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

New York Times, Friday, January 20, 1984

27-Across : Fish's sawlike organ

Author:
Joe Clonick
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Joe Clonick has 20 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1
B
2
I
3
Z
4
E
5
T
6
F
7
L
8
O
9
T
10
O
11
W
12
P
13
R
E
S
I
D
E
14
E
U
G
E
N
I
15
C
16
H
E
R
M
O
S
A
17
A
B
E
T
T
E
R
18
R
E
S
19
N
E
B
20
T
E
E
21
A
L
E
22
A
V
E
23
C
24
L
A
25
M
U
S
26
O
R
D
O
27
S
E
R
R
28
A
29
G
E
R
30
S
P
I
E
L
31
E
S
K
I
M
32
O
33
N
E
34
M
A
T
O
D
E
35
B
O
36
R
O
D
I
N
37
S
38
T
39
A
40
K
E
O
U
T
41
A
T
42
A
43
B
44
A
45
L
46
O
W
N
E
R
47
S
T
48
D
49
A
G
O
R
A
50
L
O
I
N
51
S
T
I
R
52
S
53
O
U
I
S
54
D
S
M
55
H
A
L
56
I
T
57
A
58
D
O
S
59
E
T
A
60
M
I
N
E
61
V
A
M
62
O
O
S
E
63
R
E
T
I
R
E
R
64
E
V
A
S
I
O
N
65
P
E
T
E
R
S
66
L
E
H
A
R
© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,491
Across
1
Composer of "The Pearl Fishers" : BIZET
6
"Martha" composer : FLOTOW
12
Chair a meeting : PRESIDE
14
Having good inherited characteristics : EUGENIC
16
___ Beach, Calif. : HERMOSA
17
Accessory to the crime : ABETTER
18
Legal thing : RES
19
Beak : NEB
20
Ball elevator : TEE
21
Something to quaff : ALE
22
With: Fr. : AVEC
24
A son of Hercules and Omphale : LAMUS
26
Church calendar : ORDO
27
Fish's sawlike organ : SERRA
29
Eur. country : GER
30
Carny's pitch : SPIEL
31
Aleut's cousin : ESKIMO
33
Roundworm : NEMATODE
35
"Prince Igor" composer : BORODIN
37
Police surveillance : STAKEOUT
41
Moorish drum : ATABAL
46
Possessor : OWNER
47
Norm: Abbr. : STD
49
Where the Greeks met : AGORA
50
Cut of meat : LOIN
51
Awakens : STIRS
53
Gallic assents : OUIS
54
High mil. award : DSM
55
Linden that sprouted in N.Y.C. : HAL
56
Call ___ day : ITA
58
___ Passos : DOS
59
Lightweight cotton fabric : ETAMINE
61
Skedaddle : VAMOOSE
63
His day is done : RETIRER
64
Avoidance by subterfuge : EVASION
65
Operatic soprano from N.Y.C. : PETERS
66
Composer of "The Merry Widow" : LEHAR
Down
1
Running amok : BERSERK
2
Distinctive doctrine : ISM
3
Jewish homeland, biblically : ZION
4
A Ford : EDSEL
5
Something for steeping : TEABAG
6
Starring : FEATURED
7
Grease jobs, informally : LUBES
8
Curved molding : OGEE
9
Asian holiday : TET
10
Canadian province : ONTARIO
11
Exercised, as power : WIELDED
12
Musical passage : PHRASE
13
Author of "Popo": 1980 : REEVES
15
Kind of sauce : CREOLE
23
Le dernier ___ : CRI
25
Composer of "The Consul" : MENOTTI
26
Elect : OPT
28
Fossil resin : AMBER
30
Polar resident : SANTA
32
A tic-tac-toe winner : OOO
34
"Cara ___," 1954 song : MIA
36
Bad guys in a western : RUSTLERS
37
Agent for fusing metal : SOLDER
38
Ballroom dance : TWOSTEP
39
Bring to life : ANIMATE
40
Cognizance : KEN
42
Give it ___ : AGO
43
Lady's bedroom : BOUDOIR
44
Melodious : ARIOSO
45
Cascade volcanic peak : LASSEN
48
Twaddle : DRIVEL
51
Mentally sounder : SANER
52
Poetic stanza : STAVE
55
Let, with "out" : HIRE
57
Nanking nanny : AMAH
60
Harv. neighbor : MIT
62
Spanish she-bear : OSA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

Found bugs or have suggestions? Please let us know.

Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

Previous puzzle | Next puzzle
XWord Info Home
XWord Info © 2007-2024, Jim Horne
39 ms