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Paula Gamache
NY Times, Sun, Sep 18, 2011 DIAGRAMLESS
5-Down : Universal: Prefix
Author:
Paula Gamache
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 76, Blocks: 90
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deepĀ and has regular crossword symmetry. 1-Across begins in the first square of the first row.
1 D | 2 I | 3 S | | | | 4 N | 5 O | 6 W | 7 I | 8 N | | | | | | |
9 I | N | N | | | 10 K | I | M | O | N | O | | | | | | |
11 S | T | A | 12 R | 13 W | I | T | N | E | S | S | | | 14 B | 15 A | 16 J | 17 A |
18 K | R | I | S | H | N | A | | 19 I | T | T | 20 O | | 21 I | P | A | D |
22 S | O | L | V | E | | | 23 U | S | E | R | S | | 24 P | A | G | E |
| | | 25 P | R | 26 I | 27 N | C | I | P | A | L | 28 F | O | C | U | S |
| | | 29 D | E | T | O | O | | | | 30 O | L | D | H | A | T |
| | | | | 31 S | T | N | 32 S | | | | 33 I | S | E | R | E |
| | | | 34 M | A | I | N | E | 35 V | 36 E | 37 N | T | | | | |
38 C | 39 H | 40 A | 41 K | A | | | | 42 T | I | M | E | | | | | |
43 D | E | P | A | U | 44 W | | | | 45 V | I | A | 46 N | 47 D | | | |
48 C | A | R | D | I | N | 49 A | 50 L | 51 V | I | R | T | U | E | | | |
52 A | L | O | E | | 53 B | L | E | E | D | | | 54 B | L | 55 E | 56 S | 57 S |
58 S | E | N | T | | 59 A | L | E | N | | 60 T | 61 U | B | E | T | O | P |
62 E | R | S | T | | | 63 P | R | I | 64 M | A | R | Y | D | U | T | Y |
| | | | | | 65 R | E | C | K | O | N | | | 66 I | T | O |
| | | | | | 67 O | D | E | T | S | | | | 68 S | O | N |
© 2011, The New York Times
Across
1
4
Hopeless, as a situation :
NOWIN9
10
Wardrobe item for "The Mikado" :
KIMONO11
14
Mexicali's state, familiarly :
BAJA18
19
21
Apple debut of 2010 :
IPAD22
23
Gold diggers, e.g. :
USERS24
Person with a message :
PAGE25
29
30
31
Places for getting off: Abbr. :
STNS33
Grenoble's department :
ISERE34
38
Khan who sang "I'm Every Woman" :
CHAKA42
It may be called during a game :
TIME43
Dan Quayle's alma mater :
DEPAUW45
48
52
53
54
Give one's approval to :
BLESS58
59
Chrysler Building architect William Van ___ :
ALEN60
Informal summer wear for women :
TUBETOP62
Once, a long time ago :
ERST63
65
Suppose, country-style :
RECKON66
67
Playwright Clifford :
ODETS68
Heir, but not an heiress :
SON
Down
1
2
Foreword, for short :
INTRO3
4
Actress Naldi of the silent era :
NITA5
6
Patricia T. O'Conner book on grammar :
WOEISI7
8
10
12
Answered, as an invitation :
RSVPD13
"___ to?" (cabbie's query) :
WHERE14
15
16
17
20
Scandinavian capital :
OSLO23
26
27
Protestation of innocence :
NOTI28
32
34
Neighbor of Lanai and Molokai :
MAUI35
Making a strong impression :
VIVID36
37
38
39
40
41
44
Seattle Storm's org. :
WNBA46
Like tweed fabric :
NUBBY47
49
50
51
Bridge of Sighs locale :
VENICE55
56
57
Watch via satellite, maybe :
SPYON60
New Mexico county or its seat :
TAOS61
64
Exchange place: Abbr. :
MKT
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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