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Michael Shteyman
Michael Shteyman

NY Times, Sun, Jul 20, 2003 DIAGRAMLESS

6-Across : :

Author:
Michael Shteyman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 78, Blocks: 106
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has left/right symmetry. The first square across is the first square in the first row.
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U
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© 2003, The New York Times
Across
1
U-shaped piece attached to a yoke : OXBOW
6
: : COLON
11
Inventor of the electric battery : VOLTA
12
Not just overweight : OBESE
13
Praise highly : EXTOL
14
Mazda model : MIATA
15
Stone with hieroglyphs : ROSETTA
18
Nor's partner : NEITHER
20
It may hold data : DISK
22
Current option : ACDC
23
Figure shown by this puzzle, when completed : MICKEYMOUSE
26
7 and 11: Abbr. : NOS
27
___ Wee Reese : PEE
28
Singing syllable : TRA
30
Article in Dresden : EIN
31
Holiday ___ : INN
32
Button on some boomboxes : REC
33
Cigs : WEEDS
36
Jail, in slang : JOINT
38
Up to this time : JUSTYET
40
Advocate : ESPOUSE
43
"Give it ___" : ATRY
44
Cats, maybe : MOUSERS
48
Trumpet sound : WAWA
49
Life sentences? : BIO
50
Long-running London play, with "The" : MOUSETRAP
52
Tennis call : LET
53
"___ fan tutte" : COSI
55
Like specialized computer matters : TECHY
56
Somersault : ROLL
58
Big appliance maker : AMANA
60
Glassy gem : BERYL
61
23-Across's girlfriend : MINNIEMOUSE
67
They can be found near computers : MOUSEPADS
68
When repeated, a bedtime call : NIGHT
Down
1
Finished : OVER
2
Hugs and kisses, in a letter : XOXO
3
Diner orders, for short : BLTS
4
Tribe that once inhabited the Missouri valley : OTOE
5
Creator of 23-Across : WALTDISNEY
6
Where 23-Across once appeared : COMICSTRIP
7
Life sentences? : OBIT
8
Wife of Jacob : LEAH
9
Bone: Prefix : OSTE
10
Next-door : NEAR
16
Part of XXX : TIC
17
Clamor (for) : ASK
18
Cpl. or Sgt. : NCO
19
Common URL ending : EDU
21
French military cap : KEPI
22
Word to a brother? : AMEN
23
Half : MOIETY
24
Want : YEN
25
In previous times : ERENOW
26
Place for an anchor : NEWSROOM
29
"To tell you the truth ..." : ACTUALLY
34
Many a shareware program : DEMO
35
Solid : STOUT
36
Tom's partner in cartoons : JERRY
37
Greek peak : OSSA
38
Bit of sparring : JAB
39
City near Syracuse : UTICA
41
Hunky-dory : SWELL
42
Have : EAT
45
Put into service : USE
46
"Just a ___" : SEC
47
Olden letter : ETH
50
Small thing : MINIM
51
Iron, in a way : PRESS
54
Deputy McCloud, in "McCloud" : SAM
57
Norwegian money : ORE
59
It has 12 meses : ANO
60
Good friend : BUD
62
Sister : NUN
63
"It ___" (formal acknowledgment) : ISI
64
Brain image: Abbr. : EEG
65
Dashboard abbr. : MPH
66
Stable particle? : OAT
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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