PUZZLE #360
DIAGRAMLESS CROSSWORD 5
Diagramless crosswords are solved by using the clues and their numbers to fill in the answers as well as the black squares. When completely filled in, the black squares in the grid will have diagonal symmetry, meaning that they'll look the same when rotated upside-down. As a help, the first number has already been placed in the grid.
Once everything's filled in, two of the across answers will spell out a clue that will lead you to the FINAL ANSWER: A fictional being's name.
ACROSS
1) _____ Saigon (Tony-winning musical)
5) Language spoken in Vientiane (or someone who lives there)
8) Have lofty ambitions
11) Super stumper
14) First-ever, as a voyage
15) Diminishes the value (of)
18) "Scarborough Fair", for one
19) PART ONE OF THE FINAL ANSWER'S CLUE
21) Long-gone days of old
22) _____ and the Last Dragon (Disney movie)
23) Whirled around in a swivel chair, maybe
25) Justice Dept. agency that Clarice Starling works for
28) Acorn, eventually
29) Telephone booth stuffing in the 1950s, for one
30) Face mask thickness measurement
31) Grandson of Adam and Eve
33) Belonging to you and me
35) Agatha Christie: And _____ There Were None (2005 adventure game)
39) PART TWO OF THE FINAL ANSWER'S CLUE
45) "Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)" singer Keys
46) Facial cosmetic item that dates back to ancient Egypt
47) Toy company that popularized the yo-yo
48) Hosted a variety show, say
49) Believe to be true without any sort of fact-checking
50) Piglets' pen
51) Greek goddess of discord who appears in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
DOWN
1) Deadly black snake
2) Bartender on The Love Boat
3) Like milk that one shouldn't cry over
4) Walk like a crab
5) Roughly 2.11338 liquid pints
6) Has the same opinion
7) Easternmost country in the Arabian Peninsula
9) With 10-Down, posterior
10) See 9-Down
11) Tense and nervous
12) Villainous Romulan played by Eric Bana in Star Trek (2009)
13) Increase in interest
16) "¡Gracias!": 2 wds.
17) "_____ 'hello' to my little friend!" (memorable Scarface quote)
20) "Right Down the Line" singer Gerry
24) Burst a balloon
26) Shrieking creature from Ireland
27) Affirmation at an altar: 2 wds.
32) Rigorous, as some rules
34) Native American tribe that lent its name to the 45th state
36) Sue Bee product
37) Fencing sword with more than two vowels
38) Steve Urkel, for one
39) Winter ailments
40) Lather, _____, repeat
41) Transpire
42) Florida city where a CSI spinoff was set
43) Striped Christmas candies
44) "Slippery" trees
45) Programming language named after Mrs. Lovelace
Once you believe you've figured out the FINAL ANSWER, send it to either redhead64@chartermi.net or itsredhead64@gmail.com (though I'm more likely to check the second one) and I'll put your name on a solvers list once I post the answers in about two weeks. You can also use those email addresses to give me some comments and feedback (or even ask for a hint, though you'll be marked as having used one if you do so) or send me the answer to last week's puzzle, if you haven't already figured it out. If you have a printer and want to solve this puzzle on paper, just head below the break for a link to a .PDF version which you can print out!
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