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Fred Piscop
NY Times, Sun, Sep 05, 2010 DIAGRAMLESS
5-Across : A, B+, C-, etc.
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 sixth square of the top row.
| | | | | 1 I | 2 C | 3 E | 4 D | | 5 M | 6 A | 7 R | 8 K | 9 S | | |
| | | | 10 A | B | O | V | E | | 11 I | L | I | A | C | | |
| 12 A | 13 C | 14 A | D | E | M | I | C | | 15 S | O | P | O | R | | |
16 T | R | A | S | H | T | A | L | K | | 17 S | E | E | S | A | 18 W | 19 S |
20 U | N | I | T | E | | | | 21 S | 22 M | U | | | | 23 P | O | O |
24 B | O | N | E | R | | | | | 25 E | S | 26 T | 27 E | 28 E | M | E | D |
| | | 29 R | E | 30 F | 31 U | 32 T | 33 E | S | | 34 R | A | V | E | S | |
35 V | 36 F | 37 W | | | 38 O | R | A | L | S | | 39 A | R | E | T | O | 40 O |
41 A | L | A | | 42 J | U | N | K | E | M | 43 A | I | L | | 44 A | M | P |
45 T | A | S | 46 S | E | L | | 47 E | N | A | C | T | | | 48 L | E | T |
| 49 S | T | A | T | E | | 50 T | A | N | K | S | 51 U | 52 P | | | |
53 T | H | E | N | E | R | 54 V | E | | | | | 55 P | O | 56 E | 57 T | 58 S |
59 H | E | W | | | | 60 E | N | 61 S | | | | 62 P | U | L | S | E |
63 O | R | A | 64 C | 65 L | 66 E | S | | 67 L | 68 I | 69 T | 70 T | E | R | B | O | X |
| | 71 T | O | O | L | S | | 72 U | N | H | O | R | S | E | S | |
| | 73 E | V | O | K | E | | 74 S | C | A | T | S | | | | |
| | 75 R | E | P | E | L | | 76 H | A | T | E | | | | | |
© 2010, The New York Times
Across
1
Like swollen ankles or Champagne ready to be served :
ICED5
10
11
Pelvic bone-related :
ILIAC12
15
16
Taunts on a basketball court, e.g. :
TRASHTALK17
20
21
23
Nanki-___ of "The Mikado" :
POO24
25
29
34
Four-star reviews :
RAVES35
Org. for ex-soldiers :
VFW38
Degree seekers' hurdles :
ORALS39
41
42
44
45
Shriner's cap adornment :
TASSEL47
48
49
Queensland or Tasmania :
STATE50
Fills at the filling station :
TANKSUP53
55
Some open mic performers :
POETS59
60
62
63
67
71
Workshop collection :
TOOLS72
73
74
Improvises, musically :
SCATS75
76
Down
1
2
3
4
Sends to the canvas :
DECKS5
6
Flowering succulent :
ALOE7
8
Villainous "Get Smart" organization :
KAOS9
10
12
13
Superman portrayer Dean :
CAIN14
Yellow-centered bloomer :
ASTER16
18
Deplorably bad, old-style :
WOESOME19
The Auld ___ (Ireland) :
SOD22
Military dining hall worker :
MESSMAN26
Red hair and freckles, e.g. :
TRAITS27
Viscount's superior :
EARL28
Time to party, maybe :
EVE30
31
32
33
35
36
Person who's overexposed? :
FLASHER37
40
42
43
Expletive from Bill the Cat :
ACK46
___ Jacinto, Calif. :
SAN51
52
53
Despite the fact that, for short :
THO54
56
57
General ___ chicken :
TSOS58
61
64
65
66
Sommer on the screen :
ELKE68
69
70
Fund-raiser's giveaway, perhaps :
TOTE
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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