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Dave Tuller
NY Times, Sun, Feb 02, 2003 DIAGRAMLESS
15-Down : Plant again
Author:
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 63, Blocks: 129
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has left/right symmetry. The first square across is the 8th square in the first row.
| | | | | | | 1 M | 2 S | 3 T | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 I | C | U | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 D | O | R | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 S | W | U | N | 7 G | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 T | E | T | R | A | | | | | | |
| 9 E | 10 C | 11 C | 12 E | | 13 E | S | S | E | N | | 14 B | 15 R | 16 E | 17 A | |
18 S | N | A | R | L | 19 S | A | T | | 20 D | E | 21 F | L | E | C | T | 22 S |
23 A | R | R | I | V | A | L | | | | 24 F | L | U | S | H | O | T |
25 B | O | O | M | E | R | | 26 P | 27 O | 28 D | | 29 O | T | O | O | L | E |
30 R | O | B | E | R | T | 31 B | A | D | E | 32 N | P | O | W | E | L | L |
33 E | T | S | | | 34 R | O | C | O | C | O | S | | | 35 S | S | E |
| | | | | 36 E | N | T | R | O | P | Y | | | | | |
| | 37 J | 38 E | 39 T | | 40 A | S | S | Y | R | | 41 H | 42 M | 43 O | | |
| | 44 A | X | I | 45 O | M | | | | 46 O | 47 N | I | O | N | | |
| | 48 W | I | L | L | I | 49 A | 50 M | 51 D | B | O | Y | C | E | | |
| | | 52 T | E | D | | 53 G | O | O | | 54 W | A | S | | | |
| | | | | | | 55 O | P | T | | | | | | | |
© 2003, The New York Times
Across
1
Colo. clock setting :
MST4
5
Rimsky-Korsakov's "Le Coq ___" :
DOR6
Took a whack at a baseball :
SWUNG8
9
"Behold," to Pontius Pilate :
ECCE13
14
La ___ (fossil site) :
BREA18
Shows anger toward, as a dog to a human :
SNARLSAT20
23
24
25
Person born shortly after W.W. II, informally :
BOOMER26
29
"Lawrence of Arabia" star :
OTOOLE30
33
Those "responsible" for crop circles, in brief :
ETS34
35
Akron-to-Canton dir. :
SSE36
37
40
Nineveh's country: Abbr. :
ASSYR41
44
Self-evident truth :
AXIOM46
48
52
Rock musician Nugent :
TED53
Unidentifiable liquid :
GOO54
55
Down
1
Region above the Ohio River :
MIDWEST2
Jamboree group, familiarly :
SCOUTS3
Show embarrassment, in a way :
TURNRED6
7
Slang for thief, from the Yiddish :
GANEF9
10
Trees that produce a substitute chocolate :
CAROBS11
Detective's focus :
CRIME12
Young, snakelike fish :
ELVER14
15
16
17
Christmas Island and others :
ATOLLS18
19
"Les Mots" autobiographer :
SARTRE21
One of Peter Rabbit's siblings :
FLOPSY22
26
27
28
31
32
37
38
Lighted sign, often :
EXIT39
41
42
Slip-on shoes, briefly :
MOCS43
Word before person and vote :
ONE45
47
49
50
51
One third of a Morse "S" :
DOT
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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