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Frank Longo
NY Times, Sun, Mar 19, 2000 Diagramless
25-Down : Beau Brummells
Author:
Frank Longo
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 84, Blocks: 86
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. 1-Across begins in the fourth square of the top row.
| | | 1 M | 2 E | 3 R | 4 E | | | | 5 L | 6 O | 7 T | 8 S | | | |
9 C | 10 A | 11 R | A | L | A | R | 12 M | | | 13 O | R | A | T | 14 O | 15 R | |
16 F | R | A | N | K | F | R | A | 17 N | 18 K | S | T | E | L | L | A | |
19 C | A | N | I | | | 20 A | S | Y | E | T | | | 21 E | I | N | |
| | | 22 C | 23 U | 24 R | T | C | U | R | T | 25 F | 26 L | O | O | D | |
| | | | 27 N | E | A | | | | 28 O | O | O | | | | |
| | 29 H | 30 A | I | L | | 31 B | 32 I | 33 O | | 34 P | O | 35 S | 36 S | 37 E | |
| 38 R | U | S | T | Y | 39 R | U | S | T | 40 Y | S | T | A | U | B | |
| 41 A | M | O | | | 42 I | R | A | T | E | | | 43 E | E | R | |
| 44 T | O | N | 45 Y | 46 T | O | N | Y | O | R | 47 L | 48 A | N | D | O | |
| 49 A | R | E | S | O | | 50 T | A | I | | 51 E | L | S | E | | |
| | | | 52 E | R | 53 A | | | | 54 P | S | T | | | | |
| 55 R | 56 E | 57 D | R | E | D | 58 S | 59 K | 60 E | L | T | O | 61 N | | | |
| 62 U | S | A | | | 63 D | E | A | N | A | | | 64 A | 65 R | 66 T | 67 E |
| 68 S | A | N | 69 D | 70 Y | S | A | N | D | Y | 71 D | 72 U | N | C | A | N |
| 73 H | I | D | O | U | T | | | 74 S | O | U | P | C | A | N | S |
| | | 75 Y | O | K | O | | | | 76 N | O | S | Y | | | |
© 2000, The New York Times
Across
1
5
9
13
16
19
20
21
22
27
28
Hugs, in a love note :
OOO29
31
34
38
41
Latin series starter :
AMO42
43
Without end, to Wordsworth :
EER44
49
Response to "Am not!" :
ARESO50
James Clavell's "___-Pan" :
TAI51
52
Historian's concern :
ERA54
55
62
Bald eagle's representation :
USA63
Country singer Carter :
DEANA64
68
73
74
75
John Lennon's "Dear ___" :
YOKO76
Down
1
Excessively excited :
MANIC2
3
British mil. fliers :
RAF4
5
6
7
___-Bo (fitness system) :
TAE8
Any of five popes :
STLEO9
Ozone-depleting compound, familiarly :
CFC10
Parseghian of football :
ARA11
12
14
15
Name on an atlas cover :
RAND17
Washington Square sch. :
NYU18
23
24
25
26
29
It may be black or dry :
HUMOR30
31
Overdone, and then some :
BURNT32
Dionne Warwick's "___ Little Prayer" :
ISAYA33
Holy Roman emperor, 962-73 :
OTTOI35
Composer Camille Saint-___ :
SAENS36
37
38
Pro ___ (in proportion) :
RATA39
40
45
46
Ran like the dickens :
TORE47
48
53
54
Take selfish advantage of :
PLAYON55
56
57
58
59
60
61
Barbara's predecessor in the White House :
NANCY65
Rival of Sony and JVC :
RCA66
Beachgoer's acquisition :
TAN67
69
70
71
The Everly Brothers, e.g. :
DUO72
Answer summary: 6 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later.
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