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Peter Gordon
NY Times, Sun, Sep 16, 2001 DIAGRAMLESS
9-Across : 2000 Cy Young Award winner Martinez
Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 80, Blocks: 83
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. The first square across is the second square in the first row.
| 1 S | 2 T | 3 A | 4 B | | | | 5 P | 6 L | 7 U | 8 S | | | | | |
| 9 P | E | D | R | 10 O | | | 11 L | I | S | A | | 12 I | 13 O | 14 W | 15 A |
| 16 U | N | D | E | R | 17 S | 18 T | A | T | E | M | 19 E | N | T | I | S |
| 20 N | O | T | S | O | H | O | T | | 21 D | E | F | R | O | C | K |
| | 22 R | O | T | | 23 E | N | Y | 24 A | | | 25 G | E | E | K | S |
| | | | | 26 S | L | A | P | D | 27 A | 28 S | H | | | | |
| | | 29 A | 30 Z | I | L | L | I | O | N | T | I | 31 M | 32 E | 33 S | |
| 34 F | 35 A | D | E | D | | | | 36 P | A | D | | 37 O | R | A | |
| 38 O | L | D | N | E | 39 W | 40 S | | 41 T | S | E | 42 L | I | O | T | |
| 43 A | P | E | | 44 M | E | A | | | | 45 N | U | R | S | E | |
| 46 M | O | R | 47 E | E | F | F | 48 E | 49 C | 50 T | I | V | E | | | |
| | | | 51 A | N | T | E | N | N | A | S | | | | | |
52 E | 53 K | 54 I | 55 N | G | | | 56 S | C | O | T | | 57 C | 58 S | 59 A | | |
60 S | A | R | A | L | 61 E | 62 E | | 63 A | T | E | 64 L | I | E | R | 65 S | |
66 T | H | A | N | E | X | A | 67 G | G | E | R | A | T | I | O | N | |
68 A | N | N | A | | 69 I | S | E | E | | | 70 M | E | N | S | A | |
| | | | | 71 T | E | N | S | | | | 72 D | E | E | P | |
© 2001, The New York Times
Across
1
Attack with a knife :
STAB5
9
2000 Cy Young Award winner Martinez :
PEDRO11
12
Setting for "The Bridges of Madison County" :
IOWA16
20
21
Strip of priestly privileges :
DEFROCK22
23
Irish singer with the hit "Only Time" :
ENYA25
26
29
34
36
37
38
Contents of last week's paper :
OLDNEWS41
43
44
45
46
51
52
Barely making, with "out" :
EKING56
57
Davis was its pres. :
CSA60
Big name in frozen baked goods :
SARALEE63
66
68
Eleanor Roosevelt's real first name :
ANNA69
70
71
Bills with the Treasury Building on the back :
TENS72
Down
1
2
Soprano's counterpart :
TENOR3
4
5
6
7
8
10
Top prize at the Barcelona Olympics :
ORO12
13
14
Part of an oil lamp :
WICK15
17
18
19
24
26
27
Anecdotal collections :
ANAS28
29
30
31
Wavy-patterned silk :
MOIRE32
33
34
35
39
Warp's counterpart :
WEFT40
Powdermen's targets :
SAFES42
47
Half of a griffin :
EAGLE48
49
Big piece of bread? :
CNOTE50
52
53
54
55
57
58
Ile de la Cité surrounder :
SEINE59
61
62
64
65
67
Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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