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Frank Longo
NY Times, Sun, Sep 29, 2002 DIAGRAMLESS
4-Across : Gal's companion
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.
1 I | 2 N | 3 K | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 G | 5 U | 6 Y |
7 O | I | N | 8 K | | | | | | | | | | 9 G | A | M | E |
10 U | P | E | N | 11 D | | | | | | | | 12 F | L | I | P | S |
| | 13 W | O | O | 14 S | | | | | | 15 L | O | U | T | | |
| | | 16 T | R | I | 17 P | | | | 18 P | O | R | E | | | |
| | | | 19 A | L | O | 20 T | | 21 D | A | R | K | | | | |
| | | | | 22 O | P | U | 23 S | O | N | E | | | | | |
| | | | | | 24 T | R | A | C | E | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 25 A | N | N | A | L | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 26 R | O | A | R | S | | | | | | |
| | | | | 27 M | T | V | | 28 T | A | 29 B | | | | | |
| | | | 30 B | A | S | E | | 31 W | W | I | 32 I | | | | |
| | | 33 Z | A | P | | 34 R | 35 A | H | | 36 D | A | 37 M | | | |
| | 38 Q | E | D | | | 39 R | U | E | | | 40 M | A | 41 D | | |
| 42 P | U | B | | | 43 J | A | D | E | 44 S | | | 45 J | A | 46 M | |
| 47 E | A | R | | | 48 A | T | I | L | T | | | 49 O | V | A | |
| 50 I | D | A | | | 51 B | E | T | S | Y | | | 52 R | E | X | |
© 2002, The New York Times
Across
1
It comes from a pen :
INK4
7
It comes from a pen :
OINK9
Scrabble or Sorry! :
GAME10
12
13
15
16
18
Scour, with "over" :
PORE19
21
22
24
25
Record of a single year :
ANNAL26
27
28
30
31
1939-45 event: Abbr. :
WWII33
34
36
38
39
40
Like King George III :
MAD42
43
Some green carvings :
JADES45
47
48
Having an inclination :
ATILT49
50
51
Storied seamstress Ross :
BETSY52
Alternative to Rover or Bowser :
REX
Down
1
2
3
4
5
6
8
Cub Scout's creation :
KNOT9
11
"David Copperfield" wife :
DORA12
Motorist's decision point :
FORK14
15
Handed-down beliefs :
LORE17
18
20
21
23
Yemen's largest city :
SANA27
Rand McNally creation :
MAP29
Sotheby's submission :
BID30
32
Descartes's conclusion :
IAM33
Member of the genus Equus :
ZEBRA35
Tax dodger's comeuppance :
AUDIT37
College student's choice :
MAJOR38
College student's hangout :
QUAD41
42
Mile High Center architect :
PEI43
Left in the ring, maybe :
JAB44
46
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.
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