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Ed Stein
Paula Gamache
NY Times, Sun, Mar 30, 2014 DIAGRAMLESS
68-Across : *Part of a physical, maybe
Author:
Ed Stein and Paula Gamache
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 84, Blocks: 74
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. 1-Across begins in the first square in the first row.
1 B | 2 R | 3 O | 4 A | 5 D | | | | 6 A | 7 T | 8 R | 9 I | 10 U | 11 M | | | |
12 C | O | N | C | U | 13 R | | | 14 F | R | E | S | N | O | | | |
15 C | U | T | T | L | E | | | 16 B | A | M | B | O | O | 17 Z | 18 L | 19 E |
20 S | T | O | O | L | I | 21 E | | 22 S | C | A | N | | 23 N | A | Y | S |
| 24 S | E | R | E | N | A | | | 25 H | I | S | | 26 S | N | I | T |
| | | | 27 S | A | M | 28 I | 29 S | E | N | | 30 S | T | E | N | O |
| | | | | | 31 O | S | H | A | | 32 B | O | R | G | | |
33 A | 34 P | 35 S | 36 E | | 37 A | N | N | O | | | 38 U | S | U | R | 39 E | 40 R |
41 G | O | A | D | | 42 S | N | O | O | 43 K | 44 E | R | | 45 C | E | L | T |
46 A | L | L | W | 47 E | T | | | 48 F | O | Y | T | | 49 K | Y | L | E |
| | 50 M | I | T | A | | 51 M | L | L | E | | | | | | |
52 S | 53 P | I | N | E | | 54 M | A | Y | A | L | 55 I | 56 N | | | | |
57 W | I | N | D | | 58 L | O | T | | | 59 I | S | A | 60 A | 61 C | 62 S | |
63 A | L | E | R | | 64 A | D | I | 65 P | | 66 D | O | U | B | L | E | 67 O |
68 B | L | O | O | 69 D | T | E | S | T | | | 70 U | S | N | A | V | Y |
| | | 71 O | R | E | L | S | E | | | 72 T | E | E | V | E | E |
| | | 73 D | E | X | T | E | R | | | | 74 A | R | E | N | S |
© 2014, The New York Times
Across
1
6
12
14
San Joaquin Valley city :
FRESNO15
Tentacled sea creature :
CUTTLE16
20
22
23
24
Star related to Venus :
SERENA25
26
27
Three-stringed Japanese instrument :
SAMISEN30
Shorthand specialist :
STENO31
Fed. workplace watchdog :
OSHA32
Swedish tennis great :
BORG33
Recess off the nave :
APSE37
38
41
42
45
46
48
A. J. of auto racing :
FOYT49
50
Classic copier name :
MITA51
Mme., before marriage :
MLLE52
54
Vietnam Veterans Memorial designer :
MAYALIN57
58
59
63
Yankee or Tiger, informally :
ALER64
66
With 62-Down, secret agent code name ... or this puzzle's theme :
DOUBLEO68
70
Most Annapolis grads enter it :
USNAVY71
72
73
Showtime hit of 2006-13 :
DEXTER74
Former Israeli defense minister Moshe :
ARENS
Down
1
Secretly emails a dupe :
BCCS2
3
How a ballerina may dance :
ONTOE4
5
Airport near Washington :
DULLES6
Langley and McGuire: Abbr. :
AFBS7
8
9
10
11
13
17
"Riders of the Purple Sage" author :
ZANEGREY18
The Eagles' "___ Eyes" :
LYIN19
21
"Oz" co-star ___ Walker :
EAMONN28
29
30
32
33
34
35
36
37
Movie dog of the 1930s :
ASTA39
40
43
44
47
51
52
53
54
55
56
58
Surgical glove material :
LATEX60
"Li'l" guy in Dogpatch :
ABNER61
One of a pair of percussion sticks :
CLAVE62
65
67
69
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.
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