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Brendan Emmett Quigley
NY Times, Sun, Aug 01, 2004 DIAGRAMLESS
55-Down : Gratis, to Goethe
Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 82, Blocks: 92
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. The first square across is the fourth square in the first row.
| | | 1 C | 2 O | 3 E | 4 R | 5 C | 6 E | | | | | | | | |
| | 7 W | A | R | R | I | O | R | | 8 O | 9 P | 10 A | 11 H | | | |
| 12 J | A | C | K | I | E | K | E | 13 N | N | E | D | Y | | | |
| 14 A | N | A | | 15 E | L | I | | 16 A | D | W | E | E | 17 K | | |
| 18 Y | E | O | 19 W | | | 20 E | 21 S | N | E | | | 22 N | A | 23 G | 24 S |
| | 25 D | S | C | | | | 26 L | U | C | 27 Y | 28 H | A | Y | E | S |
| | | | 29 S | 30 O | 31 A | 32 M | I | | 33 K | E | A | | 34 L | O | S |
| 35 P | 36 A | 37 S | | 38 P | R | A | D | 39 O | | 40 A | N | 41 D | E | R | S |
| 42 F | L | O | 43 R | E | N | C | E | H | 44 A | R | D | I | N | G | |
45 H | I | L | T | O | N | | 46 S | I | T | I | N | | 47 U | Z | I | |
48 I | Z | E | | 49 A | I | 50 M | | 51 N | O | R | S | 52 E | | | | |
53 H | E | L | 54 E | N | T | A | 55 F | T | | | | 56 B | 57 A | 58 G | | |
59 O | R | E | L | | | 60 T | R | O | 61 T | | | 62 B | L | E | 63 W | |
| | 64 S | O | 65 T | 66 R | U | E | | 67 R | 68 H | 69 O | | 70 E | N | O | |
| | | 71 P | A | T | R | I | 72 C | I | A | N | 73 I | X | O | N | |
| | | 74 E | P | E | E | | 75 O | P | H | E | L | I | A | | |
| | | | | | | | 76 S | P | A | R | K | S | | | |
© 2004, The New York Times
Across
1
7
8
Brightly colored marine fish :
OPAH12
14
15
16
Madison Avenue trade magazine :
ADWEEK18
20
Slave to crosswords? :
ESNE22
Racehorses, slangily :
NAGS25
26
First first lady to hold a college degree :
LUCYHAYES29
33
34
35
38
Museum with Goyas :
PRADO40
42
45
46
47
Special forces firearm :
UZI48
49
Order after "ready" :
AIM51
53
First first lady to write a commercially published book :
HELENTAFT56
59
60
62
64
67
Letter in the name of a boating fraternity? :
RHO70
71
First first lady to visit an overseas combat zone :
PATRICIANIXON74
One-on-one Olympic event :
EPEE75
Shakespearean character who was the first to use the phrase "primrose path" :
OPHELIA76
Signs of an electric problem :
SPARKS
Down
1
Tropical trees from which chocolate comes :
CACAOS2
3
4
5
Newswoman Roberts :
COKIE6
7
8
9
10
11
Cackling creature :
HYENA12
13
When doubled, goodbye on 2-Down :
NANU17
"Rich Man, Poor Man" actress :
KAYLENZ19
21
23
24
27
28
30
31
Prince Valiant's son :
ARN32
They don't do Windows :
MACS35
36
37
39
"___ be in England" :
OHTO41
Island off India's coast :
DIU43
44
45
50
52
54
Run off to say "I do" :
ELOPE55
57
Joan Collins's role on "Dynasty" :
ALEXIS58
61
Linda in 90's news :
TRIPP63
65
66
68
69
72
73
Answer summary: 5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.
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