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Mary Lou Guizzo
Mary Lou Guizzo
David Steinberg
David Steinberg

NY Times, Sun, Oct 23, 2016 DIAGRAMLESS

45-Across : Misfortune

Author:
Mary Lou Guizzo and David Steinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 71, Blocks: 97
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has left/right symmetry. 1-Across begins in the 8th square of the first row.
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© 2016, The New York Times
Across
1
President before D.D.E. : HST
4
Hairy Halloween costume : APE
5
Dog doc : VET
6
Noisy, crested birds : JAYS
10
Conger or moray : EEL
11
Eponym of a root beer brand : BARQ
15
Twangy-sounding : NASAL
16
Solitaire base card : ACE
17
Freeze over : ICEUP
19
San Diego Chargers venue to which Qualcomm got the naming rights in 1997 : JACKMURPHYSTADIUM
23
Pizza chain founded in Chicago, informally : UNOS
24
French pancake : GALETTE
25
Tetra- times two : OCTA
26
Riotous group : MOB
27
Sporty 1990s Toyota : PASEO
28
Bout stoppers, briefly : KOS
29
Quiet attention-getter : PSST
31
Recycling receptacle : BIN
32
"Mad Men" network : AMC
34
Microwaves : ZAPS
35
Threaded again, as shoes : RELACED
37
Entertainer in a béret, say : ARTISTE
39
Walt Whitman poem written after Lincoln's assassination : OCAPTAINMYCAPTAIN
43
Sci-fi escape vehicle : POD
44
German highways : AUTOBAHNS
45
Misfortune : WOE
46
Two slices of a loaf of bread : ENDS
48
Gap between neurons : SYNAPSE
49
Quantity of ale : PINT
50
Difficult to comprehend : DEEP
52
Barnyard brooders : HENS
53
Protesting loudly : RAISINGASTINK
61
Bioluminescent marine dweller : LANTERNFISH
62
Marathons, e.g. : FOOTRACES
Down
1
Know what one's course of action will be : HAVEAPLAN
2
Orations : SPEECHES
3
English beverage since 1837 : TETLEYTEA
6
Biblical steps to heaven : JACOBSLADDER
7
Inquires : ASKS
8
Thanksgiving vegetable : YAM
9
Slimy garden pest : SLUG
11
Fisherman's success : BITE
12
Obama's health law, for short : ACA
13
Change the décor of : REDO
14
Very swiftly : QUICKASAWINK
15
Less than an instant : NANOSECOND
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Stock portfolio hedges : PUTOPTIONS
19
Double Dutch activity : JUMPROPE
20
Swiftness : RAPIDITY
21
Tolerates : STOMACHS
22
"Manon" composer Jules : MASSENET
30
Need for making maple syrup : TAP
31
Men bearing roses or chocolates : BEAUS
33
Construction site sight : CRANE
34
Unpopular teen spot : ZIT
36
Windy City 'L' inits. : CTA
38
Festoons, as a tree on Halloween, briefly : TPS
40
French rejection : NON
41
Wall Street deg. : MBA
42
Pomeranian bark : YAP
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Specialized Navy operative : SEAL
49
Phnom ___, Cambodia : PENH
51
"La Vie en Rose" singer Edith : PIAF
52
Pit viper's warning : HISS
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___-Cat : SNO
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O.J. trial judge Lance : ITO
56
Earn after expenses : NET
57
Pit bull's warning : GRR
58
Santa ___ winds : ANA
59
U.S. Army E-7: Abbr. : SFC
60
Deadlock : TIE
Answer summary: 5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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