5 S | 6 A | 7 R | 8 A | | | | |
| 9 N | 10 A | D | I | N | E | | | 11 A | L | I | A | 12 S | | | |
13 B | A | D | D | E | B | T | | 14 D | U | T | C | H | O | 15 V | 16 E | 17 N |
18 U | N | M | A | D | E | | 19 S | A | D | I | E | | 20 T | E | R | I |
21 S | K | I | | | 22 D | 23 I | E | U | | | | 24 S | T | A | R | K |
25 T | E | R | 26 P | | | 27 P | U | B | 28 L | 29 I | 30 C | H | O | U | S | E |
31 L | E | E | R | | 32 L | O | L | | 33 O | D | I | E | | | | |
34 E | N | R | I | 35 C | H | | | 36 S | N | I | P | E | 37 R | | | |
| | | 38 C | R | A | 39 Z | 40 Y | E | I | G | H | T | S | | | |
| | | 41 Y | E | S | I | A | M | | | 42 E | S | T | 43 E | 44 R | 45 S |
| | | | 46 D | A | N | L | | 47 O | 48 A | R | | 49 U | L | E | E |
50 M | 51 I | 52 S | 53 S | I | N | G | L | 54 I | N | K | | | 55 V | A | V | A |
56 E | N | A | C | T | | | | 57 A | L | A | 58 S | | | 59 T | E | D |
60 S | A | D | R | | 61 B | 62 A | 63 L | M | Y | | 64 P | 65 A | 66 C | I | N | O |
67 S | T | E | A | 68 D | Y | J | O | B | | 69 W | A | Y | T | O | G | O |
| | | 70 G | L | O | A | T | | | 71 E | T | E | R | N | E | |
| | | | 72 I | B | M | S | | | 73 B | E | S | S | | | |
© 2007, The New York Times
Across
1
5
9
South African novelist Gordimer :
NADINE11
Police blotter datum :
ALIAS13
14
18
With linens still rumpled, say :
UNMADE19
20
21
22
Part of a French oath :
DIEU24
25
Maryland athlete, for short :
TERP27
31
32
Reply to a chat room joke :
LOL33
34
36
Sharpshooter in the shadows :
SNIPER38
41
42
46
Mark Twain's jumping frog :
DANL47
49
1997 Peter Fonda role :
ULEE50
55
Syllables preceding "voom" :
VAVA56
57
59
60
___ City (Baghdad suburb) :
SADR61
Mild, weatherwise :
BALMY64
"The Devil's Advocate" co-star, 1997 :
PACINO67
69
Verbal pat on the back ... or a hint to the first word of the answers to each of the six starred clues :
WAYTOGO70
Say "I told you so!" :
GLOAT71
72
73
Down
1
2
3
4
5
1950s-'60s Arabian king :
SAUD6
7
Wok-prepared side dish :
RICE8
Sigh of satisfaction :
AAH9
Cotton fabric originally loomed in China :
NANKEEN10
12
13
14
15
16
17
19
Pas ___ (solo dance) :
SEUL23
24
26
$$$$, in a travel guide :
PRICY28
29
30
32
Native of Tibet's capital :
LHASAN35
36
37
39
40
43
44
45
47
The Beatles' "It's ___ Love" :
ONLY48
Letters before an 11-Across :
AKA50
51
52
53
54
58
61
Letters on a party invite :
BYOB62
63
65
66
68
69
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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