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Brendan Emmett Quigley
NY Times, Sun, Nov 19, 2006 DIAGRAMLESS
5-Down : Actress Pitts
Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 82, Blocks: 87
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. The first square across is the fifth square in the first row.
| | | | 1 F | 2 L | 3 A | 4 G | | 5 Z | 6 O | 7 L | 8 A | | | | |
| | | 9 P | A | U | L | O | | 10 A | V | O | N | | | | |
| | 11 D | E | L | R | I | O | | 12 S | E | X | Y | | | | |
| 13 S | M | O | K | I | N | G | 14 G | U | N | | | | 15 L | 16 A | 17 V |
18 M | E | I | R | | 19 E | E | O | C | | | | 20 A | 21 I | O | L | I |
22 U | N | T | I | 23 E | | 24 S | O | L | 25 A | 26 R | | 27 T | O | N | I | C |
28 D | O | R | A | L | | | | 29 E | M | O | | 30 A | W | G | E | E |
31 D | R | I | N | K | 32 I | 33 N | 34 G | F | O | U | 35 N | T | A | I | N | S |
| | | | | 36 T | O | A | | 37 C | E | E | | | | | |
38 L | 39 Y | 40 I | 41 N | 42 G | D | O | W | 43 N | O | N | T | 44 H | 45 E | 46 J | 47 O | 48 B |
49 E | A | S | Y | A | | 50 I | K | E | | | | 51 A | M | A | N | A |
52 I | N | L | E | T | | 53 L | S | A | 54 T | 55 S | | 56 D | E | C | K | S |
57 G | N | A | T | S | | | | 58 L | E | E | 59 S | | 60 R | O | E | S |
61 H | I | M | | | | 62 S | 63 W | E | A | R | I | 64 N | G | B | Y | |
| | | | 65 Q | 66 E | I | I | | 67 C | A | N | O | E | S | | |
| | | | 68 E | L | L | S | | 69 U | P | E | N | D | | | |
| | | | 70 D | I | K | E | | 71 P | E | W | S | | | | |
© 2006, The New York Times
Across
1
Stars and Stripes, e.g. :
FLAG5
"Le Rêve" novelist :
ZOLA9
10
Big paperback publisher :
AVON11
Dolores of "The Fugitive," 1947 :
DELRIO12
13
15
18
Prime minister after Eshkol :
MEIR19
20
22
24
Alternative to wind and geothermal :
SOLAR27
28
Noted Miami golf resort :
DORAL29
30
"Shucks, that's awfully nice" :
AWGEE31
36
37
Underachiever's grade :
CEE38
49
50
Name on a 50's campaign button :
IKE51
52
53
Challenges for future attys. :
LSATS56
57
58
60
61
62
65
British monarch, informally :
QEII67
68
69
70
71
Down
1
Peter who played Columbo :
FALK2
"Foreign Affairs" author Alison :
LURIE3
4
5
6
7
8
9
One living near Bradley University :
PEORIAN11
Soviet premier's name in "Dr. Strangelove" :
DMITRI13
14
15
It's east of N.Y.C. :
LONGI16
17
What the starts of 13-, 31-, 38- and 62-Across are :
VICES18
20
21
A Grant Wood design is seen on its state quarter :
IOWA23
25
26
Where Joan of Arc was burned :
ROUEN32
33
Salad dressing request :
NOOIL34
35
38
39
40
Belief of 1.2 billion :
ISLAM41
Response Putin might put in :
NYET42
Gangsters' weapons :
GATS43
Author Zora ___ Hurston :
NEALE44
45
46
47
Pitched perfectly :
ONKEY48
54
55
59
62
63
64
65
66
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.
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