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Mary Lou Guizzo
David Steinberg
NY Times, Sun, Oct 23, 2016 DIAGRAMLESS
18-Down : Stock portfolio hedges
Author:
Mary Lou Guizzo and David Steinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 71, Blocks: 97
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has left/right symmetry. 1-Across begins in the 8th square of the first row.
| | | | | | | 1 H | 2 S | 3 T | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 A | P | E | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 V | E | T | | | | | | | |
| | 6 J | 7 A | 8 Y | 9 S | | 10 E | E | L | | 11 B | 12 A | 13 R | 14 Q | | |
| 15 N | A | S | A | L | | 16 A | C | E | | 17 I | C | E | U | 18 P | |
19 J | A | C | K | M | U | 20 R | P | H | Y | 21 S | T | A | D | I | U | 22 M |
23 U | N | O | S | | 24 G | A | L | E | T | T | E | | 25 O | C | T | A |
26 M | O | B | | | | 27 P | A | S | E | O | | | | 28 K | O | S |
29 P | S | S | 30 T | | 31 B | I | N | | 32 A | M | 33 C | | 34 Z | A | P | S |
35 R | E | L | A | 36 C | E | D | | | | 37 A | R | 38 T | I | S | T | E |
39 O | C | A | P | T | A | I | 40 N | 41 M | 42 Y | C | A | P | T | A | I | N |
43 P | O | D | | 44 A | U | T | O | B | A | H | N | S | | 45 W | O | E |
46 E | N | D | 47 S | | 48 S | Y | N | A | P | S | E | | 49 P | I | N | T |
| 50 D | E | E | 51 P | | | | | | | | 52 H | E | N | S | |
| | 53 R | A | I | 54 S | 55 I | 56 N | 57 G | 58 A | 59 S | 60 T | I | N | K | | |
| | | 61 L | A | N | T | E | R | N | F | I | S | H | | | |
| | | | 62 F | O | O | T | R | A | C | E | S | | | | |
© 2016, The New York Times
Across
1
President before D.D.E. :
HST4
Hairy Halloween costume :
APE5
6
Noisy, crested birds :
JAYS10
11
Eponym of a root beer brand :
BARQ15
16
Solitaire base card :
ACE17
19
San Diego Chargers venue to which Qualcomm got the naming rights in 1997 :
JACKMURPHYSTADIUM23
Pizza chain founded in Chicago, informally :
UNOS24
25
26
27
Sporty 1990s Toyota :
PASEO28
Bout stoppers, briefly :
KOS29
Quiet attention-getter :
PSST31
Recycling receptacle :
BIN32
34
35
37
Entertainer in a béret, say :
ARTISTE39
43
Sci-fi escape vehicle :
POD44
45
46
Two slices of a loaf of bread :
ENDS48
49
50
Difficult to comprehend :
DEEP52
53
61
62
Down
1
Know what one's course of action will be :
HAVEAPLAN2
3
6
7
8
Thanksgiving vegetable :
YAM9
11
Fisherman's success :
BITE12
Obama's health law, for short :
ACA13
Change the décor of :
REDO14
15
18
19
20
21
22
30
Need for making maple syrup :
TAP31
Men bearing roses or chocolates :
BEAUS33
Construction site sight :
CRANE34
Unpopular teen spot :
ZIT36
Windy City 'L' inits. :
CTA38
Festoons, as a tree on Halloween, briefly :
TPS40
41
42
47
Specialized Navy operative :
SEAL49
Phnom ___, Cambodia :
PENH51
"La Vie en Rose" singer Edith :
PIAF52
Pit viper's warning :
HISS54
55
O.J. trial judge Lance :
ITO56
Earn after expenses :
NET57
58
59
U.S. Army E-7: Abbr. :
SFC60
Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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