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Fred Piscop
NY Times, Sun, Sep 30, 2012 DIAGRAMLESS
7-Down : The Brooklyn Dodgers, as they were affectionately known
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 first square of the first row.
1 H | 2 A | 3 S | 4 P | | | | | | | | 5 C | 6 A | 7 B | 8 S | | |
9 E | R | E | C | 10 T | 11 I | 12 N | 13 G | | | | 14 A | D | U | L | 15 T | |
16 S | I | X | S | H | O | O | T | 17 E | 18 R | | 19 R | O | M | E | O | |
20 S | O | C | | 21 I | N | D | O | L | E | 22 N | T | | 23 S | E | W | 24 S |
| 25 S | E | 26 N | N | A | S | | 27 M | I | R | E | 28 D | | 29 T | B | A |
| 30 O | L | E | G | | | 31 C | O | N | C | L | U | 32 S | I | O | N |
| 33 S | L | A | S | 34 H | 35 E | R | | | | | 36 C | L | E | A | T |
| | | | | 37 O | D | E | 38 L | 39 L | | | 40 A | O | R | T | A |
| | | 41 B | 42 L | O | O | D | S | A | 43 M | 44 P | L | E | | | |
45 M | 46 A | 47 G | N | A | | | 48 O | U | T | R | E | | | | | |
49 I | M | E | A | N | | | | | 50 T | E | A | 51 R | 52 O | 53 F | 54 F | |
55 C | A | R | I | C | 56 A | 57 T | 58 U | 59 R | E | | | 60 E | L | A | L | |
61 A | D | M | | 62 E | R | A | S | E | | 63 N | 64 O | V | E | N | A | |
65 H | E | A | 66 D | | 67 O | P | E | N | 68 L | A | T | E | | 69 M | T | 70 A |
| 71 U | N | A | 72 R | M | | 73 D | E | E | P | B | R | 74 E | A | T | H |
| 75 S | I | T | K | A | | | | 76 V | E | S | T | R | I | E | S |
| | 77 C | E | O | S | | | | | | | | 78 A | L | D | O |
© 2012, The New York Times
Across
1
Fastener for a padlock :
HASP5
Members of a yellow fleet :
CABS9
14
16
19
20
Political label for Vt.'s Bernie Sanders :
SOC21
23
Makes zigzags, e.g. :
SEWS25
Cathartic-yielding plants :
SENNAS27
29
Unfilled-slot abbr. :
TBA30
31
33
36
Feature of a baseball or golf shoe :
CLEAT37
Nancy of "Entertainment Tonight" :
ODELL40
Line from the left ventricle :
AORTA41
45
Great, on a diploma :
MAGNA48
49
50
55
60
Airline whose name means "skyward" :
ELAL61
Fleet leader: Abbr. :
ADM62
63
Catholic's act of devotion :
NOVENA65
67
69
Charlie's ride, in song :
MTA71
73
75
76
77
78
Down
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
The Brooklyn Dodgers, as they were affectionately known :
BUMS8
10
11
12
Some auction action :
NODS13
15
17
18
22
Reactor-overseeing org. :
NRC24
26
Grant-awarding org. :
NEA28
31
Literally, "I believe" :
CREDO32
34
"Boo" or "yoo" follower :
HOO35
38
The N.C.A.A.'s Fighting Tigers :
LSU39
It may be ordered "grande" or "venti" :
LATTE41
42
43
Desert Storm chow, briefly :
MRE44
Shepherd's pie morsel :
PEA45
46
47
51
52
53
Deliveries to celebrities :
FANMAIL54
56
Therapeutic emanations :
AROMAS57
Dance like Gregory Hines :
TAP58
59
63
64
Wagering sites, for short :
OTBS66
68
Asher ___ (Potok character) :
LEV70
72
Original "King Kong" studio :
RKO74
One for the history books :
ERA
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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