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David Steinberg
NY Times, Sun, Apr 08, 2018 DIAGRAMLESS
44-Down : Like novels vis-à-vis novellas
Author:
David Steinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 78, Blocks: 85
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has an asymmetric pattern. 1-Across starts in the 4th square of the top row.
| | | 1 S | 2 E | 3 R | 4 B | | | | | | 5 R | 6 O | 7 S | 8 S | 9 I |
| | 10 P | A | P | A | Y | 11 A | | | | 12 F | O | R | M | I | C |
| 13 C | H | R | I | S | T | I | 14 E | | 15 B | R | O | C | O | D | E |
16 T | R | E | A | C | H | E | R | Y | 17 O | F | I | M | A | G | E | S |
18 R | I | N | | | | | 19 M | E | D | L | E | Y | | | | |
20 A | M | O | | | | | 21 I | L | I | A | D | | | 22 R | 23 A | 24 P |
25 D | E | M | | | | | 26 L | I | S | T | | | 27 C | E | L | L |
28 E | W | E | | | | | 29 E | D | T | | | | 30 O | N | T | O |
31 W | A | N | | | | | | | | | | 32 W | H | E | A | T |
33 A | V | O | 34 W | | | | | | | | 35 T | H | E | M | R | S |
36 R | E | N | A | 37 L | | | | | | 38 D | I | A | N | A | | |
| | | 39 S | U | 40 R | 41 R | 42 E | 43 A | 44 L | I | S | M | | 45 G | 46 P | 47 S |
| | | | 48 S | H | E | L | D | O | N | | | | 49 R | O | T |
| | | 50 T | H | I | S | I | S | N | O | 51 T | 52 A | 53 P | I | P | E |
54 A | 55 M | 56 B | I | E | N | | 57 J | I | G | | 58 H | U | S | T | L | E |
59 M | O | R | E | S | O | | 60 A | T | E | | 61 O | N | S | T | A | R |
62 C | O | A | S | T | S | | 63 H | E | R | | 64 U | T | T | E | R | S |
© 2018, The New York Times
Across
1
5
Martini & ___ vermouth :
ROSSI10
12
13
Agatha who created Hercule Poirot :
CHRISTIE15
16
18
19
20
Spanish for "I love" :
AMO21
22
Kendrick Lamar's genre :
RAP25
26
27
28
29
30
Burst ___ the scene :
ONTO31
32
"Shredded" cereal grain :
WHEAT33
35
36
38
39
45
One talking to you while you drive, briefly? :
GPS48
Jim Parsons's role on "The Big Bang Theory" :
SHELDON49
50
English translation of the words in the puzzle's painting :
THISISNOTAPIPE54
Prescription sleep aid :
AMBIEN57
58
Basketball coach's urging :
HUSTLE59
60
Breakfasted or lunched :
ATE61
62
Bikes without pedaling :
COASTS63
"I'm with ___" (2016 campaign slogan) :
HER64
Down
1
2
"Odyssey," for one :
EPIC3
Result of touching poison ivy :
RASH4
Tiny unit of computer memory :
BYTE5
6
Giant SeaWorld attraction :
ORCA7
Beijing air problem :
SMOG8
Black or white, in chess :
SIDE9
Decorates, as a cake :
ICES10
The gap between language and meaning suggested by this puzzle's painting, e.g. :
PHENOMENON11
Unit for a frequent flier :
AIRMILE12
13
14
15
A sharp's equivalent :
BFLAT16
17
22
23
Place to say "I do" :
ALTAR24
27
32
34
35
"___ the season ..." :
TIS37
38
40
41
42
Prophet in the Book of I Kings :
ELIJAH43
What an online pop-up might lead you to :
ADSITE44
Like novels vis-à-vis novellas :
LONGER46
47
50
Rare Scrabble results :
TIES51
52
May, to Spider-Man :
AUNT53
Test cheater's sound :
PSST54
"Breaking Bad" channel :
AMC55
56
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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