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Patrick Blindauer
NY Times, Sun, Oct 04, 2009 DIAGRAMLESS
Author:
Patrick Blindauer
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 19, Words: 78, Blocks: 132
Notepad: This diagramless is 19 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. The first square across is the first box in the first row.
1 S | 2 P | 3 A | 4 C | 5 E | 6 C | 7 A | 8 M | 9 P | | 10 N | 11 O | 12 C | 13 O | 14 M | 15 M | 16 E | 17 N | 18 T |
19 E | R | I | E | C | A | N | A | L | | 20 I | S | O | S | C | E | L | E | S |
21 M | E | T | R | O | N | O | M | E | | 22 S | H | O | T | C | L | O | C | K |
| | | 23 F | L | A | | 24 E | A | 25 T | | 26 A | L | L | O | T | | | |
| | | | 27 E | R | 28 S | | 29 D | I | 30 F | | 31 C | E | Y | | | | |
| | | | | 32 Y | E | 33 A | | 34 M | O | 35 L | A | R | | | | | |
| | | | | | 36 A | M | 37 H | E | R | S | T | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 38 A | I | M | E | D | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | 39 B | A | S | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 40 P | A | C | E | 41 R | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 42 M | A | C | H | E | T | 43 E | | | | | | |
| | | | | 44 D | E | L | H | I | | 45 E | N | 46 T | | | | | |
| | | | 47 N | O | R | | 48 I | N | 49 N | | 50 D | V | 51 D | | | | |
| | | 52 G | E | N | I | 53 E | | 54 E | E | 55 S | | 56 T | I | 57 O | | | |
58 S | 59 T | 60 O | P | W | A | T | C | 61 H | | 62 H | O | 63 U | R | G | L | 64 A | 65 S | 66 S |
67 A | A | B | A | T | T | E | R | Y | | 68 I | R | S | A | G | E | N | T | S |
69 D | R | E | S | S | E | D | U | P | | 70 S | T | A | Y | S | S | A | N | E |
© 2009, The New York Times
Across
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Response to an investigative reporter, sometimes :
NOCOMMENT19
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21
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23
Hollywood's home: Abbr. :
FLA24
26
27
Some "Grey's Anatomy" sets, for short :
ERS29
"What's the ___?" ("Who cares?") :
DIF31
All-Star third baseman Ron :
CEY32
34
One may be crowned :
MOLAR36
Calvin Coolidge's alma mater :
AMHERST38
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40
Anxious father-to-be, maybe :
PACER42
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Indian city of 15+ million :
DELHI45
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52
Figure usually seen in a turban :
GENIE54
Some M.I.T. alumni: Abbr. :
EES56
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67
68
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70
Down
1
2
3
4
Writer/publisher Bennett :
CERF5
Place to study en français :
ECOLE6
7
"I'll take that as ___" :
ANO8
"We Need a Little Christmas" musical :
MAME9
10
"___ for Noose" (Grafton book) :
NIS11
Cong. created it in 1970 :
OSHA12
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14
Hatfield adversary :
MCCOY15
16
Platinum-selling rock grp. that includes a violinist :
ELO17
Japanese I.T. giant :
NEC18
25
Science fiction device ... or a chronometer? :
TIMEMACHINE28
Black, White or Red follower :
SEA30
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41
I-5 or I-95, e.g.: Abbr. :
RTE42
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Certain soft drinks :
NEHIS51
Taye of "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" :
DIGGS52
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Cries after charges :
OLES58
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Queen's honor: Abbr. :
OBE61
Part of a right triangle: Abbr. :
HYP63
64
Alicia of "Falcon Crest" :
ANA65
66
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