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

New York Times, Saturday, November 24, 2012

Author:
Josh Knapp
Editor:
Will Shortz
4-Down : Break a pledge?
TotalDebutLatest
242/26/20101/15/2021
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
20102910
ScrabblePGramFresh
1.70288%
Josh Knapp

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 32 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Knapp. Saturday freshness: 66%
1
A
2
F
3
G
4
H
5
A
6
N
7
S
8
K
9
I
10
J
11
U
12
M
13
P
14
M
A
L
A
W
I
15
M
E
N
E
L
A
U
16
S
17
B
R
A
Z
E
N
18
I
N
S
E
C
U
R
E
19
L
I
N
E
20
E
21
N
T
O
22
R
E
N
E
W
23
E
N
D
24
P
O
O
H
25
R
A
G
A
26
D
A
S
27
H
I
N
G
28
A
29
T
30
F
31
L
O
G
32
A
C
E
I
33
N
T
H
E
34
H
O
L
E
35
D
36
A
W
N
O
F
T
H
E
D
E
A
D
37
J
A
C
K
I
N
T
H
E
B
O
X
38
O
R
T
39
C
E
S
40
A
R
R
A
41
I
42
G
43
N
44
S
K
I
45
M
46
F
R
I
A
47
M
O
E
48
E
R
V
I
49
N
50
M
A
T
T
51
S
C
A
M
52
P
O
I
S
O
53
N
E
D
54
I
55
M
P
A
L
E
56
H
O
T
H
O
U
S
E
57
S
C
A
L
I
A
58
M
Y
A
N
M
A
R
59
H
I
T
M
E
N
© 2012, The New York Times11/24/12 ( No. 23,027 )
Across
1
Shaggy dog : AFGHAN
7
It's gone over with poles : SKIJUMP
14
African country with a namesake lake : MALAWI
15
Rival of Paris : MENELAUS
17
Contemptuously bold : BRAZEN
18
Self-doubting : INSECURE
19
Extra desire? : LINE
20
Prefix with -zoic : ENTO
22
O.K. for another season : RENEW
23
Stop going : END
24
"Fiddlesticks!" : POOH
25
Eastern melody : RAGA
26
Like many a romance hero : DASHING
28
Raiders org.? : ATF
31
Call ___ : LOG
32
Secret weapon : ACEINTHEHOLE
35
1978 sequel set in a shopping mall : DAWNOFTHEDEAD
37
It might pop up at a nursery : JACKINTHEBOX
38
Crumb : ORT
39
These, in Toulon : CES
40
Charge : ARRAIGN
44
Far from whole : SKIM
46
Like refreshing agua : FRIA
47
Fellow in a counting-out rhyme? : MOE
48
Senator of Watergate fame : ERVIN
50
"South Park" co-creator Stone : MATT
51
Hustle : SCAM
52
Like four ill-fated popes, it's said : POISONED
54
Spike : IMPALE
56
Where things might pop up in a nursery : HOTHOUSE
57
He took Rehnquist's seat : SCALIA
58
Home of Mandalay : MYANMAR
59
Ones given money to waste? : HITMEN
Down
1
Showed no hurry in getting somewhere : AMBLED
2
Breakfast bowlful : FARINA
3
The endocrine system, essentially : GLANDS
4
Break a pledge? : HAZE
5
State at a spectacle : AWE
6
It might be hard-pressed to get assistance : NINEONEONE
7
Expert on forgery? : SMITH
8
Vegas game : KENO
9
Hookups : INS
10
Razz : JEER
11
Inside trouble : ULCER
12
Peak east of Captain Cook : MAUNALOA
13
Killer source material for a comedian, say : PUREGOLD
16
Pollution concern : SEWAGE
21
Invitation stipulation : NOGIFTS
24
It might be put on a blanket : PICNIC
27
Atlanta cager : HAWK
28
Fundamentally : ATHEART
29
Who "are coming," in a historical declaration : THEBRITISH
30
Part of a Freddy Krueger costume : FEDORA
33
Math ordinal : NTH
34
One meter start? : HEXA
35
Developing area : DARKROOM
36
Goings-on : ACTIVITY
37
Patron saint of the Catholic Church : JOSEPH
41
Response to "Don't panic!" : IMCALM
42
Hands-on position? : GOALIE
43
Like the beast in Hercules' first labor : NEMEAN
45
Diminutive for Baryshnikov : MISHA
46
Radio knob : FADER
49
Showdown time : NOON
50
Southwest city founded by Mormon pioneers : MESA
51
Run-in : SPAT
53
Book before Deut. : NUM
55
Old long-distance letters : MCI

Answer summary:
3 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.

Like this puzzle? Please share this page on social media to help spread the word about XWord Info. Thanks!

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