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Fred Piscop
NY Times, Sun, Aug 19, 2012 DIAGRAMLESS
14-Across : Edith at a lectern?
Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 84, Blocks: 78
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. 1-Across begins in the 3rd square of the first row.
| | 1 W | 2 A | 3 I | 4 T | 5 O | 6 U | 7 T | | | | | | | | |
| | 8 E | N | D | O | R | S | E | 9 D | | | 10 S | 11 W | 12 A | 13 K | |
14 T | 15 A | L | K | I | N | G | H | E | A | 16 D | | 17 W | A | T | E | 18 R |
19 U | L | L | A | G | E | | | 20 M | I | R | | 21 A | L | L | E | Y |
22 F | E | B | | | | 23 P | 24 A | S | S | I | 25 N | G | L | A | N | E |
26 T | U | R | 27 F | | 28 S | R | S | | 29 Y | E | A | | | 30 S | O | S |
| 31 T | E | E | | 32 P | A | S | 33 A | | 34 S | W | 35 E | 36 D | E | N | |
| | 37 D | E | 38 M | O | T | A | P | 39 E | | | 40 D | I | S | | |
| | | 41 B | A | T | T | I | N | G | 42 C | 43 A | G | E | | | |
| | 44 S | L | Y | | | 45 L | E | G | A | L | E | S | 46 E | | |
| 47 T | H | E | S | 48 E | 49 S | | 50 A | S | I | A | | 51 E | V | 52 E | |
53 S | R | A | | | 54 R | A | 55 N | | 56 O | N | S | | 57 L | E | N | 58 S |
59 P | A | V | 60 I | 61 N | G | S | T | 62 O | N | E | | | | 63 N | I | A |
64 A | L | I | N | E | | 65 H | E | S | | | 66 O | 67 A | 68 K | T | A | G |
69 T | E | N | T | S | | 70 A | S | K | 71 I | 72 N | G | P | R | I | C | E |
| 73 E | G | O | S | | | 74 T | A | R | A | R | E | I | D | | |
| | | | | | | | 75 R | E | V | E | R | S | E | | |
© 2012, The New York Times
Across
1
Let pass, as a rain delay :
WAITOUT8
10
Love letter letters :
SWAK14
17
19
Empty portion of a full wine bottle :
ULLAGE20
21
Place for garbage cans :
ALLEY22
Presidents' Day mo. :
FEB23
26
Steak, on some menus :
TURF28
29
30
31
32
34
37
Unsigned band's creation, once :
DEMOTAPE40
41
44
45
47
Martin Luther posting :
THESES50
Home to most Indians :
ASIA51
53
Mme., across the Pyrenees :
SRA54
56
57
59
63
64
65
Tom, Dick and Harry :
HES66
69
70
73
They can be inflated or bruised :
EGOS74
"Josie and the Pussycats" actress :
TARAREID75
Down
1
2
"My Way" lyricist Paul :
ANKA3
Hipster's "Gotcha!" :
IDIG4
Dial ___ (telephone sound) :
TONE5
Alternative to com or edu :
ORG6
Show to a theater seat, informally :
USH7
Is crawling (with) :
TEEMS9
"She loves me ..." flower :
DAISY10
11
Boston's Green Monster, e.g. :
WALL12
13
14
End of a lion's tail :
TUFT15
16
18
23
___ & Whitney engines :
PRATT24
25
27
28
Word after tight or sweet :
SPOT33
Sleep clinic concern :
APNEA35
36
38
Contemporary of Mantle and Snider :
MAYS39
Prods, as into mischief :
EGGSON42
Mutinied ship of fiction :
CAINE43
44
46
47
Rose's home, in an Irish tune :
TRALEE48
49
52
"Giant Brain" of 1946 :
ENIAC53
55
SALT concern, in brief :
NTEST58
60
61
62
66
67
Monkey-see-monkey-do sort :
APER68
Kristofferson in the Country Music Hall of Fame :
KRIS71
72
U.S.N.A. part: Abbr. :
NAV
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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