This web browser is not supported. Use Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox for best results.
Paula Gamache
Paula Gamache

NY Times, Sun, Nov 06, 2005  DIAGRAMLESS

24-Down : Bothered a lot

Author:
Paula Gamache
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 84, Blocks: 74
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. The first square across is the fourth square in the first row.
1
T
2
O
3
M
4
S
5
C
6
H
7
O
8
P
9
U
H
U
H
10
A
E
R
O
11
O
12
A
13
T
14
M
15
I
16
D
N
I
G
H
17
T
M
A
S
S
18
P
T
S
19
I
N
I
G
O
20
E
E
R
I
E
21
T
U
C
K
22
R
U
S
S
23
M
24
A
C
R
O
N
25
P
I
L
O
T
26
E
R
A
T
27
I
T
S
A
F
I
28
N
E
M
E
S
S
29
D
E
N
E
30
U
V
E
31
A
G
E
N
T
K
32
T
N
N
33
A
34
M
35
I
36
E
37
P
A
R
T
38
H
39
I
T
O
R
M
40
I
S
S
41
E
42
M
I
T
43
P
A
I
N
44
U
45
S
46
D
47
P
48
A
C
I
N
O
49
U
50
L
S
T
E
51
R
52
S
53
S
P
H
A
G
N
54
U
55
M
56
M
57
O
S
S
58
A
J
O
T
59
A
R
E
T
E
60
P
A
I
R
E
D
61
G
A
L
A
62
L
O
L
A
63
E
R
N
S
T
64
L
E
V
E
R
65
M
N
O
66
N
O
F
U
S
67
S
68
N
O
M
U
S
S
69
S
S
N
70
T
A
U
S
71
T
A
R
O
72
O
R
L
E
73
A
H
E
M
© 2005, The New York Times
Across
1
Male turkeys : TOMS
5
Karate blow : CHOP
9
"Out of the question!" : UHUH
10
Prefix with space : AERO
11
Stable morsel : OAT
14
Event to go to on Christmas Eve : MIDNIGHTMASS
18
Liq. measures : PTS
19
Architect Jones : INIGO
20
Hair-raising : EERIE
21
Tummy ___ : TUCK
22
Director Meyer : RUSS
23
Pronunciation symbol : MACRON
25
TV series test : PILOT
26
Quod ___ demonstrandum : ERAT
27
"Now look what you've done!" : ITSAFINEMESS
29
"Belle de Jour" actress : DENEUVE
31
Tommy Lee Jones  in "Men in Black" : AGENTK
32
Old cable inits. : TNN
33
Honfleur honey : AMIE
37
Hair line : PART
38
Random : HITORMISS
41
Give off : EMIT
43
Nuisance : PAIN
44
Euro competitor: Abbr. : USD
47
Al who played Michael Corleone : PACINO
49
Loose overcoats : ULSTERS
53
Florist's basket liner : SPHAGNUMMOSS
58
Not ___ or a tittle : AJOT
59
Rocky ridge : ARETE
60
Like chromosomes : PAIRED
61
Party for 100, say : GALA
62
Joe Hardy's temptress, on Broadway : LOLA
63
___ & Young (auditors) : ERNST
64
Voting machine part : LEVER
65
LP link : MNO
66
Simple to manage : NOFUSSNOMUSS
69
One form of ID : SSN
70
Greek crosses : TAUS
71
South Seas starch source : TARO
72
Heraldic border : ORLE
73
"'Scuse me …" : AHEM
Down
1
Filament element : TUNGSTEN
2
Louisville's river : OHIO
3
Make a face, as for a 5-Down : MUG
4
"Silence!" : SHH
5
Shooter's device : CAMERA
6
Learn about : HEAROF
7
Family name of Pope Benedict XIII : ORSINI
8
Prepare to be shot : POSE
11
Rich : OPULENT
12
Not marked up : ATCOST
13
"For shame!" : TSKTSK
14
Really stuck : MIRED
15
Harden : INURE
16
Soi-___ (self-styled) : DISANT
17
Gumshoes : TECS
21
Kitchen dinger : TIMER
23
Early 11th-century date : MIV
24
Bothered a lot : ATEAT
25
Mobil emblem : PEGASUS
28
Has a siesta : NAPS
30
Derange : UNHINGE
34
Deck cleaner : MOP
35
Roth ___ : IRA
36
Big inits. in music : EMI
39
"Bring ___!" : ITON
40
Busy : INUSE
41
Level : ECHELON
42
Mazda convertible : MIATA
45
Parent found in the wings : STAGEMOM
46
Feeling that makes you go "hmmm" : DEJAVU
47
Sacred songs : PSALMS
48
They have strings attached : APRONS
50
Hallucination cause : LSD
51
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, e.g. : ROLES
52
Flag features : STARS
54
Brouhaha : UPROAR
55
Virile : MANFUL
56
Treat badly : MISUSE
57
Table scraps : ORTS
63
Inner: Prefix : ENTO
64
Tribal stories : LORE
67
Penn, e.g.: Abbr. : STA
68
"Um, no thanks" : NAH
Answer summary: 5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

Found bugs or have suggestions? Please let us know.

XWord Info Home
XWord Info © 2007-2024, Jim Horne
34 ms