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Brendan Emmett Quigley
NY Times, Sun, May 02, 2010 DIAGRAMLESS
16-Down : Peeling potatoes at a military base, say
Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 80, Blocks: 77
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. The first square across is the second box in the first row.
| 1 O | 2 T | 3 T | 4 A | 5 W | 6 A | | | | | 7 A | 8 B | 9 B | 10 R | | |
| 11 N | O | R | D | I | C | | | | 12 F | T | R | O | O | 13 P | |
| 14 S | M | O | O | C | H | | | 15 C | I | L | A | N | T | R | 16 O |
| | 17 M | U | R | K | | | 18 G | R | E | A | S | E | G | U | N |
19 S | 20 H | Y | | 21 N | E | 22 L | 23 L | I | E | | 24 S | H | R | U | N | K |
25 N | O | G | 26 S | | 27 D | E | A | R | E | 28 S | T | | 29 S | T | E | P |
30 C | H | I | C | 31 A | G | O | H | O | P | E | | | | | | |
32 C | O | R | O | N | A | | | | 33 S | E | 34 R | 35 F | 36 S | | | |
| | 37 L | O | A | M | 38 S | | | | 39 K | E | I | T | 40 H | | |
| | | 41 P | L | E | A | 42 S | | | | 43 N | L | E | A | 44 S | 45 T |
| | | | | | 46 N | I | 47 N | 48 E | 49 S | T | O | R | I | E | S |
50 C | 51 A | 52 L | 53 I | | 54 A | G | E | I | S | T | S | | 55 E | R | M | A |
56 B | R | A | N | 57 D | I | | 58 S | M | E | L | T | 59 S | | 60 M | I | R |
61 G | Y | P | S | Y | M | 62 O | T | H | | | 63 R | E | 64 N | E | | |
65 B | A | S | I | L | I | C | A | | | 66 P | I | L | O | T | 67 S | |
| 68 N | A | T | A | N | T | | | | 69 A | K | I | T | A | S | |
| | 70 T | U | N | G | | | | | 71 R | E | G | A | L | E | |
© 2010, The New York Times
Across
1
7
Dict. label for shortened words :
ABBR11
12
Capt. Parmenter's sitcom command :
FTROOP14
15
17
18
19
21
24
Like some clothes that come out of a too-hot dryer :
SHRUNK25
27
Quaint opening to a love letter :
DEAREST29
30
32
Product touted as "la cerveza mas fina" :
CORONA33
Farmers for the lord :
SERFS37
39
MSNBC host Olbermann :
KEITH41
They're made in court :
PLEAS43
46
50
54
Ones discriminating against older people :
AGEISTS55
"At Wit's End" writer Bombeck :
ERMA56
58
60
Atlantis docked with it in 1995 :
MIR61
63
Art Deco artist Lalique :
RENE65
66
68
69
70
71
Lavish with food and drink :
REGALE
Down
1
Clip-___ (some sunglasses) :
ONS2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
12
13
15
People who give you the willies :
CREEPS16
Peeling potatoes at a military base, say :
ONKP18
Aircraft type, for short :
GIRO19
1960s civil rights org. :
SNCC20
"Aren't we the comedian?!" :
HOHO22
Regulus's constellation :
LEO23
"Well, ___-di-dah!" :
LAH26
A cone might hold one :
SCOOP28
31
Incredibly persnickety :
ANAL34
35
36
Metric unit of volume :
STERE38
Performed in a musical :
SANG40
42
44
Conductor's start? :
SEMI45
47
"The Secret of ___" (1982 film) :
NIMH48
Suffix with Brooklyn :
ESE49
The Rams, on scoreboards :
STL50
Bygone N.Y.C. rock club :
CBGB51
Ancient Indo-European :
ARYAN52
Breaks gently against :
LAPSAT53
54
57
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" songwriter :
DYLAN59
Baseball commissioner who launched interleague play :
SELIG62
64
___ dry eye in the house :
NOTA66
67
Detroit-to-Miami dir. :
SSE
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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