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Paula Gamache
NY Times, Sun, Jan 14, 2018 DIAGRAMLESS
Author:
Paula Gamache
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 69, Blocks: 125,
Across Lite
Notepad: Six answers in this puzzle are each missing a word, as suggested by the shape of the completed grid.
This diagramless crossword is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has top/bottom symmetry (that is, the grid pattern is reflected over a central horizontal axis). 1-Across starts in the 7th square of the top row.
| | | | | | 1 G | 2 E | 3 L | 4 A | 5 T | 6 O | | | | | |
| | | | | 7 M | A | R | I | P | O | S | 8 A | | | | |
| | | 9 M | 10 A | R | T | I | N | I | L | U | N | 11 C | 12 H | | |
| 13 D | 14 A | Y | W | E | E | K | E | N | D | | 15 T | O | I | 16 L | |
17 E | A | T | M | E | | | | | 18 G | O | 19 B | | 20 O | P | I | 21 E |
22 P | L | O | Y | S | | | | | | 23 N | E | 24 W | | 25 H | E | X |
26 I | I | I | | | | | | | | | 27 A | I | 28 R | O | U | T |
| | | | | | | | 29 S | 30 I | 31 G | N | S | U | P | | |
| | | | | | | | 32 A | R | I | S | E | S | | | |
| | | | | | | | 33 D | E | F | A | M | E | 34 S | | |
35 C | 36 A | 37 V | | | | | | | | | 38 L | E | S | M | 39 I | 40 Z |
41 A | L | I | 42 F | 43 E | | | | | | 44 H | A | N | | 45 U | K | E |
46 R | E | D | U | X | | | | | 47 R | E | D | | 48 O | D | E | D |
| 49 R | I | N | G | 50 C | 51 I | 52 R | 53 C | U | S | | 54 G | A | G | A | |
| | | 55 F | I | N | G | E | R | S | A | 56 L | U | T | E | | |
| | | | | 57 N | O | N | A | S | I | A | N | | | | |
| | | | | | 58 R | E | M | E | D | Y | | | | | |
© 2018, The New York Times
Across
1
7
9
13
15
17
Wonderland cake message :
EATME18
20
22
23
25
26
Roman hint to this puzzle's theme :
III27
Freshen by opening a window, say :
AIROUT29
32
33
35
Cleveland player, for short :
CAV38
Musical about Jean Valjean, colloquially :
LESMIZ41
44
Solo of "Star Wars" :
HAN45
Maui strings, in brief :
UKE46
47
48
49
54
55
57
58
Down
1
Opening in a fence :
GATE2
3
4
Impressionist's activity :
APING5
6
The Buckeyes of the N.C.A.A. :
OSU7
Soldier's food pack, for short :
MRE8
Formic acid producer :
ANT9
"And what do we have here!" :
MYMY10
11
12
13
Mustachioed Salvador :
DALI14
16
17
19
Cold dish that often includes chickpeas :
BEANSALAD21
End of an office tel. no. :
EXT24
28
29
30
31
34
35
Word after cable or cattle :
CAR36
37
Middle of a famous boast :
VIDI39
Self-assembly furniture giant :
IKEA40
42
Eins, zwei, drei, vier, ___ :
FUNF43
44
One side of a marital tiff :
HESAID47
Charlotte ___ (dessert) :
RUSSE48
50
Atlanta-based media inits. :
CNN51
Sikorsky or Stravinsky :
IGOR52
Former French president Coty :
RENE53
Pull an all-nighter :
CRAM54
56
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Shortz Era but used previously.
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