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Frank Longo
NY Times, Sun, Aug 05, 2001 DIAGRAMLESS
44-Down : "The Maja Clothed" painter
Author:
Frank Longo
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 58, Blocks: 138
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has an asymmetrical pattern. The first square across is the sixth square in the first row.
| | | | | 1 G | 2 A | 3 M | 4 E | 5 R | 6 S | | | | | | |
| | | 7 G | 8 O | A | L | C | R | E | A | 9 S | 10 E | | | | |
| | 11 G | A | L | L | B | L | A | D | D | E | R | 12 S | | | |
| 13 G | A | U | L | S | | | | | 14 E | X | I | T | 15 S | | |
| 16 R | I | G | A | | | | | | | 17 Y | E | A | H | | |
18 G | E | N | E | | | | | | | | | 19 S | T | Y | | |
20 R | E | E | D | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
21 A | N | D | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
22 N | B | C | | | | | | 23 G | 24 A | 25 R | 26 I | 27 B | 28 A | 29 L | 30 D | 31 I |
32 D | E | O | | | | | | 33 I | V | E | D | O | N | E | I | T |
34 A | R | N | 35 O | | | | | 36 G | A | V | E | I | T | A | G | O |
37 M | E | T | S | | | | | | | | 38 C | L | A | P | | |
| 39 T | R | I | 40 M | | | | | | | 41 L | O | C | O | | |
| 42 S | O | R | E | 43 R | | | | | 44 G | A | V | I | N | | |
| | 45 L | I | G | H | 46 T | 47 C | 48 O | 49 L | O | R | E | D | | | |
| | | 50 S | A | Y | A | P | R | A | Y | E | R | | | | |
| | | | | 51 S | T | R | A | T | A | | | | | | |
© 2001, The New York Times
Across
1
Scrabble tournament contestants :
GAMERS7
11
13
Natives of France :
GAULS14
16
17
Slangy confirmation :
YEAH18
19
20
English horn insert :
REED21
22
"The West Wing" network :
NBC23
32
"Gloria in Excelsis ___" :
DEO33
34
River to the Ligurian Sea :
ARNO36
37
1986 World Series winners :
METS38
Show some appreciation :
CLAP39
41
42
44
"The Love Boat" actor MacLeod :
GAVIN45
50
51
Down
1
2
3
12th-century midpoint :
MCL4
Roaring 20's or Gay 90's :
ERA5
6
"The Crimes of Love" author :
SADE7
8
9
10
Cat Nation Indians :
ERIES11
12
13
15
18
23
24
Gardner of "Mogambo" :
AVA25
Sermon deliverer, informally :
REV26
27
28
29
30
31
Widely televised judge of 1995 :
ITO35
Egyptian judge of the dead :
OSIRIS40
Prefix with corporation :
MEGA43
Actor John ___-Davies :
RHYS44
"The Maja Clothed" painter :
GOYA46
Sylvester, to Tweety Pie :
TAT47
Paramedic procedure, briefly :
CPR48
49
Back muscle, briefly :
LAT
Answer summary: 5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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