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Patrick Blindauer
Patrick Blindauer

NY Times, Sun, Feb 24, 2008  DIAGRAMLESS

21-Down : Nine-digit ID

Author:
Patrick Blindauer
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 82, Blocks: 84
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has an asymmetrical pattern suggested by the puzzle’s theme. The first square across is the seventh square in the first row.
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© 2008, The New York Times
Across
1
Panorama : VISTA
6
A caddy may hold them : PENCILS
8
Frozen treat first made by hand in 1866 : BREYERSICECREAM
16
Poor Richard's Almanack item : PROVERB
17
Smooth operator : CHARMER
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Adds punch to, as punch : LACES
20
Flue residue : ASH
23
John known as the Teflon Don : GOTTI
24
Squids' squirts : INKS
25
Certain marsupials, briefly : POSSUMS
29
Table scraps : ORTS
30
Name in a brand that rivals 8-Across : EDY
31
Banal : HACKNEYED
33
Sierra Nevada, for one : ALE
34
St.-Tropez locale : RIVIERA
36
Buff runner? : STREAKER
38
Online newsgroup features : FAQS
39
Sitarist Shankar : RAVI
40
Regular : HABITUE
43
Quintessence : EPITOME
47
A Gershwin : IRA
48
Thor who wrote "Kon-Tiki" : HEYERDAHL
52
Setting for many a joke : BAR
53
Hurdler's assignment : LANE
55
Simple tops : TSHIRTS
56
Astronomically large distance: Abbr. : LTYR
57
Sporty Ford : TBIRD
59
Dangerous job : SPY
60
"Nifty!" : NEATO
61
The Pleiades, e.g. : SISTERS
64
Nugatory : TRIVIAL
66
The Magic City of the Plains : CHEYENNEWYOMING
70
Rigging rope : LANYARD
71
Actress Davis : GEENA
Down
1
Action word : VERB
2
___ and outs : INS
3
Biol. or chem. : SCI
4
The first X in X-X-X : TIC
5
Baldwin of "30 Rock" : ALEC
6
According to : PER
7
P.T.A. place: Abbr. : SCH
8
Women's soccer star Chastain : BRANDI
9
1990 Stallone sequel : ROCKYV
10
Late times, in ads : EVES
11
Da or ja : YES
12
Piano piece : RAG
13
Ending with switch : EROO
14
Ground transportation option : AMTRAK
15
Gumption : METTLE
16
___ set (hardware store offering) : PLIER
18
Stair part : RISER
20
Set, as a price : ASK
21
Nine-digit ID : SSN
22
Tones : HUES
25
Floor of wooden strips : PARQUET
26
Dramatist Sean and others : OCASEYS
27
"I'll get this one" : MYTREAT
28
Celestial beings : SERAPHS
31
Shrubland : HEATH
32
Prince of Darkness : DEVIL
35
"___ Ruled the World" (1996 hip-hop hit) : IFI
37
River isle : AIT
40
Sword handles : HILTS
41
Like some numerals : ARABIC
42
Cast out : BANISH
44
Procure : OBTAIN
45
Appliance giant : MAYTAG
46
Actor Flynn : ERROL
49
Sounds of doubt : EHS
50
Spot to mend : RIP
51
Dehydrated : DRY
54
Folies-Bergère designer : ERTE
56
___ Strauss : LEVI
58
Susan of "L.A. Law" : DEY
60
Game with matchsticks : NIM
62
Islam, e.g.: Abbr. : REL
63
Holdup cause : SNAG
64
Banks of "America's Next Top Model" : TYRA
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Cone's counterpart : ROD
67
Wichita-to-Minneapolis dir. : NNE
68
Observer that's found in 8-, 31-, 48- and 66-Across : EYE
69
Not ruddy : WAN
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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