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Paula Gamache
NY Times, Sun, May 24, 2015 DIAGRAMLESS
20-Down : Almost out of gas
Author:
Paula Gamache
Editor:
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 80, Blocks: 88
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 S | 2 H | 3 A | 4 H | | | 5 F | 6 O | 7 S | 8 S | 9 E | | | | | | |
10 K | O | R | E | 11 A | | 12 R | A | C | E | R | | | | | | |
13 A | T | O | M | S | 14 M | A | S | H | E | R | | | 15 W | 16 E | 17 R | 18 E |
| 19 B | U | S | R | O | U | T | E | S | | | 20 O | H | W | O | W |
| 21 O | S | I | E | R | | | 22 M | A | 23 A | | 24 N | O | O | S | E |
| 25 T | E | N | D | S | | 26 J | A | W | B | 27 R | E | A | K | E | R |
| | | | | 28 I | 29 S | U | | 30 S | I | A | M | | | | |
| | 31 A | 32 P | 33 B | | 34 A | D | 35 D | | 36 G | Y | P | 37 S | 38 Y | | |
| | 39 G | H | E | 40 T | T | O | B | 41 L | A | S | T | E | R | | |
| | 42 A | D | L | I | B | | 43 L | E | I | | 44 Y | E | S | | |
| | | | 45 A | N | A | 46 S | | 47 E | L | 48 M | | | | | |
49 N | 50 U | 51 T | 52 C | R | A | C | K | 53 E | R | | 54 C | 55 H | 56 A | 57 M | 58 P | |
59 I | S | U | Z | U | | 60 K | I | X | | | 61 J | U | D | E | A | |
62 N | A | N | A | S | | | 63 A | H | 64 A | 65 M | O | M | E | N | T | |
66 A | F | A | R | | | 67 T | R | U | S | T | B | U | S | T | E | 68 R |
| | | | | | 69 D | E | M | O | N | | 70 S | T | O | N | Y |
| | | | | | 71 S | A | E | N | S | | | 72 E | R | T | E |
© 2015, The New York Times
Across
1
Former Iranian leader :
SHAH5
"Pippin" choreographer :
FOSSE10
Land divided at 38 degrees N :
KOREA12
Le Mans Prototype, e.g. :
RACER13
15
19
20
"That is mind-boggling!" :
OHWOW21
Wickerwork willow :
OSIER22
24
25
26
28
Big 12 Conference sch. :
ISU30
Former Asian kingdom :
SIAM31
34
36
2008 musical revival starring Patti LuPone :
GYPSY39
42
43
Island symbol of affection :
LEI44
45
Santa ___ (desert winds) :
ANAS47
49
54
59
Japanese truck manufacturer :
ISUZU60
General Mills cereal :
KIX61
Part of ancient Palestine :
JUDEA62
63
66
67
69
Rum, to prohibitionists :
DEMON70
71
Composer Saint-___ :
SAENS72
Down
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
11
Comparable to a beet :
ASRED14
Former Egyptian president Mohamed :
MORSI15
"Take it easy, little buddy!" :
WHOA16
17
Patti LuPone's role in 36-Across :
ROSE18
20
23
26
27
29
31
32
M.A. follow-up, maybe :
PHD33
35
37
38
40
41
46
Where moguls may be found :
SKIAREA48
49
15th-century caravel :
NINA50
51
52
53
55
Compost from a forest :
HUMUS56
57
58
64
"I love him like ___" :
ASON65
Range components: Abbr. :
MTNS67
68
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.
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