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Fred Piscop
NY Times, Sun, Apr 28, 2013 DIAGRAMLESS
17-Down : "That explains it!"
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
Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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