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Joe DiPietro
NY Times, Sun, Jun 08, 2003 DIAGRAMLESS
28-Across : Sportscaster Cross
Author:
Joe DiPietro
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 64, Blocks: 104
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 S | 2 A | 3 L | 4 S | | | | 5 G | 6 M | 7 A | 8 J | | | |
| | | 9 A | L | O | T | | | | 10 O | O | N | A | | | |
| | 11 L | I | E | G | E | 12 S | | 13 O | O | L | O | N | 14 G | | |
| | 15 I | S | A | I | A | H | | 16 B | I | D | D | E | R | | |
| 17 L | O | O | K | C | R | O | 18 S | S | E | Y | E | D | A | 19 T | |
| 20 I | N | N | | | 21 N | O | T | E | S | | | 22 O | N | O | |
23 A | M | E | S | | | 24 S | T | A | R | T | | | 25 E | D | D | 26 A |
27 G | E | L | | | | | 28 I | R | V | | | | | 29 J | O | E |
30 E | T | H | | | | | 31 N | E | A | | | | | 32 U | L | T |
33 N | R | A | | | | | 34 G | I | T | | | | | 35 B | I | N |
36 T | E | M | 37 P | | | 38 A | R | N | I | 39 E | | | 40 L | I | S | A |
| 41 E | P | I | | | 42 R | A | T | O | N | | | 43 A | L | T | |
| 44 S | T | A | 45 R | 46 S | I | N | O | N | E | 47 S | 48 E | Y | E | S | |
| | 49 O | N | E | L | E | G | | 50 A | M | E | L | I | E | | |
| | 51 N | O | T | A | T | E | | 52 L | I | E | I | N | S | | |
| | | 53 L | A | S | T | | | | 54 E | T | A | T | | | |
| | | 55 A | G | H | A | | | | 56 S | O | S | O | | | |
© 2003, The New York Times
Across
1
Actor Mineo and namesakes :
SALS5
Key with only one sharp: Abbr. :
GMAJ9
10
Mrs. Charlie Chaplin :
OONA11
13
15
16
17
20
21
Class scribblings :
NOTES22
23
24
Get the ball rolling :
START25
27
28
29
30
31
32
Last in a series: Abbr. :
ULT33
Anti-gun control grp. :
NRA34
35
36
Nonpermanent worker :
TEMP38
"L.A. Law" attorney :
ARNIE40
One of Bart's TV sisters :
LISA41
42
43
44
49
What flamingos often stand on :
ONELEG50
2001 Audrey Tautou film :
AMELIE51
Prepare, as sheet music :
NOTATE52
53
54
55
56
Down
1
Une année has four of them :
SAISONS2
Spring ___ (not hold water) :
ALEAK3
4
5
6
Spoiled, as bread :
MOLDY7
8
11
12
13
14
17
18
Gaze deeply at, as another's eyes :
STAREINTO19
23
26
Guardian Life competitor :
AETNA37
Instrument using a roll of paper :
PIANOLA38
Short number at the opera :
ARIETTA39
40
45
Put a new price on :
RETAG46
47
48
Answer summary: 5 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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