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Fred Piscop
Fred Piscop

NY Times, Sun, May 11, 2014 DIAGRAMLESS

25-Across : Like Jane Eyre as a character

Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 84, Blocks: 78
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares has regular crossword symmetry. 1-Across begins in the third square in the first row.
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© 2014, The New York Times
Across
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"Oh, darn!" : CRUD
5
Self-descriptive tag on a crossword clue : ABBR
9
Bullwinkle, e.g. : MOOSE
10
Market transactions : SALES
12
Salon specialty : PERMANENTWAVE
15
Sprinter's assignment : LANE
16
Makes dirty : SOILS
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Brooklyn's ___ Institute : PRATT
22
Work of Sappho : ODE
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One treading the boards : ACTOR
25
Like Jane Eyre as a character : TITULAR
27
Recipe measure : TEASPOON
29
Pint-size : LITTLE
30
Draw-forcing situation in chess : PERPETUALCHECK
34
Swampy ground : MIRE
35
Catch sight of : ESPY
36
A former S.S.R. : RUS
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Pint-size : TINY
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Home to yaks : TIBET
40
Attention-getter : AHEM
42
Malign, in slang : DIS
43
Baylor University city : WACO
44
Was in the hole : OWED
45
All-knowingness : INFINITEWISDOM
50
Net fisherman : SEINER
51
Starts on a cruise : SAILSOFF
55
Topps collection : CARDSET
57
B. B. King genre : BLUES
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Author for whom the Baltimore Ravens' mascot was named : POE
59
Treats with lickable centers : OREOS
60
Roswell crash victim, supposedly : ALIEN
62
Wonky type : NERD
63
Quote that's never to be forgotten : IMMORTALWORDS
67
Change for the better : EMEND
68
Minuscule amounts : IOTAS
69
Joule fractions : ERGS
70
They're caught by snoozers : ZEES
Down
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Transplantable eye part : CORNEA
2
Capital of Italy : ROME
3
___ Today (newspaper) : USA
4
Man cave, often : DEN
5
Up and about : ASTIR
6
Cry one's eyes out : BAWL
7
Bang-up time : BLAST
8
Gun, as an engine : REV
9
Gettysburg victor : MEADE
11
Bacteria-ridden : SEPTIC
12
Cemetery space : PLOT
13
Bar, legally : ESTOP
14
Nary a soul : NOONE
18
Pitcher-turned-slugger of note : RUTH
19
Took up, say : ALTERED
20
Once-common diaper changer's application : TALCUM
21
Tough journeys : TREKS
23
Mimic's work : APERY
24
Apple's center : CORE
26
In a poor manner : ILLY
28
Board game turn, maybe : SPIN
31
Kneel à la football's Tim : TEBOW
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Take for a sucker : USE
33
Fitting : APT
34
Artillery dud : MISFIRE
37
Musical ineptitude : TINEAR
38
Body decoration, for short : TAT
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Medium for short-lived sculptures : ICE
40
Base truants : AWOLS
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Takes up, in a way : HEMS
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"Saturday Night Fever" setting : DISCO
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Informant's wear : WIRE
44
Comics dog : ODIE
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___-European language : INDO
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Tabloid "monster" : NESSIE
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Key : ISLET
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Place for a shvitz : SAUNA
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Works with libretti : OPERAS
53
Early assembly-line cars : FORDS
54
T-men and G-men : FEDS
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Worker with big cats, say : TAMER
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"Angry" game characters : BIRDS
61
Past the pin, say : LONG
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Post-it, e.g. : NOTE
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___ Tussaud: Abbr. : MME
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Designer Claiborne : LIZ
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"Alas!" : WOE
Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle.

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