P | O | M | P | O | M | S | R | A | B | I | D | |||
I | M | C | O | M | I | N | G | A | T | A | R | I | ||
C | A | R | E | S | S | I | N | G | S | O | L | A | R | |
K | N | I | T | S | P | R | A | Y | P | A | I | N | T | |
S | I | B | A | M | S | L | O | S | S | |||||
U | S | E | A | L | S | T | O | P | S | |||||
C | R | E | S | T | D | O | H | A | P | O | E | |||
P | O | L | A | R | O | I | D | P | I | C | T | U | R | E |
A | I | L | O | H | H | I | R | E | S | T | S | |||
S | L | A | V | Y | E | N | P | E | N | |||||
W | H | O | A | U | H | S | D | R | S | |||||
T | A | M | B | O | U | R | I | N | E | B | R | A | T | |
O | N | E | U | P | T | R | A | N | S | L | A | T | E | |
M | A | R | G | E | E | G | O | M | A | N | I | A | ||
B | L | E | S | S | I | M | S | H | O | O | K |
GNR at 14-Down stands for Guns N' Roses. Oh, you knew that already.
GNR has only appeared as an answer once before, in 1975, clued as "Man in a warship turret: Abbr."
J | O | E | Y | S | M | E | A | R | D | A | C | A | ||
E | A | V | E | P | U | R | G | E | E | M | U | S | ||
T | R | E | S | P | A | S | S | E | S | P | E | R | T | |
M | A | Y | I | E | V | E | N | S | O | |||||
A | B | N | E | R | C | O | N | T | E | N | D | E | R | |
D | A | U | N | T | S | P | O | S | E | D | ||||
O | L | D | O | I | L | E | R | O | R | C | S | |||
B | E | G | I | N | N | E | R | S | P | A | N | I | S | H |
E | D | E | N | P | A | E | A | N | C | P | A | |||
A | S | S | E | T | M | Y | R | I | A | D | ||||
M | A | S | S | A | C | R | E | D | H | E | N | N | Y | |
A | T | H | E | N | A | R | O | O | S | |||||
T | R | O | N | L | O | C | O | M | O | T | I | V | E | |
T | I | P | S | P | L | A | N | E | U | K | E | S | ||
E | A | S | E | S | E | V | E | N | P | E | T | S |
P | I | C | W | O | E | P | A | C | E | C | A | R | ||
S | C | O | W | L | E | M | O | T | I | V | E | |||
T | H | R | O | N | E | S | E | N | R | A | G | E | D | |
H | U | T | S | P | I | N | ||||||||
S | I | M | O | N | C | O | W | E | L | L | ||||
P | L | A | N | B | A | A | S | A | L | O | E | |||
H | E | D | G | E | D | I | N | E | D | S | E | L | S | |
E | N | D | R | E | F | T | M | I | C | I | S | |||
N | O | L | O | S | S | C | A | S | S | E | T | T | E | |
O | V | E | R | W | A | X | M | C | R | A | E | |||
M | O | S | C | O | W | I | D | A | H | O | ||||
S | U | S | S | E | N | O | ||||||||
O | N | E | I | O | T | A | A | T | T | E | M | P | T | |
F | A | N | D | U | E | L | H | O | L | Y | C | O | W | |
T | H | E | A | T | R | E | H | O | E | I | D | O |
Holy COW! Three COWs have holes (circles) that are just gaps going across, but need to be read as HOLE going down.
Empty sqaures in a solved grid is rare, but there is some prior art:
E | L | S | A | N | A | E | P | S | S | T | ||||
G | U | A | V | A | F | I | N | D | O | P | I | E | ||
G | A | N | G | S | T | A | S | D | D | S | I | N | S | |
O | U | T | S | H | O | N | E | B | O | T | N | E | T | |
N | S | A | L | O | G | I | C | A | L | D | D | |||
T | E | N | S | A | U | G | T | O | P | |||||
M | O | N | T | Y | A | T | E | A | L | O | N | E | ||
O | B | E | Y | F | E | W | E | R | O | R | C | A | ||
B | O | W | L | G | A | M | E | B | U | S | E | S | ||
Y | E | S | R | N | A | I | B | E | T | |||||
B | B | O | F | J | E | S | U | S | A | R | S | |||
P | L | E | D | G | E | M | O | N | T | A | G | U | E | |
A | U | T | O | S | H | I | F | T | I | N | G | D | D | |
T | R | I | G | T | U | R | F | R | A | I | N | N | ||
H | E | N | S | S | T | S | L | E | T | T |