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Fred Piscop
Fred Piscop

NY Times, Sun, Apr 03, 2011 DIAGRAMLESS

Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 84, Blocks: 72
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. 1-Across begins in the 4th square of the top row.
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© 2011, The New York Times
Across
1
Hoops great Kareem Abdul-___ : JABBAR
7
Whimper like a baby : MEWL
11
Baseball cap bird : ORIOLE
12
___ Taylor, 1960s TV role : OPIE
13
$350 Monopoly property : PARKPLACE
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Sleep inducer : SANDMAN
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A fire sign : ARIES
21
Columbus sch. : OSU
23
Artful deception : GUILE
24
Last: Abbr. : ULT
25
Corporate action that reduces a shareholder's number of shares : REVERSESPLIT
29
Job scheduling concern : LEADTIME
32
Eur. tongue : GER
33
They're kept on suspects : TABS
34
Rude sounds at dinner : SLURPS
35
Ribbed pasta : RIGATONI
37
"'Deed ___" (Ruth Etting tune) : IDO
38
Piece that may contain a rondo : SONATA
39
Where there's no home-field advantage : NEUTRALGROUND
44
Seeks blindly : GROPES
45
Word between here and there : NOR
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Shoddy item, slangily : ELCHEAPO
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Bygone copies : DITTOS
52
Singer with the album "The Celts" : ENYA
53
72-Across, e.g.: Abbr. : NCO
54
Nursery fixture : BASSINET
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Part of many a fast-food restaurant : DRIVETHROUGH
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Ill temper : IRE
60
1965 Moody Blues hit : GONOW
61
Where scrubs are worn: Abbr. : ORS
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Signs of engine trouble : PINGS
64
"View of Toledo" painter : ELGRECO
67
Made on a shoestring, say : LOWBUDGET
70
Make a misstep : TRIP
71
"The Hairy Ape" playwright : ONEILL
72
U.S. Army E-6 : SSGT
73
Sign of interest, as in an offer : NIBBLE
Down
1
One-liner, e.g. : JOKE
2
Some Dadaist works : ARPS
3
Cartoonist Keane : BIL
4
Constrictor : BOA
5
Breakfast area : ALCOVE
6
Baseball's Pee Wee : REESE
7
Perps' patterns : MOS
8
Superfund org. : EPA
9
Spicy bar fare : WINGS
10
Set the stage for : LEDUPTO
13
One of the Fab Four : PAUL
14
Town on the Rhône : ARLES
15
Drug for the hyperactive : RITALIN
17
City with a twice-yearly fashion week : MILAN
18
It's good when airtight : ALIBI
19
Brings home : NETS
22
Exhortations : URGINGS
25
Job for a tailor : RIP
26
911 responder, for short : EMS
27
Popeye creator Elzie : SEGAR
28
Sister of Clio : ERATO
30
Weekend rancher, maybe : DUDE
31
Slop holder : TROUGH
35
Lumberjacks' contest : ROLEO
36
Talks trash to : TAUNTS
38
1972 Winter Olympics site : SAPPORO
40
___ Reznor, Oscar winner for scoring "The Social Network" : TRENT
41
Exterminator's target : ROACH
42
Words of denial : NOTI
43
Emulating a boring professor : DRONING
46
Sign up : ENROL
47
Telling stories : LYING
48
Rollicks : CAVORTS
49
Nobelist Hammarskjöld : DAG
50
"Sorta" suffix : ISH
51
Suit material : SERGE
52
Competitive leg up : EDGE
54
"Doktor Faust" composer : BUSONI
55
Word repeated before "1, 2, 3" : TEST
57
Still-life pitchers : EWERS
58
Wool-like material : ORLON
62
Political asset : PULL
63
Just chilling : IDLE
65
Smoke : CIG
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Make a choice : OPT
68
Bug trapper : WEB
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Part of overalls : BIB
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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