diagramless en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek γρᾰ́μμᾰ (grắmmă) Ancient Greek διάγραμμα (diágramma)der. Italian diagrammader. French diagrammeder. English diagram Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English diagramless From diagram + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, qualifier:crosswording) 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.
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.
2009 June 28, “The Redesign”, in New York Times: