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Fred Piscop
NY Times, Sun, Jun 22, 2014 DIAGRAMLESS
51-Down : "Shoot!"
Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 84, Blocks: 74
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. 1-Across begins in the fifth square in the first row.
| | | | 1 G | 2 N | 3 A | 4 T | 5 S | | | | 6 S | 7 C | 8 A | 9 B | |
| | 10 S | 11 T | O | O | D | A | T | | | | 12 M | U | T | E | |
13 O | 14 N | I | O | N | D | O | M | E | | | | 15 E | L | S | A | |
16 R | E | S | T | E | D | | 17 P | I | 18 C | 19 K | 20 L | E | P | U | S | 21 S |
22 C | A | T | E | R | E | 23 D | | 24 N | A | N | O | | 25 A | N | T | E |
26 A | T | E | | | 27 D | O | 28 T | | 29 B | I | C | | | 30 S | I | N |
| 31 O | R | 32 A | 33 L | | 34 B | O | 35 G | O | T | A | | 36 T | E | E | S |
| | | 37 R | A | 38 L | L | Y | E | | | 39 T | 40 S | E | T | S | E |
| | | 41 C | H | E | E | S | E | 42 C | 43 L | O | T | H | | | |
44 S | 45 C | 46 L | E | R | A | | | 47 S | O | I | R | E | E | | | |
48 C | L | O | D | | 49 F | 50 A | 51 D | E | I | N | | 52 W | E | 53 P | 54 T | |
55 R | O | N | | | 56 I | R | A | | 57 L | E | 58 T | | | 59 O | I | 60 L |
61 U | T | E | 62 S | | 63 E | O | N | 64 S | | 65 D | I | 66 N | 67 E | T | T | E |
68 M | U | S | T | 69 A | R | D | G | A | 70 S | | 71 M | O | R | A | L | E |
| 72 R | O | A | R | | | | 73 H | A | 74 M | B | U | R | G | E | R |
| 75 E | M | I | T | | | | 76 I | M | M | E | N | S | E | | |
| 77 D | E | N | Y | | | | 78 B | E | E | R | S | | | | |
© 2014, The New York Times
Across
1
6
Picket line defier :
SCAB10
12
13
15
Schiaparelli of fashion :
ELSA16
17
22
24
25
26
Absorbed, as a loss :
ATE27
29
Pen often sold in a pack :
BIC30
31
34
36
37
Auto race along public roads :
RALLYE39
Airborne African menace :
TSETSE41
44
47
48
49
Gradually appear, as on film :
FADEIN52
Turned on the waterworks :
WEPT55
___ Weasley, Harry Potter pal :
RON56
Investment for later yrs. :
IRA57
Reason to serve again :
LET59
Jed Clampett's find :
OIL61
Beehive State Indians :
UTES63
65
68
71
A coach may try to boost it :
MORALE72
73
Fast-food item to which the beginnings of 13-, 17-, 41- and 68-Across may be added :
HAMBURGER75
76
77
Claim innocence over :
DENY78
Down
1
2
Made a bid at an auction :
NODDED3
4
Repeatedly press (down) :
TAMP5
6
Crewman on the Jolly Roger :
SMEE7
8
When fireworks shows are often put on :
ATSUNSET9
10
11
Pledge drive giveaway :
TOTE13
14
18
Baja resort area, briefly :
CABO19
20
21
What simpletons lack :
SENSE23
28
32
33
Cowardly Lion player :
LAHR35
Flying V components :
GEESE36
38
Like spinach vis-à-vis string beans :
LEAFIER40
42
43
Like composition paper :
LINED44
Restart of play, in rugby :
SCRUM45
Forced to an end, as a filibuster :
CLOTURED46
50
N.Y. Yankee suspended for the 2014 season :
AROD51
53
54
58
60
62
64
Term of address in British India :
SAHIB66
Proper or common things :
NOUNS67
69
70
74
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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