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 Fred Piscop
 
        NY Times, Sun, Apr 28, 2013 DIAGRAMLESS
        
        
            Author:
Fred Piscop
            Editor:
Will Shortz
         
        Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 84, Blocks: 78
     
    
	
        
            
		
			Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. 1-Across begins in the fourth square of the first row.
		
	 
            
            
		
			 |  |  | 1 M  | 2 A  | 3 L  | 4 T  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 F  | 6 A  | 7 B  |  |  | 
		
			 |  |  | 8 A  | R  | I  | A  |  | 9 A  | 10 B  | 11 C  |  | 12 L  | U  | L  | 13 L  |  | 
		
			14 B  | 15 E  | 16 A  | N  | C  | O  | U  | 17 N  | T  | E  | R  |  | 18 O  | T  | O  | E  |  | 
		
			19 E  | D  | I  | S  | O  | N  |  | 20 O  | B  | I  | E  |  | 21 R  | O  | C  | S  |  | 
		
			22 T  | A  | D  |  |  |  |  | 23 W  | A  | G  | S  |  | 24 A  | R  | K  | S  |  | 
		
			25 S  | M  | E  | 26 L  | 27 L  | 28 S  |  | 29 O  | R  | E  | C  | 30 K  |  | 31 A  | P  | E  | 32 D  | 
		
			 |  |  | 33 Y  | E  | A  | 34 R  | N  |  |  |  | 35 A  | 36 R  | C  | A  | N  | A  | 
		
			 |  | 37 N  | E  | W  | M  | O  | D  | 38 E  | 39 L  |  | 40 S  | E  | E  | R  | E  | D  | 
		
			41 E  | 42 M  | O  |  | 43 D  | O  | M  | E  | L  | I  | 44 G  | H  | T  |  | 45 T  | D  | S  | 
		
			46 D  | I  | O  | 47 D  | E  | S  |  | 48 R  | O  | S  | E  | M  | A  | 49 R  | Y  |  |  | 
		
			50 E  | N  | D  | U  | R  | E  |  |  |  | 51 T  | R  | I  | K  | E  |  |  |  | 
		
			52 N  | I  | L  | E  |  | 53 T  | 54 R  | 55 O  | 56 V  | E  |  | 57 R  | E  | F  | 58 U  | 59 N  | 60 D  | 
		
			 | 61 M  | E  | S  | 62 A  |  | 63 O  | D  | I  | N  |  |  |  |  | 64 S  | U  | E  | 
		
			 | 65 A  | S  | O  | N  |  | 66 C  | E  | N  | T  |  | 67 P  | 68 E  | 69 S  | T  | L  | E  | 
		
			 | 70 L  | O  | U  | T  |  | 71 C  | O  | C  | O  | 72 N  | U  | T  | P  | A  | L  | M  | 
		
			 | 73 L  | U  | T  | E  |  | 74 O  | N  | E  |  | 75 A  | C  | N  | E  |  |  |  | 
		
			 |  | 76 P  | H  | D  |  |  |  |  |  | 77 H  | E  | A  | D  |  |  |  | 
		
	
 
            © 2013, The New York Times
         
        
    
 
    
	
        
		
            Across
            1
Brewer's ingredient : 
MALT5
___ Four (Beatles moniker) : 
FAB8
Song a fat lady sings? : 
ARIA9
12
14
18
19
20
21
Mythical predators of elephants : 
ROCS22
23
24
25
29
Vacuum in infomercials : 
ORECK31
33
35
Things understood by very few : 
ARCANA37
40
41
43
*Aid in reading driving directions : 
DOMELIGHT45
Kickoff preceders, for short : 
TDS46
48
50
51
52
53
Valuable discovery : 
TROVE57
Dissatisfied customer's demand : 
REFUND61
63
64
65
"I love him like ___" : 
ASON66
67
70
71
73
74
Number on a 66-Across : 
ONE75
76
Deg. held by President Wilson : 
PHD77
Part of a hangman drawing ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the five starred clues : 
HEAD 
        
	 
        
		
            Down
            1
___ best friend (dog) : 
MANS2
With the bow, to a violinist : 
ARCO3
4
5
Regional vegetation : 
FLORA6
7
9
Being tried, in law : 
ATBAR10
11
Musical buildup: Abbr. : 
CRESC13
14
Red and black, in roulette : 
BETS15
European cheese town : 
EDAM16
Political adviser, e.g. : 
AIDE17
26
27
28
First Indian encountered by the Pilgrims : 
SAMOSET30
32
34
36
37
38
"Xanadu" band, for short : 
ELO39
41
42
44
Like Frankfurters: Abbr. : 
GER47
Any direction from the North Pole : 
DUESOUTH49
54
Boxer Marciano's given name : 
ROCCO55
Classic theater name : 
ODEON56
McMahon of the W.W.E. : 
VINCE58
59
60
Hold as an opinion : 
DEEM62
67
68
Its eruption was described by Virgil : 
ETNA69
72
 
        
	 
    
 
    
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