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 Peter Gordon
NY Times, Sun, Jun 24, 2001  DIAGRAMLESS
        
        
            Author:
Peter Gordon
            Editor:
Will Shortz
         
        Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 84, Blocks: 86
     
    
	
        
            
		
			Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. The first square across is the 9th square in the first row.
		
	 
            
            
		
			|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 R | 2 A | 3 P | 4 I | 5 D |  |  |  |  | 
			| 6 S | 7 P | 8 A | 9 M |  |  |  |  | 10 I | C | E | D | U | 11 P |  |  |  | 
			| 12 K | E | N | O | 13 S |  |  | 14 O | P | E | N | S | E | S | 15 A | 16 M | 17 E | 
			| 18 O | N | I | O | N | 19 D | 20 O | M | E |  |  |  | 21 T | A | T | E | R | 
			| 22 A | N | T | E | L | O | P | E |  |  |  | 23 A | S | T | H | M | A | 
			| 24 L | E | A | D |  | 25 W | A | N |  | 26 O | 27 R | B |  | 28 S | E | E |  | 
			|  |  |  |  | 29 E | E | R |  |  | 30 C | A | L | 31 L |  | 32 A | N | 33 A | 
			|  |  |  | 34 S | A | L | T | 35 O | 36 F | T | H | E | E | 37 A | R | T | H | 
			| 38 S | 39 C | 40 A | T | S |  |  | 41 A | R | E |  |  | 42 A | U | T | O | S | 
			| 43 H | O | L | D | E | 44 V | 45 E | R | Y | T | 46 H | 47 I | N | G |  |  |  | 
			| 48 E | L | L |  | 49 L | A | T | E |  |  | 50 E | S | S |  |  |  |  | 
			|  | 51 O | E | 52 D |  | 53 S | A | D |  | 54 A | T | L |  | 55 L | 56 A | 57 M | 58 P | 
			| 59 I | N | G | E | 60 S | T |  |  |  | 61 N | U | I | 62 S | A | N | C | E | 
			| 63 M | E | R | C | I |  |  |  | 64 P | O | P | P | Y | C | O | C | K | 
			| 65 F | L | O | O | D | 66 P | 67 L | 68 A | I | N |  |  | 69 D | E | U | C | E | 
			|  |  |  | 70 R | E | T | E | L | L |  |  |  |  | 71 S | K | I | S | 
			|  |  |  |  | 72 B | A | G | E | L |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
	
© 2001, The New York Times
         
        
    
 
    
	
        
		
            Across
            1
6
10
Like winter windshields : 
ICEDUP12
14
18
21
22
23
Epinephrine treats it : 
ASTHMA24
25
26
28
29
30
32
34
38
Sings without words : 
SCATS41
It often follows you : 
ARE42
Aries and Taurus, e.g. : 
AUTOS43
48
49
50
Winding road's shape : 
ESS51
53
54
55
59
61
63
Grenoble "gracias" : 
MERCI64
65
69
Half of a hard four, in craps : 
DEUCE70
71
72
Food that is the key to this puzzle's theme : 
BAGEL 
        
		
            Down
            1
Ready to be picked : 
RIPE2
Flexible blackjack card : 
ACE3
4
Driver's license, passport, etc.: Abbr. : 
IDS5
6
Brand of chewing tobacco : 
SKOAL7
8
Screenwriter Loos : 
ANITA9
Gave a stock answer? : 
MOOED11
13
"Weekend Update" show, briefly : 
SNL14
15
16
17
19
20
23
26
Mendelssohn work in E flat : 
OCTET27
29
31
33
Comments to a masseur : 
AHS34
35
Worked on a shell : 
OARED36
37
38
39
40
44
45
46
47
Home to Long Island's MacArthur Airport : 
ISLIP52
54
55
Boxing glove parts : 
LACES56
57
Year in Edward I's reign : 
MCCCI58
Lap dogs, for short : 
PEKES59
U.N. agency that makes loans : 
IMF60
It usually doesn't have a hit : 
SIDEB62
64
Disagreeable person : 
PILL66
67
68
 
    
 
    
    Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle,  1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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