This web browser is not supported. Use Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox for best results.
Brendan Emmett Quigley
NY Times, Sun, May 09, 2004 DIAGRAMLESS
60-Down : Most of 1,000,000,000
Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 82, Blocks: 90
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. The first square across is the fifth square in the first row.
| | | | 1 A | 2 W | 3 A | 4 K | 5 E | | | | 6 E | 7 D | 8 E | 9 N | |
| | | | 10 P | O | S | I | N | 11 G | | | 12 M | A | J | O | 13 R |
| | | 14 D | R | O | P | D | E | A | 15 D | | 16 S | N | E | R | D |
| | 17 A | R | O | D | | | 18 S | W | A | 19 G | | 20 N | C | A | A |
| | 21 D | Y | N | A | 22 M | 23 I | C | D | U | O | | 24 Y | T | D | |
25 A | 26 N | D | | | 27 R | E | N | O | | 28 B | S | 29 I | D | E | | |
30 W | E | L | 31 D | | 32 D | D | T | | | | 33 O | N | E | D | | |
34 W | H | E | A | 35 T | | 36 O | O | 37 F | 38 S | | 39 L | U | V | | | |
| | 40 D | I | R | 41 E | C | T | D | E | 42 P | O | S | I | 43 T | | |
| | | 44 L | I | S | | 45 O | R | E | L | | 46 E | T | O | 47 N | 48 S |
| | 49 S | Y | N | C | | | | 50 L | I | 51 P | | 52 O | X | E | N |
| | 53 O | D | E | U | 54 M | | 55 S | E | E | R | | | 56 I | W | O |
| 57 B | Y | O | | 58 D | I | 59 R | T | Y | D | O | 60 Z | 61 E | N | | |
62 T | A | B | U | | 63 O | L | A | Y | | | 64 M | E | T | S | | |
65 A | M | E | B | 66 A | | 67 D | U | M | 68 B | 69 D | O | R | A | | | |
70 B | B | A | L | L | | | 71 L | I | E | D | T | O | | | | |
| 72 I | N | E | S | | | | 73 E | A | S | E | S | | | | |
© 2004, The New York Times
Across
1
6
10
12
14
16
17
Yankee nickname starting in 2004 :
AROD18
20
March Madness org. :
NCAA21
24
Balance sheet abbr. :
YTD25
"Your point being ...?" :
AND27
Where some people split for ... to split :
RENO28
The Beatles' "Revolution" vis-à-vis "Hey Jude" :
BSIDE30
32
33
Like a line, for short :
ONED34
36
Reactions to stomach punches :
OOFS39
Valentine's Day sentiment, informally :
LUV40
44
45
46
49
50
52
53
55
Crystal ball reader :
SEER56
57
Party invitation letters :
BYO58
1967 Lee Marvin/Ernest Borgnine film, with "The" :
DIRTYDOZEN62
63
64
65
Item on a lab slide :
AMEBA67
70
71
72
73
Down
1
Item of apparel that might say "Kiss the Cook" :
APRON2
3
4
5
Georges who composed "Oedipe" :
ENESCO6
7
8
9
U.S./Canadian military acronym :
NORAD11
Slangy cry of dismay :
GAWD13
Nutritionist's fig. :
RDA14
15
17
19
Try for a career without the band :
GOSOLO22
23
25
"Isn't that cute?!" :
AWW26
29
31
35
37
Presidential four-termer :
FDR38
41
Portuguese coin replaced by the euro :
ESCUDO42
43
47
48
___-Caps (theater candy) :
SNO49
51
54
55
57
Friend of Thumper :
BAMBI59
60
Most of 1,000,000,000 :
ZEROS61
Airport posting, for short :
ETA62
It's picked up at a bar :
TAB66
68
69
Cavity filler: Abbr. :
DDS
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
Found bugs or have suggestions?
Please let us know.