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Fred Piscop
NY Times, Sun, Apr 18, 1999 Diagramless
68-Down : Dry red wine, for short
Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 84, Blocks: 71
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry.
1-Across begins in the fifth square of the top row.
| | | | 1 M | 2 E | 3 W | | 4 G | 5 A | 6 M | 7 E | 8 R | 9 S | | | |
| | | 10 G | A | S | H | | 11 O | M | E | L | E | T | | | |
| | 12 F | R | I | T | O | | 13 M | O | O | D | M | U | 14 S | 15 I | 16 C |
| 17 T | R | A | D | E | | 18 C | O | R | N | E | A | | 19 O | N | A |
20 M | A | I | N | M | E | 21 M | O | R | Y | | 22 R | I | 23 M | I | N | I |
24 O | M | E | G | A | | 25 O | A | R | | | | 26 N | O | L | A | N |
27 N | I | N | E | R | | 28 B | L | A | 29 N | 30 D | 31 A | | 32 M | E | T | E |
33 A | L | D | R | I | 34 N | | | 35 H | A | N | D | 36 M | A | D | E | |
| | | | 37 A | C | 38 E | 39 D | | 40 N | A | Z | I | | | | |
| 41 M | 42 A | 43 G | N | O | L | I | 44 A | | | 45 E | X | 46 T | 47 R | 48 A | 49 S |
50 B | A | L | I | | 51 S | I | G | N | 52 I | 53 N | | 54 E | R | E | C | T |
55 O | R | I | N | 56 G | | | | 57 N | S | A | | 58 D | E | L | I | A |
59 S | I | G | N | O | 60 R | | 61 M | E | T | E | 62 R | M | A | I | D | S |
63 O | S | H | | 64 H | A | 65 B | E | A | S | | 66 A | E | D | E | S | |
67 M | A | T | 68 Z | O | M | E | A | L | | 69 A | D | D | E | D | | |
| | | 70 I | M | P | E | D | E | | 71 V | O | I | D | | | |
| | | 72 N | E | S | T | E | D | | 73 A | N | A | | | | |
© 1999, The New York Times
Across
1
4
Scrabble enthusiasts, e.g. :
GAMERS10
Cause for stitches :
GASH11
12
13
Accompaniment to soft lighting, often :
MOODMUSIC17
Benchwarmer's demand, perhaps :
TRADE18
19
Words before toot or roll :
ONA20
22
Italian city on the Adriatic :
RIMINI24
Greek alphabet ender :
OMEGA25
26
Hall-of-Famer Ryan :
NOLAN27
It follows eight in NASA-speak :
NINER28
32
33
Second man on the moon :
ALDRIN35
37
Didn't merely pass :
ACED40
"The Sound of Music" villain :
NAZI41
45
50
51
Fill out a registration form :
SIGNIN54
55
Challenger's problem part :
ORING57
58
Samuel Daniel's "Sonnets to ___" :
DELIA59
61
63
Kyrgyz city of 240,000 :
OSH64
66
Dangerous mosquito :
AEDES67
69
70
71
Word on a sample check :
VOID72
73
Down
1
2
Cosmetician Lauder :
ESTEE3
Reporter's first question :
WHO4
5
6
"You're putting ___!" :
MEON7
Like some statesmen :
ELDER8
9
Good name for a chef? :
STU10
Farmer's organization member :
GRANGER12
14
In need of laundering :
SOILED15
16
17
Dravidian of India :
TAMIL18
Brat's stocking stuffer :
COAL20
21
23
Big Apple cultural institution :
MOMA29
Bert Bobbsey's twin :
NAN30
31
Timber-dressing tool :
ADZE34
They rank above pvts. :
NCOS36
38
39
Understand, 60's-style :
DIG41
42
43
Big name in school textbooks :
GINN44
46
___ water (stayed afloat) :
TREADED47
48
Low-pH substances :
ACIDS49
50
52
53
56
Words on a protester's sign, maybe :
GOHOME60
61
Victor at Gettysburg :
MEADE62
65
Exemplar of redness :
BEET68
Dry red wine, for short :
ZIN69
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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