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Frank Longo
NY Times, Sun, Jan 20, 2002 DIAGRAMLESS
12-Down : High-intensity light sources
Author:
Frank Longo
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 68, Blocks: 92
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has an asymmetrical pattern. The first square across is the 13th square in the first row.
| | | | | | | | | | | | 1 A | 2 R | 3 K | 4 S | |
5 P | 6 U | 7 T | 8 T | 9 S | | | | | | | | 10 L | A | N | A | |
11 A | S | W | A | N | | | 12 A | 13 M | 14 M | 15 O | 16 N | I | C | A | L | |
17 S | E | I | K | O | | | 18 R | O | A | N | O | K | E | V | A | |
| | 19 S | E | W | | | 20 C | L | U | S | T | E | R | E | D | |
| | 21 T | A | C | | | 22 L | I | N | | | | | | | |
| | 23 E | D | O | | | 24 A | N | A | | | | | | | |
25 E | 26 L | D | I | N | | | 27 M | A | K | 28 E | 29 S | 30 A | 31 F | 32 U | 33 S | 34 S |
35 S | O | A | V | E | | | 36 P | R | E | S | I | D | E | N | T | E |
37 C | A | N | E | S | | | 38 S | O | A | P | P | O | W | D | E | R |
39 A | D | D | | | | | | | | | | | | 40 E | T | E |
41 P | E | T | | | | 42 A | 43 L | 44 K | 45 A | 46 L | 47 I | 48 S | | 49 R | I | N |
50 E | D | U | | | | 51 L | I | O | N | I | Z | E | | 52 S | E | A |
53 F | D | R | | | | 54 P | L | A | Y | S | A | R | 55 O | U | N | D |
56 R | I | N | 57 G | 58 A | 59 B | E | L | L | | 60 T | A | G | L | I | N | E |
61 O | C | E | A | N | A | R | I | A | | 62 S | K | E | E | T | E | R |
63 M | E | D | I | T | A | T | E | S | | | | | | | | |
© 2002, The New York Times
Across
1
5
Shots on the green :
PUTTS10
Lang of Smallville :
LANA11
Dam across the Nile :
ASWAN12
17
Timex alternative :
SEIKO18
City between the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mts. :
ROANOKEVA19
20
21
22
Sci-fi novelist Carter :
LIN23
24
25
"Murphy Brown" character :
ELDIN27
35
Dry, white Italian wine :
SOAVE36
37
38
39
40
41
42
49
50
End of some U.R.L.'s :
EDU51
52
53
54
56
60
61
62
63
Down
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
12
13
14
Highest island mountain in the world :
MAUNAKEA15
16
"I'm kidding!", 90's-style :
NOT25
26
28
29
Take in through a straw :
SIP30
31
32
33
34
42
Tijuana Brass trumpeter :
ALPERT43
English actress Langtry :
LILLIE44
45
46
47
"The Compleat Angler" author Walton :
IZAAK48
Lint-attracting fabric :
SERGE55
57
58
59
Answer summary: 6 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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