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Fred Piscop
NY Times, Sun, Jun 26, 2011 DIAGRAMLESS
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Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 84, Blocks: 76
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. 1-Across begins in the 6th square of the top row.
| | | | | 1 R | 2 E | 3 C | 4 A | 5 P | | | | | | | |
| 6 A | 7 B | 8 S | | 9 A | M | E | B | A | | | 10 B | 11 A | 12 M | | |
13 A | F | L | A | 14 T | M | I | N | O | R | | 15 B | E | R | A | 16 T | 17 E |
18 F | R | I | T | O | S | | 19 T | U | E | | 20 R | E | A | R | E | D |
21 T | O | P | E | R | | 22 E | S | T | R | 23 E | E | T | B | A | N | D |
| | | 24 E | T | 25 A | L | | | | 26 R | E | L | I | T | | |
| | | 27 N | O | S | I | 28 R | | 29 S | I | D | E | S | H | 30 O | 31 W |
32 C | 33 E | 34 S | S | N | A | | 35 A | 36 U | N | T | | | 37 T | O | D | O |
38 O | L | A | | 39 I | P | 40 O | D | T | O | U | 41 C | 42 H | | 43 N | I | K |
44 L | I | N | 45 C | | | 46 D | O | E | R | | 47 L | A | 48 S | S | E | S |
49 T | A | I | L | 50 S | 51 P | I | N | | 52 E | 53 B | O | L | I | | | |
| | 54 T | O | U | R | S | | | | 55 O | D | I | N | | | |
56 O | 57 G | A | U | G | E | T | 58 R | 59 A | 60 C | K | | 61 B | A | 62 S | 63 T | 64 E |
65 P | E | R | D | A | Y | | 66 O | A | R | | 67 O | U | T | L | I | E |
68 P | L | I | E | R | S | | 69 U | H | A | 70 U | L | T | R | U | C | K |
| | 71 A | D | S | | | 72 S | E | N | S | E | | 73 A | R | K | |
| | | | | | | 74 E | D | E | N | S | | | | | |
© 2011, The New York Times
Across
1
Postgame presentation :
RECAP6
9
Microscopic creature :
AMEBA10
13
15
18
Snack food once pitched by a "bandito" :
FRITOS19
First day back after a three-day weekend, maybe: Abbr. :
TUE20
21
Sighter of pink elephants :
TOPER22
24
26
27
Respectful refusal :
NOSIR29
Where to see a sword-swallower or fire-eater :
SIDESHOW32
Big name in small planes :
CESSNA35
37
Heading on a list of chores :
TODO38
Suffix with schnozz :
OLA39
43
44
Omar's "Mod Squad" role :
LINC46
47
49
52
Where Christ stopped, in a Levi title :
EBOLI54
55
56
61
Tend to, as a turkey :
BASTE65
How some temps are paid :
PERDAY66
67
68
69
71
Web pop-ups, usually :
ADS72
73
What Indiana Jones sought :
ARK74
Down
1
2
London-based record label :
EMI3
4
5
Certain kitchen knife :
PARER6
Early Jesse Jackson do :
AFRO7
Spot in the control tower :
BLIP8
10
11
12
13
14
15
Kennel club classification :
BREED16
17
School superintendent's deg. :
EDD22
One of the Mannings :
ELI23
Verdi aria sung by Renato :
ERITU25
28
29
30
31
Stir-fry equipment :
WOKS32
33
34
36
Beehive State player :
UTE40
Writer of lofty lines :
ODIST41
42
45
48
50
51
53
56
Not in favor: Abbr. :
OPP57
58
59
Reacted to a massage, say :
AAHED60
One doing the heavy lifting? :
CRANE62
63
64
67
Acapulco accolades :
OLES70
Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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