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Frank Longo
Frank Longo

NY Times, Sun, Sep 29, 2002 DIAGRAMLESS

12-Across : Inverts

Author:
Frank Longo
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 65, Blocks: 154
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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N
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K
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G
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U
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Y
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O
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K
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G
A
M
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P
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D
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F
L
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P
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W
O
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S
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L
O
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T
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T
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P
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P
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A
L
O
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T
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D
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K
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O
P
U
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S
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N
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R
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C
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A
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A
L
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R
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M
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V
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T
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B
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B
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W
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I
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Z
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R
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A
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D
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M
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Q
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R
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M
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D
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P
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J
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J
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M
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E
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O
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R
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© 2002, The New York Times
Across
1
It comes from a pen : INK
4
Gal's companion : GUY
7
It comes from a pen : OINK
9
Scrabble or Sorry! : GAME
10
Invert : UPEND
12
Inverts : FLIPS
13
Tries to win over : WOOS
15
Klutz : LOUT
16
Excursion : TRIP
18
Scour, with "over" : PORE
19
Oodles : ALOT
21
Lacking lighting : DARK
22
1945 Tommy Dorsey hit : OPUSONE
24
Tiny amount : TRACE
25
Record of a single year : ANNAL
26
Lions' din : ROARS
27
VH1 alternative : MTV
28
Bar bill : TAB
30
Barracks locale : BASE
31
1939-45 event: Abbr. : WWII
33
Nuke : ZAP
34
Shout of support : RAH
36
Stop up : DAM
38
Proof abbr. : QED
39
Feel remorse over : RUE
40
Like King George III : MAD
42
Alehouse : PUB
43
Some green carvings : JADES
45
Sticky spread : JAM
47
Otoscopic view : EAR
48
Having an inclination : ATILT
49
Female gametes : OVA
50
Mrs. McKinley : IDA
51
Storied seamstress Ross : BETSY
52
Alternative to Rover or Bowser : REX
Down
1
Promise to pay : IOU
2
Puppy's bite : NIP
3
Was familiar with : KNEW
4
Way of walking : GAIT
5
Play caller : UMP
6
"Without a doubt!" : YES
8
Cub Scout's creation : KNOT
9
Sticky stuff : GLUE
11
"David Copperfield" wife : DORA
12
Motorist's decision point : FORK
14
Fodder holder : SILO
15
Handed-down beliefs : LORE
17
Breakfast pastry brand : POPTARTS
18
Tool for cutting thin wood : PANELSAW
20
Speed at which employees come and go : TURNOVERRATE
21
Show elation, figuratively : DOCARTWHEELS
23
Yemen's largest city : SANA
27
Rand McNally creation : MAP
29
Sotheby's submission : BID
30
No longer edible : BAD
32
Descartes's conclusion : IAM
33
Member of the genus Equus : ZEBRA
35
Tax dodger's comeuppance : AUDIT
37
College student's choice : MAJOR
38
College student's hangout : QUAD
41
Humorist Barry : DAVE
42
Mile High Center architect : PEI
43
Left in the ring, maybe : JAB
44
Putrid place : STY
46
Limit, slangily : MAX
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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