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Paula Gamache
NY Times, Sun, Oct 17, 2010 DIAGRAMLESS
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Author:
Paula Gamache
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 80, Blocks: 71
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. 1-Across begins in the first square of the top row.
1 D | 2 U | 3 E | 4 L | | | 5 P | 6 E | 7 G | 8 S | | | | | | | |
9 I | P | S | E | | | 10 B | R | U | L | 11 E | | | 12 I | 13 S | 14 L | 15 A |
16 C | A | T | S | 17 P | 18 A | J | A | M | A | S | | | 19 N | A | I | R |
20 T | H | E | B | O | S | S | | | 21 S | H | 22 E | 23 A | R | I | N | G |
24 A | E | S | O | P | S | | | | 25 H | A | R | D | E | D | G | E |
26 T | A | P | S | I | N | | 27 T | 28 I | E | R | R | A | | 29 H | E | N |
30 E | D | A | | | | 31 H | I | T | S | P | A | Y | 32 D | I | R | T |
| | 33 R | 34 I | 35 B | 36 L | E | T | S | | | 37 T | A | U | | | |
| | 38 K | A | R | A | T | | | | 39 C | I | G | N | 40 A | | |
| | | 41 S | I | M | | | 42 N | 43 E | O | C | O | N | S | | |
44 J | 45 A | 46 C | K | S | P | 47 A | 48 R | R | O | W | | | | 49 P | 50 E | 51 C |
52 A | M | U | | 53 K | O | R | E | A | N | | 54 S | 55 E | 56 S | A | M | E |
57 R | O | S | 58 A | L | I | N | D | | | | 59 P | A | T | R | O | L |
60 R | E | S | T | Y | L | E | S | | | 61 N | A | R | R | A | T | E |
62 E | B | E | N | | | 63 S | P | 64 O | 65 R | T | S | P | A | G | E | S |
66 D | A | D | O | | | 67 S | O | R | O | S | | | 68 K | U | R | T |
| | | | | | | 69 T | O | M | B | | | 70 E | S | S | E |
© 2010, The New York Times
Across
1
Old-fashioned dispute resolution method :
DUEL5
9
10
Burned, in French cuisine :
BRULE12
Land surrounded by agua :
ISLA16
19
20
21
24
25
Descriptive of abstract paintings with abrupt transitions of color :
HARDEDGE26
27
29
30
LeShan who wrote "When Your Child Drives You Crazy" :
EDA31
33
37
Sigma, ___, upsilon :
TAU38
Measure of fineness :
KARAT39
41
Alastair who portrayed Scrooge :
SIM42
Right-leaning foreign policy proponents :
NEOCONS44
49
Chest muscle, briefly :
PEC52
___ Darya (central Asian river) :
AMU53
54
57
59
60
Fixes differently, as the hair :
RESTYLES61
62
"30 Days of Night" sheriff ___ Oleson :
EBEN63
66
Decorated lower part of an interior wall, in architecture :
DADO67
Billionaire philanthropist George :
SOROS68
69
Part of a pyramid scheme? :
TOMB70
Down
1
2
3
4
5
Some sandwiches, briefly :
PBJS6
7
8
11
12
Start of a memo heading :
INRE13
14
15
17
1969 title role for Alan Arkin :
POPI18
Part of 42-Down: Abbr. :
ASSN22
23
27
28
31
32
Longtime singing partner of Brooks :
DUNN34
"All ___ of You" (song from "The Phantom of the Opera") :
IASK35
36
39
40
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
Jupiter has a "great" one :
REDSPOT50
51
54
Vacation spots hidden in this puzzle's six longest answers :
SPAS55
Last name in Western law :
EARP56
Continuous course of planks on a ship :
STRAKE58
"... ___ extra cost!" :
ATNO61
Air crash investigator: Abbr. :
NTSB64
65
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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