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Ed Early
NY Times, Sun, Oct 24, 2004 DIAGRAMLESS
27-Down : What hoopsters are to most people
Author:
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 76, Blocks: 120
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has left/right symmetry. The first square across is the sixth box in the first row.
| | | | | 1 A | 2 D | 3 O | | 4 G | 5 A | 6 S | | | | | |
| | | | 7 A | V | O | N | | 8 A | N | K | 9 A | | | | |
| | | 10 S | C | A | R | E | 11 D | S | T | I | F | 12 F | | | |
| | 13 A | T | E | | 14 S | T | U | T | Z | | 15 T | A | 16 D | | |
| 17 A | M | A | | | | 18 O | R | R | | | | 19 R | O | 20 D | |
| 21 D | O | G | | | | 22 G | A | I | | | | 23 O | O | O | |
| 24 S | K | E | 25 L | 26 E | 27 T | O | N | C | 28 O | 29 S | 30 T | U | M | E | |
| | | 31 S | A | R | A | | | | 32 D | U | E | T | | | |
| | | | 33 H | A | L | 34 L | 35 O | 36 W | E | E | N | | | | |
| | | | | | 37 L | O | B | E | S | | | | | | |
38 T | 39 R | 40 I | 41 C | 42 K | | 43 E | X | I | T | S | | 44 T | 45 R | 46 E | 47 A | 48 T |
49 B | U | G | B | E | 50 A | R | | | | 51 A | 52 R | R | A | N | G | E |
53 S | E | A | E | E | L | | 54 A | 55 H | 56 A | | 57 O | O | D | L | E | S |
| | | 58 R | P | T | | 59 M | A | D | | 60 C | T | S | | | |
| | | | 61 F | A | 62 C | E | M | A | 63 S | K | S | | | | |
| | | | 64 I | R | A | N | | 65 P | U | N | K | | | | |
| | | | 66 T | S | P | S | | 67 T | R | E | Y | | | | |
© 2004, The New York Times
Across
1
"Much ___ About Nothing" :
ADO4
7
8
"Lonely Boy" singer, 1959 :
ANKA10
13
14
Luxury car of the 1910's-30's :
STUTZ15
17
18
19
21
Follow relentlessly :
DOG22
23
24
31
32
Occasional opera song :
DUET33
37
38
With 44-Across, holiday options :
TRICK43
44
49
51
53
54
57
58
Class assignment: Abbr. :
RPT59
60
Pocket change: Abbr. :
CTS61
Things October 31 partygoers wear :
FACEMASKS64
65
66
Cookbook quantities: Abbr. :
TSPS67
Down
1
2
Diana who was known as the English Marilyn Monroe :
DORS3
4
5
1998 animated film with Woody Allen's voice :
ANTZ6
7
9
10
11
12
13
16
Hangman's noose, symbolically :
DOOM17
Madison Avenue output :
ADS20
25
26
The Clinton years, e.g. :
ERA27
What hoopsters are to most people :
TALLER28
29
Try to get money from :
SUE30
Number of arms on a squid :
TEN34
35
Japanese tie, of a sort :
OBI36
38
39
40
41
42
44
Russian revolutionary of 1917 :
TROTSKY45
46
Photo blowup: Abbr. :
ENL47
48
50
52
Classic Notre Dame football coach :
ROCKNE54
Emphatic agreements :
AMENS55
56
62
63
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.
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