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Frank Longo
NY Times, Sun, Jun 11, 2000
7-Down : Places for some marshals or mice
Author:
Frank Longo
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 68, Blocks: 124
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has left/right symmetry. 1-Across begins in the eighth square of the top row.
| | | | | | | 1 V | 2 I | 3 P | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 4 P | 5 A | I | R | O | 6 F | 7 F | | | | | |
| | | | 8 M | I | S | S | E | L | L | I | 9 E | | | | |
| | | | 10 A | C | H | E | | 11 S | U | E | R | | | | |
| | | | 12 I | K | E | | | | 13 M | L | I | | | | |
| | | 14 B | L | A | N | 15 C | | 16 M | E | D | E | 17 A | | | |
| 18 X | 19 E | R | O | X | | 20 A | 21 K | A | | 22 S | C | U | 23 B | 24 A | |
25 A | R | M | O | R | | | 26 L | E | I | | | 27 A | X | E | L | 28 S |
29 C | A | B | | 30 D | 31 E | 32 P | E | N | D | 33 S | 34 O | N | | 35 Q | U | E |
36 A | Y | R | | 37 E | R | I | N | | 38 E | L | I | A | | 39 U | N | E |
40 C | I | A | | 41 R | A | N | D | | 42 N | U | L | L | | 43 I | S | M |
44 I | N | C | | | 45 S | T | A | 46 R | V | E | S | | | 47 E | E | L |
48 A | G | E | | | | 49 O | R | E | O | S | | | | 50 T | R | Y |
| | | | | | | 51 G | A | Y | | | | | | | |
| | | | 52 A | 53 V | 54 O | I | D | A | 55 B | 56 L | 57 E | | | | |
| | | | 58 H | E | N | R | Y | G | R | A | Y | | | | |
| | | | 59 S | E | A | L | | 60 E | A | S | E | | | | |
© 2000, The New York Times
Across
1
Red carpet recipient :
VIP4
Separate into groups of two :
PAIROFF8
10
11
Defendant's opponent :
SUER12
13
Mid-11th-century date :
MLI14
Man of many voices :
BLANC16
18
20
22
It's donned for diving :
SCUBA25
It's donned for jousting :
ARMOR26
Neckwear with an aroma :
LEI27
29
30
35
36
Firth of Clyde port :
AYR37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
47
Unagi, at a sushi bar :
EEL48
Word with Iron or Ice :
AGE49
50
51
52
58
59
SeaWorld attraction :
SEAL60
Down
1
It's gripping in the workshop :
VISE2
3
4
5
6
Watery amusement park ride :
FLUME7
Places for some marshals or mice :
FIELDS8
9
14
Someone to hang with :
BRO15
16
17
"La Cage ___ Folles" :
AUX18
Looking beneath the surface? :
XRAYING19
21
23
24
Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner :
ALUNSER25
28
31
32
33
34
46
52
53
Flying geese formation :
VEE54
55
Invisible means of support? :
BRA56
57
One of Argus's hundred :
EYE
Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.
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