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Patrick Blindauer
NY Times, Sun, Feb 24, 2008 DIAGRAMLESS
64-Across : Nugatory
Author:
Patrick Blindauer
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 82, Blocks: 84
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has an asymmetrical pattern suggested by the puzzles theme. The first square across is the seventh square in the first row.
| | | | | | 1 V | 2 I | 3 S | 4 T | 5 A | | | | | | |
| | | | | 6 P | E | N | C | I | L | 7 S | | | | | |
| 8 B | 9 R | 10 E | 11 Y | E | R | S | I | C | E | C | 12 R | 13 E | 14 A | 15 M | |
16 P | R | O | V | E | R | B | | | | 17 C | H | A | R | M | E | 18 R |
19 L | A | C | E | S | | | 20 A | 21 S | 22 H | | | 23 G | O | T | T | I |
24 I | N | K | S | | 25 P | 26 O | S | S | U | 27 M | 28 S | | 29 O | R | T | S |
30 E | D | Y | | 31 H | A | C | K | N | E | Y | E | 32 D | | 33 A | L | E |
34 R | I | V | 35 I | E | R | A | | | 36 S | T | R | E | 37 A | K | E | R |
| | | 38 F | A | Q | S | | | | 39 R | A | V | I | | | |
40 H | 41 A | 42 B | I | T | U | E | | | | 43 E | P | I | T | 44 O | 45 M | 46 E |
47 I | R | A | | 48 H | E | Y | 49 E | 50 R | 51 D | A | H | L | | 52 B | A | R |
53 L | A | N | 54 E | | 55 T | S | H | I | R | T | S | | 56 L | T | Y | R |
57 T | B | I | R | 58 D | | | 59 S | P | Y | | | 60 N | E | A | T | O |
61 S | I | S | T | E | 62 R | 63 S | | | | 64 T | 65 R | I | V | I | A | L |
| 66 C | H | E | Y | E | N | 67 N | 68 E | 69 W | Y | O | M | I | N | G | |
| | | | | 70 L | A | N | Y | A | R | D | | | | | |
| | | | | | 71 G | E | E | N | A | | | | | | |
© 2008, The New York Times
Across
1
6
8
16
Poor Richard's Almanack item :
PROVERB17
19
Adds punch to, as punch :
LACES20
23
John known as the Teflon Don :
GOTTI24
25
Certain marsupials, briefly :
POSSUMS29
30
Name in a brand that rivals 8-Across :
EDY31
33
Sierra Nevada, for one :
ALE34
36
38
Online newsgroup features :
FAQS39
40
43
47
48
52
Setting for many a joke :
BAR53
Hurdler's assignment :
LANE55
56
Astronomically large distance: Abbr. :
LTYR57
59
60
61
64
66
70
71
Down
1
2
3
4
The first X in X-X-X :
TIC5
Baldwin of "30 Rock" :
ALEC6
7
P.T.A. place: Abbr. :
SCH8
Women's soccer star Chastain :
BRANDI9
10
Late times, in ads :
EVES11
12
13
Ending with switch :
EROO14
Ground transportation option :
AMTRAK15
16
___ set (hardware store offering) :
PLIER18
20
21
22
25
26
Dramatist Sean and others :
OCASEYS27
28
31
32
Prince of Darkness :
DEVIL35
"___ Ruled the World" (1996 hip-hop hit) :
IFI37
40
41
42
44
45
46
49
50
51
54
Folies-Bergère designer :
ERTE56
58
Susan of "L.A. Law" :
DEY60
Game with matchsticks :
NIM62
63
64
Banks of "America's Next Top Model" :
TYRA65
67
Wichita-to-Minneapolis dir. :
NNE68
Observer that's found in 8-, 31-, 48- and 66-Across :
EYE69
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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