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Fred Piscop
NY Times, Sun, Jun 20, 2004 DIAGRAMLESS
7-Down : Discombobulated
Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 84, Blocks: 77
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 L | 2 I | 3 M | 4 A | | | | 5 S | 6 T | 7 A | 8 B | | |
9 M | 10 G | 11 R | | 12 A | B | A | B | | | | 13 C | O | D | E | | |
14 A | R | I | | 15 M | A | G | S | | | | 16 H | I | D | E | 17 H | 18 O |
19 N | I | C | 20 K | P | R | I | C | 21 E | | 22 P | U | L | L | T | A | B |
23 S | M | E | E | | | | 24 I | S | 25 L | A | M | | 26 E | L | L | E |
| 27 M | P | G | | | | 28 S | T | O | N | E | | 29 D | E | F | Y |
| | 30 A | L | 31 G | 32 A | | 33 S | E | N | T | R | 34 A | | | | |
35 S | 36 U | P | E | R | C | 37 H | A | R | G | E | | 38 C | 39 R | 40 E | 41 E | 42 D |
43 A | M | E | R | I | C | A | | | | 44 R | 45 E | T | E | L | L | S |
46 P | A | R | S | E | | 47 B | 48 U | 49 F | 50 F | A | L | O | B | I | L | L |
| | | | 51 G | 52 O | I | T | E | R | | 53 I | N | E | Z | | |
54 S | 55 A | 56 D | 57 D | | 58 S | T | I | L | E | | | | 59 K | A | 60 L | |
61 A | G | E | E | | 62 T | U | L | L | E | | | | 63 A | B | E | 64 T |
65 F | A | N | F | 66 A | R | E | | 67 S | P | 68 O | 69 T | 70 C | H | E | C | K |
71 E | R | N | A | N | I | | | | 72 A | U | R | A | | 73 T | O | O |
| | 74 I | M | A | C | | | | 75 S | C | U | M | | 76 H | Q | S |
| | 77 S | E | T | H | | | | 78 S | H | E | P | | | | |
© 2004, The New York Times
Across
1
5
9
Baseball boss: Abbr. :
MGR12
13
Something to crack :
CODE14
15
Rack items, informally :
MAGS16
Cab Calloway catchphrase :
HIDEHO19
22
23
"Peter Pan" pirate :
SMEE24
26
27
Sticker stat, for short :
MPG28
Sculptor's medium :
STONE29
30
33
35
38
You can believe it :
CREED43
44
46
Analyze grammatically :
PARSE47
51
Consequence of iodine deficiency :
GOITER53
54
Teens' road safety org. :
SADD58
59
___-El (Superman's birth name) :
KAL61
"The Morning Watch" writer :
AGEE62
63
65
Cost of cooling equipment? :
FANFARE67
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
Name for a herding dog :
SHEP
Down
1
2
3
4
5
Senator Charles of New York :
SCHUMER6
7
8
9
10
Folklore family name :
GRIMM11
17
Grapefruit portion :
HALF18
20
Ones hanging around alleys :
KEGLERS21
Fragrant compound :
ESTER22
Former sporty Italian auto :
PANTERA25
Past the hole, as a golf shot :
LONG31
"Peer Gynt" Suite composer :
GRIEG32
34
Follow, as advice :
ACTON35
36
37
39
40
41
42
Alternative to dial-up, briefly :
DSL45
48
49
50
52
54
Something to crack :
SAFE55
Ice cream thickener :
AGAR56
Eckersley of Cooperstown :
DENNIS57
60
64
66
68
69
70
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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