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 Frank Longo
 
        NY Times, Sun, Sep 07, 1997 Diagramless
        
        
            Author:
Frank Longo
            Editor:
Will Shortz
         
        Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 76, Blocks: 96
     
    
	
        
            
	
            
            
		
			 |  |  |  |  | 1 S  | 2 A  | 3 I  | 4 D  |  | 5 A  | 6 R  | 7 M  | 8 S  |  |  |  | 
		
			 |  |  |  | 9 S  | E  | L  | F  | R  | 10 E  | L  | I  | A  | N  | 11 T  |  |  | 
		
			 |  |  | 12 L  | E  | W  | I  | S  | A  | N  | D  | C  | L  | A  | R  | 13 K  |  | 
		
			 |  |  | 14 A  | X  | E  |  | 15 O  | G  | R  | E  |  | 16 A  | P  | I  | E  |  | 
		
			 |  |  | 17 G  | Y  | R  | 18 O  |  |  | 19 O  | R  | 20 B  | I  | S  | O  | N  |  | 
		
			 |  |  |  |  |  | 21 D  | 22 A  | 23 H  | L  |  | 24 A  | S  | A  |  |  |  | 
		
			 |  | 25 T  | 26 A  | 27 O  |  | 28 E  | L  | O  |  |  | 29 L  | E  | T  | 30 S  | 31 G  | 32 O  | 
		
			33 P  | 34 O  | R  | G  | Y  | 35 A  | N  | D  | B  | 36 E  | 37 S  | S  |  |  | 38 T  | U  | N  | 
		
			39 S  | H  | I  | E  | L  | D  | S  | A  | N  | D  | Y  | A  | 40 R  | 41 N  | E  | L  | L  | 
		
			42 A  | I  | L  |  |  | 43 R  | E  | N  | A  | N  | D  | S  | T  | I  | M  | P  | Y  | 
		
			44 T  | O  | L  | 45 E  | 46 D  | O  |  |  | 47 I  | A  | N  |  | 48 E  | L  | S  |  |  | 
		
			 |  |  | 49 A  | R  | I  |  | 50 E  | L  | S  | E  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
		
			 | 51 R  | 52 O  | T  | A  | T  | 53 O  | R  |  |  | 54 Y  | 55 M  | 56 C  | 57 A  |  |  |  | 
		
			 | 58 A  | L  | I  | I  |  | 59 M  | O  | 60 A  | 61 N  |  | 62 I  | E  | R  |  |  |  | 
		
			 | 63 P  | E  | N  | N  | 64 A  | N  | D  | T  | E  | 65 L  | L  | E  | R  |  |  |  | 
		
			 |  | 66 S  | T  | E  | V  | I  | E  | N  | I  | C  | K  | S  |  |  |  |  | 
		
			 |  |  | 67 O  | D  | E  | A  |  | 68 O  | L  | D  | S  |  |  |  |  |  | 
		
	
 
            © 1997, The New York Times
         
        
    
 
    
	
        
		
            Across
            1
5
9
12
14
15
16
17
19
"Oh, Pretty Woman" singer : 
ORBISON21
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" author : 
DAHL24
25
Benjamin Hoff's "The ___ of Pooh" : 
TAO28
29
"What are we waiting for?" : 
LETSGO33
38
39
42
43
44
47
48
49
Paul's "Exodus" portrayal : 
ARI50
51
54
Community rec. site : 
YMCA58
Et ___ (and others) : 
ALII59
62
Occupational suffix : 
IER63
66
67
68
 
        
	 
        
		
            Down
            1
Ed Norton's workplace : 
SEWER2
3
"Assuming that's true..." : 
IFSO4
Cross-dresser's attire : 
DRAG5
Tree of the birch family : 
ALDER6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
18
20
22
Philadelphia suburb near Drexel Hill : 
ALDAN23
25
26
27
30
31
Sound of a swallow : 
GULP32
33
34
Locale of 44-Across : 
OHIO35
36
Author O'Brien and others : 
EDNAS37
Site of the 2000 Olympics : 
SYDNEY40
41
45
46
50
51
52
53
"___ vincit amor" : 
OMNIA55
Exploits, in a way : 
MILKS56
57
Music transcription abbr. : 
ARR60
61
Film director Jordan : 
NEIL64
Salutation for Severus : 
AVE65
 
        
	 
    
 
    
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