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Paula Gamache
NY Times, Sun, Aug 23, 2009 DIAGRAMLESS
64-Down : Restaurateur Toots
Author:
Paula Gamache
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 88, Blocks: 75
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. The first square across is the first box in the first row
1 B | 2 A | 3 N | 4 G | | | 5 Z | 6 E | 7 L | 8 I | 9 G | | | | | | |
10 A | L | O | U | 11 D | | 12 E | R | A | S | E | | | | | | |
13 B | O | N | N | I | 14 E | R | A | I | T | T | | 15 S | 16 H | 17 E | 18 A | 19 F |
20 A | G | E | S | A | G | O | | | | 21 I | 22 N | P | E | A | C | E |
| | | | 23 G | O | I | 24 N | 25 G | 26 S | T | R | A | I | G | H | T |
27 A | 28 M | 29 A | 30 J | | 31 S | N | O | O | T | | 32 A | N | N | L | E | E |
33 L | O | B | O | 34 S | | | 35 B | A | A | 36 S | | | 37 Z | E | D | S |
38 F | I | S | H | O | 39 R | 40 C | U | T | B | A | 41 I | 42 T | | | | |
| | | 43 N | A | Y | A | | | | 44 S | T | A | 45 X | | | |
| | | | 46 P | E | T | 47 E | 48 R | 49 T | H | E | G | R | 50 E | 51 A | 52 T |
53 R | 54 U | 55 S | 56 S | | | 57 O | N | O | R | | | 58 S | A | A | B | S |
59 A | T | L | A | 60 S | 61 T | | 62 O | B | O | 63 E | 64 S | | 65 Y | U | C | K |
66 F | E | A | T | H | E | 67 R | W | E | I | G | H | 68 T | | | | |
69 T | R | I | B | E | C | A | | | | 70 R | O | Y | 71 G | 72 B | 73 I | 74 V |
75 S | O | N | Y | S | | 76 S | 77 I | 78 L | 79 V | E | R | P | L | A | T | E |
| | | | | | 80 T | A | S | E | S | | 81 O | U | T | E | R |
| | | | | | 82 A | N | D | E | S | | | 83 T | H | R | O |
© 2009, The New York Times
Across
1
Starting off with a ___ :
BANG5
Title role in a Woody Allen mockumentary :
ZELIG10
12
13
15
20
21
23
27
Key of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7: Abbr. :
AMAJ31
32
American Shaker leader :
ANNLEE33
35
37
38
43
Bottled water brand :
NAYA44
Big 1960s record label :
STAX46
53
Wisconsin senator Feingold :
RUSS57
58
Imports from Sweden :
SAABS59
62
They're found among the reeds :
OBOES65
66
69
New York's ___ Film Festival :
TRIBECA70
75
76
80
81
82
83
By way of, briefly :
THRO
Down
1
"Ali ___ and the 40 Thieves" :
BABA2
3
Less than a little :
NONE4
Bulging biceps, slangily :
GUNS5
6
7
China's Chou En-___ :
LAI8
"Was ___ das?" (German query) :
IST9
11
From corner to corner: Abbr. :
DIAG14
15
16
Big name in ketchup :
HEINZ17
18
Needed kneading, say :
ACHED19
22
Piece-keeper's org.? :
NRA24
Japanese-born celebrity chef :
NOBU25
26
27
28
"You mean li'l ol' me?" :
MOI29
30
34
36
39
40
The Censor of Rome :
CATO41
42
45
Provider of inside info? :
XRAY47
48
49
"Star Trek: T.N.G." counselor Deanna :
TROI50
51
52
Cluck of disapproval :
TSK53
54
In ___ (not yet born) :
UTERO55
56
Stayed uninvolved :
SATBY60
1980 Rolling Stones hit "___ So Cold" :
SHES61
63
64
Restaurateur Toots :
SHOR67
Dreadlocks sporter :
RASTA68
71
72
Place for a rubber duckie :
BATH73
74
77
"Atonement" author McEwan :
IAN78
Cause of some tripping :
LSD79
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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