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Fred Piscop
NY Times, Sun, Feb 28, 2016 DIAGRAMLESS
38-Down : Ring competitor
Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 84, Blocks: 82
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular symmetry. 1-Across begins in the first square of the first row.
1 S | 2 C | 3 O | 4 P | 5 E | | | | | | | | | | | | |
6 A | R | M | O | R | | | 7 S | 8 E | 9 T | 10 H | | 11 J | 12 I | 13 B | 14 S | |
15 R | A | I | L | R | 16 O | 17 A | D | T | I | E | | 18 I | N | R | E | |
19 A | N | T | E | | 20 A | B | A | T | E | S | | 21 M | A | A | M | |
22 H | E | S | | 23 S | T | O | K | E | R | S | | | 24 S | K | I | |
| | | 25 L | A | H | R | | | | | 26 D | 27 I | N | E | | |
| 28 E | 29 D | I | T | | 30 T | 31 I | 32 P | | | 33 O | D | I | S | 34 T | 35 S |
| 36 M | U | D | S | 37 L | I | D | E | | 38 P | R | I | T | H | E | E |
39 P | B | S | | 40 C | I | V | I | L | 41 S | U | I | T | | 42 O | R | E |
43 G | E | T | 44 H | O | M | E | | 45 T | A | G | S | A | 46 L | E | S | |
47 A | D | J | U | R | E | | | 48 S | C | I | | 49 R | O | S | E | |
| | 50 A | M | E | S | | | | | 51 L | 52 A | O | S | | | |
| 53 N | C | O | | | 54 G | 55 O | 56 B | 57 L | I | N | D | | 58 P | 59 E | 60 T |
| 61 O | K | R | 62 A | | 63 A | G | E | I | S | T | | 64 E | E | L | Y |
| 65 D | E | M | I | | 66 B | L | A | S | T | I | 67 N | G | C | A | P |
| 68 S | T | E | M | | 69 S | E | N | T | | | 70 A | G | A | T | E |
| | | | | | | | | | | | 71 B | O | N | E | D |
© 2016, The New York Times
Across
1
Rifle attachment useful in targeting :
SCOPE6
Knight's protection :
ARMOR7
Brother of Cain and Abel :
SETH11
15
18
Concerning, on memos :
INRE19
20
21
22
23
24
Travel like a biathlete :
SKI25
Cowardly Lion player :
LAHR26
Eat with a napkin on one's lap, say :
DINE28
Menu heading with Copy and Paste commands :
EDIT30
33
36
38
39
Where to watch "Sesame Street" :
PBS40
42
"-ite" material, often :
ORE43
45
47
48
49
Part of many a bouquet :
ROSE50
51
Neighbor of Vietnam :
LAOS53
54
58
61
Pod in Cajun cookery :
OKRA63
Discriminatory, in a way :
AGEIST64
65
66
68
Line on a musical note :
STEM69
70
71
Down
1
Ex-governor Palin :
SARAH2
Stretch, as one's neck :
CRANE3
4
5
7
Crazy Horse Memorial locale: Abbr. :
SDAK8
9
10
Seller of toy fuel trucks :
HESS11
Huck Finn's raftmate :
JIM12
13
14
Vehicle in a convoy :
SEMI16
17
23
25
26
Day of "Pillow Talk" :
DORIS27
Race officially listed at 1,049 miles :
IDITAROD28
Certain war zone reporter :
EMBED29
31
32
34
Succinctly worded :
TERSE35
37
38
39
Sports org. with a tour :
PGA41
Certain bunt, for short :
SAC44
"Just go along with this" :
HUMORME46
52
Dissenter's position :
ANTI53
54
55
Make goo-goo eyes at :
OGLE56
Knock on the noggin :
BEAN57
Handout at a scavenger hunt :
LIST58
59
60
Hunted and pecked, say :
TYPED62
A 1-Across improves it :
AIM64
Frozen waffle brand :
EGGO67
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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