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Frank Longo
NY Times, Sun, May 26, 2002 DIAGRAMLESS
7-Down : Uprising
Author:
Frank Longo
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 62, Blocks: 136
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has an asymmetric pattern. The first square across the sixth square in the first row.
| | | | | 1 M | 2 A | 3 G | 4 I | 5 C | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 6 O | N | A | P | A | 7 R | | | | | | |
| | | | | 8 E | N | R | O | B | E | | | | | | |
9 J | 10 A | 11 R | | | | | | | 12 O | V | 13 E | 14 R | | | | |
15 F | L | E | 16 A | | | | | 17 M | O | O | R | E | 18 D | | | |
19 K | A | H | N | | | | 20 R | O | D | L | A | V | E | 21 R | | |
| 22 S | A | G | 23 A | | 24 F | A | U | L | T | | | 25 E | E | 26 L | |
| | 27 B | L | U | 28 E | L | I | N | E | | 29 B | 30 O | P | P | E | 31 D |
| | | 32 E | R | R | A | N | D | | 33 P | A | U | | 34 R | E | O |
| | 35 A | D | A | G | I | O | S | | 36 O | S | T | 37 R | I | C | H |
| 38 R | E | F | S | | 39 R | U | M | 40 B | L | E | F | I | S | H | |
41 Z | E | R | O | | | | 42 T | A | I | L | P | I | P | E | | |
43 E | M | I | R | | | | | 44 N | O | T | A | T | E | | | |
45 D | O | E | | | | | | | 46 L | A | Y | S | | | | |
| | | | | | 47 T | 48 H | 49 E | A | X | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 50 W | O | M | B | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 51 O | P | T | | | | | | | | |
© 2002, The New York Times
Across
1
6
8
9
12
15
17
19
Madeline of "Blazing Saddles" :
KAHN20
22
24
25
27
29
32
33
Winter resort south of Bordeaux :
PAU34
Auto pioneer's monogram :
REO35
36
38
Court whistle-blowers :
REFS39
Matt Dillon movie based on an S. E. Hinton novel :
RUMBLEFISH41
42
43
44
45
46
47
Dismissal from work, in slang :
THEAX50
51
Down
1
One of the Three Stooges :
MOE2
3
Swimmer with long jaws and needlelike teeth :
GAR4
New Nasdaq listing, e.g.: Abbr. :
IPO5
7
9
10
11
Clinic for getting clean :
REHAB13
14
16
17
18
Very thought-provoking :
DEEP20
21
23
24
26
28
29
It doesn't include overtime or bonuses :
BASEPAY30
31
Homer Simpson's outburst :
DOH33
It may be levied on voters :
POLLTAX35
37
Ready for harvesting :
RIPE38
San ___ (Italian resort) :
REMO40
Frog dissection place, informally :
BIOLAB41
British alphabet ender :
ZED47
Noah's per-species limit :
TWO48
Half-hour flight, say :
HOP49
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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