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Peter Gordon
NY Times, Sun, Mar 03, 2002 DIAGRAMLESS
26-Across : Three sisters of Greek mythology
Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 64, Blocks: 130
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 P | 2 I | 3 E | 4 R | | | | | | | | | |
| | | 5 C | A | R | V | E | | | | | | | | | |
| | 6 P | A | R | K | A | V | 7 E | 8 N | 9 U | 10 E | | | | | |
| | 11 E | T | A | | | 12 S | W | I | S | S | | | | | |
| | 13 P | E | D | 14 A | 15 L | | 16 E | L | M | S | | 17 A | 18 J | 19 A | 20 X |
| | | 21 R | E | V | E | 22 R | S | E | C | O | 23 M | M | U | T | E |
| | | | | 24 E | V | E | | | | | 25 A | P | R | O | N |
| | | | 26 G | R | A | C | 27 E | 28 S | | | 29 I | L | O | N | A |
| | 30 N | 31 E | U | T | R | A | L | C | 32 O | 33 R | N | E | R | | |
34 E | 35 C | O | L | I | | | 36 P | L | A | Z | A | S | | | | |
37 N | O | T | E | D | | | | | 38 L | A | D | | | | | |
39 D | R | I | V | E | 40 U | 41 P | 42 T | 43 H | E | W | A | 44 L | 45 L | | | |
46 S | A | T | E | | 47 R | O | H | E | | 48 A | R | I | A | 49 S | | |
| | | | | 50 A | L | A | M | 51 O | | | 52 M | X | S | | |
| | | | | 53 L | O | W | P | R | 54 O | 55 F | I | L | E | | |
| | | | | | | | | 56 I | S | L | E | Y | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 57 G | E | A | R | | | | |
© 2002, The New York Times
Across
1
5
Cut, as a jack-o'-lantern :
CARVE6
11
H, on fraternity sweatshirts :
ETA12
13
16
"Desire Under the ___" :
ELMS17
21
24
25
Barbecuer's garment :
APRON26
Three sisters of Greek mythology :
GRACES29
30
34
Disease-carrying bacteria :
ECOLI36
37
38
39
46
47
Architect Mies van der ___ :
ROHE48
Diva's deliveries :
ARIAS50
52
53
56
The ___ Brothers (R. & B. trio) :
ISLEY57
What the start of each long answer in this puzzle is :
GEAR
Down
1
St. Patrick's Day event :
PARADE2
3
4
Guns, as an engine :
REVS5
Supply the food for :
CATER6
7
Petting zoo females :
EWES8
9
10
Old filling station name :
ESSO14
15
Burton of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" :
LEVAR17
18
One of 12, typically :
JUROR19
20
TV warrior princess :
XENA22
23
26
Tour group leader :
GUIDE27
28
30
31
32
Longtime Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor :
OZAWA33
What a Fuzzbuster detects :
RADAR34
35
Dagwood's boss's wife :
CORA40
Caspian Sea feeder :
URAL41
Game played on the run :
POLO42
Become less hostile :
THAW43
It's used to make burlap :
HEMP44
Better treated, as soil :
LIMIER45
In a slipshod way :
LAXLY49
51
54
55
Its official song is "Old Folks at Home": Abbr. :
FLA
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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