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Paula Gamache
NY Times, Sun, Feb 20, 2011 DIAGRAMLESS
28-Down : Ice cream topping
Author:
Paula Gamache
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 82, Blocks: 86
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. 1-Across begins in the 4th square of the top row.
| | | 1 M | 2 A | 3 P | | 4 R | 5 O | 6 C | 7 H | 8 E | | | | | |
| | 9 P | A | T | H | | 10 E | X | P | O | R | 11 T | | | | |
12 M | 13 A | R | I | N | E | 14 B | I | O | L | O | G | Y | | | | |
15 A | N | E | M | O | N | E | S | | | | | 16 P | 17 A | 18 S | 19 T | 20 A |
21 I | N | A | | | 22 O | D | E | | | 23 A | 24 D | O | P | T | E | D |
25 L | I | M | 26 B | | 27 M | E | R | 28 C | 29 E | D | E | S | B | E | N | Z |
| | 30 P | A | 31 S | | | | 32 A | W | L | S | | 33 S | A | S | E |
| | | 34 L | A | 35 S | | | 36 R | E | A | I | 37 R | | 38 M | E | S |
| | 39 M | I | R | A | 40 N | 41 D | A | R | I | G | H | 42 T | S | | |
43 A | 44 A | A | | 45 I | B | E | A | M | | | 46 N | O | R | | | |
47 A | L | D | 48 O | | 49 E | I | N | E | | | | 50 S | O | 51 N | | |
52 M | O | R | N | 53 I | N | G | G | L | 54 O | 55 R | 56 Y | | 57 N | O | 58 S | 59 E |
60 C | H | E | E | T | A | H | | | 61 S | H | U | | | 62 I | P | S |
63 O | A | S | I | S | | | | | 64 P | U | M | 65 P | 66 E | D | U | P |
| | | | 67 M | 68 U | 69 R | 70 D | 71 E | R | M | Y | S | T | E | R | Y |
| | | | 72 E | S | C | A | P | E | | 73 U | S | T | A | | |
| | | | | 74 C | A | M | A | Y | | 75 M | T | A | | | |
© 2011, The New York Times
Across
1
Rand McNally product :
MAP4
Maker of Valium and Tamiflu :
ROCHE9
Off the beaten ___ :
PATH10
Coffee, e.g., for Colombia :
EXPORT12
15
16
21
22
23
25
27
30
32
33
It might come with a bill: Abbr. :
SASE34
___ Palmas, Canary Islands :
LAS36
Show on tape, maybe :
REAIR38
Lead-in for dames or demoiselles :
MES39
43
45
Letter-shaped building piece :
IBEAM46
Rhyme-reason connector :
NOR47
49
50
52
57
60
61
62
63
Place to pick up a date? :
OASIS64
67
72
Reading a 67-Across, for some :
ESCAPE73
74
Procter & Gamble soap :
CAMAY75
N.Y.C. subway letters :
MTA
Down
1
2
3
4
Paul of "Mad About You" :
REISER5
Kitchen gadget brand :
OXO6
Army two-striper: Abbr. :
CPL7
8
9
Bit of audiophile equipment :
PREAMP11
Proofreaders' catches :
TYPOS12
13
Years in the Vatican :
ANNI14
17
18
19
20
23
First name in 1950s politics :
ADLAI24
26
East Indies island :
BALI28
29
31
Dress with a decorative border :
SARI35
37
Fraternity symbols :
RHOS39
40
41
42
43
Transmission repair franchise :
AAMCO44
Word heard coming and going :
ALOHA48
"Dedicated to the ___ Love" :
ONEI51
53
Answer to "Who's that?" :
ITSME54
55
56
Maiden in "The Mikado" :
YUMYUM58
59
65
66
68
Trojan's domain: Abbr. :
USC69
70
71
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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