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Byron Walden
NY Times, Sun, Jan 16, 2005 DIAGRAMLESS
8-Down : Shooters
Author:
Byron Walden
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 74, Blocks: 89
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. The first square across is the sixth square in the first row.
| | | | | 1 T | 2 S | 3 A | 4 R | 5 I | 6 S | 7 M | | | | | |
| | | | 8 G | O | E | S | T | O | P | O | 9 T | | | | |
| | | 10 H | U | R | R | I | E | S | F | R | O | 11 M | | | |
| | 12 G | E | N | E | | | | | | 13 R | E | A | 14 P | | |
| 15 A | U | G | U | S | 16 T | 17 O | 18 P | 19 I | 20 N | O | C | H | E | 21 T | |
22 C | H | R | I | S | T | O | P | H | E | R | W | A | L | K | E | 23 N |
24 A | S | U | R | E | | 25 O | T | E | R | O | | 26 P | E | O | N | Y |
27 R | O | S | A | R | 28 Y | | 29 S | N | I | T | 30 S | | 31 R | E | D | S |
| | | | 32 S | A | 33 T | | | | 34 C | A | 35 T | | | | |
36 B | 37 A | 38 B | 39 A | | 40 W | R | 41 O | 42 T | 43 E | | 44 O | H | 45 S | 46 T | 47 O | 48 P |
49 E | P | O | C | 50 H | | 51 A | T | E | S | 52 T | | 53 R | A | B | B | I |
54 L | O | S | T | O | 55 P | P | O | R | T | U | 56 N | I | T | I | E | S |
| 57 P | O | S | T | O | P | E | R | A | T | I | V | E | L | Y | |
| | 58 N | U | T | S | | | | | | 59 P | E | E | L | | |
| | | 60 P | U | T | 61 S | 62 M | 63 I | 64 L | 65 E | S | O | N | | | |
| | | | 66 B | U | R | S | T | O | P | E | N | | | | |
| | | | | 67 M | I | S | S | M | A | Y | | | | | |
© 2005, The New York Times
Across
1
Regime of old Russian rulers :
TSARISM8
10
12
13
15
22
24
25
Alamogordo's county :
OTERO26
27
29
31
32
34
36
40
44
Overpraised person's cry
or a title for this puzzle :
OHSTOP49
51
53
54
57
58
59
60
66
Couldn't sustain its internal pressure :
BURSTOPEN67
Down
1
How some issues may be put :
TOREST2
3
4
A.A.A. recommendation :
RTE5
Greek island thought to be Homer's burial place :
IOS6
Tanning lotion letters :
SPF7
8
9
10
11
"Symphony of a Thousand" composer :
MAHLER12
14
15
"Got it," jocularly :
AHSO16
17
18
Fen-___ (diet drug combo) :
PHEN19
Yesterday, in Italy :
IERI20
College grp. for future sailors :
NROTC21
22
23
Albany's home: Abbr. :
NYS28
Deviation from a missile's path :
YAW30
33
Von ___ family of "The Sound of Music" :
TRAPP35
36
37
38
Subatomic particle named for an Indian physicist :
BOSON39
Doesn't function properly :
ACTSUP41
Great Plains tribe :
OTOE42
The Yukon, e.g.: Abbr. :
TERR43
45
46
Certain investment, for short :
TBILL47
48
50
Standard location for reality dating shows :
HOTTUB52
55
Caffeine-free coffee substitute :
POSTUM56
61
Eastern title of respect :
SRI62
63
64
65
Answer summary: 7 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later.
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