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Fred Piscop
NY Times, Sun, Nov 28, 2010 DIAGRAMLESS
56-Down : Uses a cheat sheet
Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 84, Blocks: 80
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. 1-Across begins in the 7th square of the top row.
| | | | | | 1 A | 2 T | 3 I | 4 T | | 5 B | 6 I | 7 O | | | |
8 P | 9 R | 10 O | 11 A | 12 M | | 13 P | A | C | E | | 14 A | R | M | 15 S | | |
16 R | A | W | R | E | 17 C | R | U | I | T | | 18 D | R | A | K | 19 E | |
20 O | I | L | I | E | R | | 21 T | E | R | 22 M | S | | 23 H | I | S | 24 S |
25 U | S | E | D | T | O | | | 26 R | A | R | E | 27 E | A | R | T | H |
28 D | E | T | | 29 S | P | 30 F | | | | 31 T | E | N | | 32 A | H | A |
| | | | | 33 P | A | 34 D | 35 S | | | 36 D | A | 37 N | C | E | D |
| | | | 38 D | E | C | R | E | 39 E | 40 D | | 41 B | E | E | R | Y |
| | | 42 M | E | D | I | U | M | B | U | 43 I | L | D | | | |
44 B | 45 R | 46 E | A | K | | 47 E | M | I | R | A | T | E | | | | |
48 R | E | A | G | A | 49 N | | | 50 S | O | L | S | | | | | |
51 A | R | R | | 52 L | E | 53 S | | | | 54 S | A | 55 L | | 56 C | 57 P | 58 A |
59 W | E | L | 60 L | B | E | I | 61 N | 62 G | | | 63 B | U | 64 M | R | A | P |
65 N | A | D | A | | 66 D | R | O | O | 67 P | | 68 E | L | A | I | N | E |
| 69 D | O | Z | 70 E | S | | 71 B | U | R | 72 N | T | U | M | B | E | R |
| | 73 M | E | A | T | | 74 E | D | I | E | | 75 S | A | S | S | Y |
| | | 76 S | R | O | | 77 L | A | M | A | | | | | | |
© 2010, The New York Times
Across
1
Working diligently :
ATIT5
Text accompanying an author's photo, often :
BIO8
Many a golf tourney :
PROAM13
One of 20 in a classic duel :
PACE14
16
18
English captain Francis :
DRAKE20
21
23
25
26
28
Crime solver: Abbr. :
DET29
Tanning lotion letters :
SPF31
Down-for-the-count count :
TEN32
33
36
38
41
42
Crime witness's description of an average person :
MEDIUMBUILD44
47
48
50
51
52
54
Pitcher Maglie of the 1950s Giants :
SAL56
Numbers cruncher, for short :
CPA59
63
Result of a frame-up, perhaps :
BUMRAP65
66
68
69
71
73
Chops, e.g. ... or a hint to the starts of 16-, 26-, 42-, 59- and 71-Across :
MEAT74
Falco of "The Sopranos" :
EDIE75
76
77
Teacher of the dharma :
LAMA
Down
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Like a person getting a promotion, usually :
PROUD9
What a promotion usually results in :
RAISE10
11
12
15
17
Adjusted in Photoshop, say :
CROPPED19
Book read during Purim :
ESTHER22
Mohawk-sporting actor :
MRT24
27
30
34
35
Penultimate round :
SEMIS37
38
City of northern Illinois :
DEKALB39
40
Two-team track or wrestling competitions :
DUALS42
Rack item, for short :
MAG43
44
Brains' complement :
BRAWN45
46
49
53
Title for 18-Across :
SIR55
56
Uses a cheat sheet :
CRIBS57
French door features :
PANES58
Impressionist's work :
APERY60
Rests in a hammock, say :
LAZES61
62
Party platter cheese :
GOUDA64
Elvis's word after "Well, that's all right" :
MAMA67
70
Mr. Potato Head piece :
EAR72
Museum-funding org. :
NEA
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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