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Frank Longo
NY Times, Sun, Sep 20, 1998 Diagramless
5-Down : What stars often face
Author:
Frank Longo
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 78, Blocks: 99
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has top-to-bottom symmetry.
1-Across begins in the 4th square of the top row.
| | | 1 R | 2 I | 3 M | | | | 4 I | 5 T | 6 S | | | 7 F | 8 E | 9 Z |
| | 10 A | E | R | O | 11 S | | | 12 N | E | L | | | 13 O | R | E |
| | 14 L | A | S | S | O | | | 15 P | L | O | | | 16 R | U | E |
| 17 T | L | C | | 18 Q | U | 19 A | | 20 R | E | V | | 21 A | S | P | S |
| 22 A | R | T | | 23 U | N | S | | 24 E | V | E | | 25 B | U | T | |
| 26 K | I | T | | 27 E | D | T | | 28 T | I | N | 29 E | A | R | S | |
| 30 E | G | O | | 31 S | S | A | | 32 T | S | E | T | S | E | | |
33 A | S | H | | | | 34 G | R | 35 A | Y | I | S | H | | | | |
36 B | A | T | | | | 37 R | I | N | G | O | | | | | | |
38 S | S | W | | | | 39 E | S | T | O | N | 40 I | 41 A | | | | |
| 42 T | I | 43 S | | 44 J | A | B | | 45 O | C | L | O | 46 C | 47 K | | |
| 48 A | T | E | | 49 A | T | O | | 50 D | A | L | L | I | E | 51 S | |
| 52 N | H | L | | 53 C | T | R | | 54 S | M | U | | 55 T | E | N | |
| 56 D | Y | E | | 57 K | O | N | | 58 H | E | M | | 59 E | P | E | 60 E |
| | 61 O | C | 62 C | A | M | | | 63 A | R | I | | | 64 S | E | X |
| | 65 U | T | I | L | E | | | 66 P | A | N | | | 67 U | Z | I |
| | | 68 S | O | S | | | | 69 E | S | E | | | 70 P | E | T |
© 1998, The New York Times
Across
1
4
7
10
Defunct Houston hockey team :
AEROS12
"___ Blu, Dipinto Di Blu" :
NEL13
14
15
16
17
Nanny's offering, for short :
TLC18
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
Modelist's purchase :
KIT27
28
Features of bad musicians :
TINEARS30
Prima donna's problem :
EGO31
Monthly check sender: Abbr. :
SSA32
Sleeping sickness carrier :
TSETSE33
34
36
37
38
Philly-to-Miami dir. :
SSW39
42
Third word of "America" :
TIS44
45
48
Ended a hunger strike :
ATE49
50
52
53
54
55
56
57
Start of a Thor Heyerdahl title :
KON58
59
61
Philosopher William of ___ :
OCCAM63
64
Driver's license datum :
SEX65
Good for something :
UTILE66
67
68
69
70
Down
1
Laugh at or cry over, e.g. :
REACTTO2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Center of embezzling? :
ZEES10
11
17
19
21
Down with, in Dijon :
ABAS29
33
Mr. Universe's pride :
ABS35
Soldier on the hill? :
ANT40
41
43
44
46
47
51
60
Split, so to speak :
EXIT62
Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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