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Fred Piscop
NY Times, Sun, Dec 23, 2012 DIAGRAMLESS
Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 84, Blocks: 80
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. 1-Across begins in the third square of the first row.
| | 1 P | 2 R | 3 E | | | | | | | | 4 W | 5 E | 6 S | | |
| 7 T | R | E | X | | 8 P | 9 S | 10 I | 11 S | | | 12 A | L | A | 13 N | |
14 I | R | A | A | C | 15 C | O | U | N | T | | | 16 L | I | L | O | |
17 M | A | L | | 18 E | A | T | E | R | Y | | | 19 L | O | T | S | 20 A |
21 A | L | I | | 22 D | R | O | M | E | | | 23 G | O | T | T | E | N |
24 M | A | N | 25 D | R | A | K | E | | | 26 A | L | P | | 27 A | G | O |
| | 28 E | R | I | | | | 29 T | 30 A | C | O | S | 31 A | L | A | D |
| | | 32 I | N | 33 S | | 34 S | A | H | I | B | | 35 S | K | Y | E |
| 36 A | 37 V | E | | 38 U | 39 P | C | C | O | D | E | | 40 S | S | S | |
41 A | V | I | S | | 42 G | O | O | K | Y | | 43 S | 44 H | E | | | |
45 M | I | N | T | 46 P | A | T | T | Y | | | | 47 E | N | 48 D | | |
49 B | A | N | | 50 R | R | S | | | 51 F | 52 I | 53 X | A | T | I | 54 V | 55 E |
56 E | T | U | 57 D | E | S | | | 58 V | O | T | E | D | | 59 V | I | A |
60 R | I | M | E | S | | | 61 S | E | R | E | N | A | | 62 V | A | S |
| 63 O | B | I | E | | | 64 A | T | M | M | A | C | 65 H | I | N | E |
| 66 N | E | S | T | | | 67 T | O | E | S | | 68 H | O | E | D | |
| | 69 R | M | S | | | | | | | | 70 E | T | S | | |
© 2012, The New York Times
Across
1
4
Horror director Craven :
WES7
"Jurassic Park" menace :
TREX8
Trident-shaped letters :
PSIS12
14
16
Stitch's movie pal :
LILO17
Prefix with adjusted :
MAL18
19
21
Champ before and after Spinks :
ALI22
Ending with hippo- :
DROME23
24
26
27
28
"___ tu" (Verdi aria) :
ERI29
32
34
Sir, in colonial India :
SAHIB35
36
Many a Monopoly square: Abbr. :
AVE38
Package marking, redundantly :
UPCCODE40
Draft dodger's bane: Abbr. :
SSS41
Competitor of Dollar :
AVIS42
43
45
47
49
50
Monopoly quartet: Abbr. :
RRS51
56
58
Helped someone to a seat? :
VOTED59
60
LeAnn of country music :
RIMES61
62
63
Big Apple stage award :
OBIE64
Convenience store convenience, redundantly :
ATMMACHINE66
67
Web site for a duck? :
TOES68
Chopped clods, maybe :
HOED69
Abbr. in an apt. ad :
RMS70
"The X-Files" subjects, for short :
ETS
Down
1
2
Stephen of "The Crying Game" :
REA3
4
5
Former New York governor Spitzer :
ELIOT6
Cold war conferences, redundantly :
SALTTALKS7
Refrain syllables :
TRALA8
"The Chosen" author Chaim :
POTOK9
10
11
Place for a feeding trough :
STY13
14
15
"___ Mia" (1965 hit) :
CARA20
23
Geography class items :
GLOBES25
26
29
30
Sailor's salutation :
AHOY31
33
34
Many a wearer of plaid :
SCOT36
37
39
41
"Jurassic Park" preservation medium :
AMBER44
46
48
51
Gift-getter's question :
FORME52
53
TV's warrior princess :
XENA54
55
57
Religious view of Franklin and Jefferson :
DEISM58
61
Parked it, so to speak :
SAT65
Flying off the shelves :
HOT
Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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