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Fred Piscop
Fred Piscop

NY Times, Sun, Aug 09, 1998 Diagramless

44-Across : Ear part

Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 84, Blocks: 79
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry.
1-Across begins in the 7th square of the top row.
1
A
2
G
3
O
4
G
5
C
6
A
7
F
8
T
9
A
10
N
11
G
R
A
T
A
12
A
P
I
E
C
E
13
C
O
L
D
S
U
14
F
F
E
R
E
R
S
15
S
P
O
O
F
16
N
E
E
D
17
N
I
T
18
S
W
A
K
19
L
20
A
T
E
21
R
A
D
S
22
T
O
A
23
P
I
L
L
24
A
25
Y
E
26
T
A
P
P
27
E
28
D
T
E
L
E
29
P
H
O
N
30
E
31
S
32
E
R
R
33
N
I
B
S
34
T
A
C
K
E
D
O
35
N
36
A
M
A
37
R
E
O
38
C
H
I
39
U
N
A
40
M
A
N
41
I
A
C
A
42
L
43
A
E
O
N
44
C
O
B
45
C
O
M
P
U
T
E
46
R
P
R
O
G
47
R
A
M
S
48
O
T
T
49
T
O
E
S
50
A
T
A
51
C
52
L
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A
N
54
P
A
W
N
55
L
56
A
V
E
57
H
I
C
58
O
59
P
A
L
60
N
61
I
O
B
E
62
E
N
T
63
O
M
O
L
O
64
G
I
S
T
S
65
A
D
O
R
E
S
66
N
O
N
E
T
67
P
A
R
E
N
T
68
E
P
E
E
© 1998, The New York Times
Across
1
Wide-eyed : AGOG
5
Bit of beachwear : CAFTAN
11
Persona non ___ : GRATA
12
Per : APIECE
13
They have bugs : COLDSUFFERERS
15
Mad magazine feature : SPOOF
16
Scholarship factor : NEED
17
Hoops contest, for short : NIT
18
Love-letter letters : SWAK
19
After the whistle : LATE
21
Dosimeters measure them : RADS
22
"___ Skylark" : TOA
23
Viagra, e.g. : PILL
24
Senate vote : AYE
26
They have bugs : TAPPEDTELEPHONES
32
Pull a boner : ERR
33
Pen points : NIBS
34
Added : TACKEDON
36
Doc bloc : AMA
37
20's auto : REO
38
X : CHI
39
Actress Merkel : UNA
40
Stark raving mad : MANIACAL
43
Many millennia : AEON
44
Ear part : COB
45
They have bugs : COMPUTERPROGRAMS
48
Polo Grounds legend : OTT
49
Piggies : TOES
50
___ standstill : ATA
51
Reunion group : CLAN
54
Hock : PAWN
55
Wash up : LAVE
57
"How Dry I Am" punctuation, maybe : HIC
58
Lustrous gem : OPAL
60
She turned to stone : NIOBE
62
They have bugs : ENTOMOLOGISTS
65
Has a crush on : ADORES
66
Certain string ensemble : NONET
67
Class-trip chaperone, usually : PARENT
68
Pointless Olympic event? : EPEE
Down
1
Singer Guthrie : ARLO
2
Irritating sorts : GADFLIES
3
Fourth-qtr. followers : OTS
4
It may be thrown down : GAUNTLET
5
Eatery : CAFE
6
Pantomimed : APED
7
Douglas, for one : FIR
8
Singer ___ Marie : TEENA
9
Bitter-tasting : ACRID
10
Fits (inside) : NESTS
11
Sludge : GOOK
13
Form 1040 completer : CPA
14
Agent's take : FEE
15
Give this for that : SWAP
18
Castrato, often : SOPRANO
20
The whole shootin' match : ALL
21
French statesman Coty : RENE
22
Landing locale : TARMAC
23
McHale's craft : PTBOAT
24
Reaction to pollen, perhaps : AHCHOO
25
Harnessing : YOKING
26
Cowboys or Indians : TEAM
27
Thrilled : ENRAPT
28
Like punch-outs : DIECUT
29
Hoosier hoopsters : PACERS
30
Tutor : EDUCATE
31
Santa Rosa's valley : SONOMA
35
Catches : NABS
41
Springsteen's "___ Fire" : IMON
42
Not to mention : LETALONE
43
Italy's ___ Mountains : APENNINE
46
Donnybrook : ROW
47
Super review : RAVE
51
For a song : CHEAP
52
Mrs. McCartney : LINDA
53
Trouper : ACTOR
54
Norton, to Kramden : PAL
55
Dole's successor : LOTT
56
Car safety feature: Abbr. : ABS
58
Sign : OMEN
59
Mail : POST
61
"Ah so!" : ISEE
63
You can dig it : ORE
64
R.M.N. group : GOP
Answer summary: 5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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