diagramless

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English

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Etymology

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diagram +‎ -less

Adjective

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diagramless (not comparable)

  1. (crosswords) Having a blank grid, so that the solver must determine the positions of the black (non-lettered) squares as well as the answers to the clues.
    • 2009 June 28, “The Redesign”, in New York Times[1]:
      I hope the addition of KenKen to the puzzles page is an accommodation to the new size, not preliminary to discontinuation of the cryptic, acrostic, diagramless, etc.

Noun

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diagramless (plural diagramlesses)

  1. (crosswords) A puzzle of this kind.