XWord Info Home Previous | Next | Ernie Furtado thumbs | March, 1993 thumbnails

NY Times, Sun, Mar 14, 1993 THE L-FACTOR

Author: Ernie Furtado
Editor: Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 70, Avg Word Len: 5.30, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 505 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 121, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 13, XRef: 0

1
R
2
A
3
D
4
A
5
R
6
R
7
A
8
R
9
E
10
R
11
A
12
B
13
B
14
I
15
S
16
C
17
O
18
W
19
A
G
E
N
T
20
E
M
I
L
21
O
C
E
A
N
22
P
A
G
E
23
P
U
C
K
S
24
P
L
U
C
K
25
B
U
R
T
S
26
B
L
U
R
T
27
T
E
A
L
28
A
E
R
O
29
H
E
A
T
H
30
E
A
S
E
S
31
E
32
D
D
A
33
B
O
R
T
34
S
35
E
N
T
A
36
B
37
U
38
S
T
E
R
S
39
B
40
L
U
S
T
E
41
R
42
M
I
S
T
43
E
44
R
45
E
N
E
46
S
E
E
R
E
S
S
47
I
48
S
O
N
49
I
L
O
50
A
T
R
51
A
P
52
D
I
N
53
R
54
A
O
U
L
55
G
O
B
S
56
D
I
A
N
E
57
S
58
B
A
59
R
60
N
E
Y
S
B
L
61
A
R
N
E
Y
62
S
E
P
A
R
A
63
T
E
64
A
I
D
E
65
T
I
N
A
66
S
E
D
A
T
E
67
E
T
T
E
S
68
L
E
T
S
69
G
70
O
71
E
T
U
N
72
L
I
R
E
73
B
E
N
I
S
O
N
74
S
75
B
76
O
77
O
M
E
R
S
78
B
L
O
O
M
79
E
R
80
T
S
E
T
S
E
81
E
T
C
S
82
N
O
L
A
N
83
M
I
84
A
85
E
S
S
I
E
86
D
O
T
87
M
I
R
O
88
S
89
P
I
E
L
90
E
R
91
E
D
O
92
S
E
A
93
M
A
N
94
C
95
U
96
S
T
E
R
S
C
L
U
97
S
T
E
R
98
G
E
N
E
99
S
100
S
A
U
D
101
I
S
M
E
102
A
103
N
O
D
E
104
O
105
L
A
N
D
106
M
107
O
M
A
108
A
109
P
110
E
111
R
112
B
O
N
D
S
113
B
L
O
N
D
114
P
A
T
E
S
115
P
L
A
T
E
116
O
R
A
L
117
L
A
N
C
E
118
A
R
I
D
119
H
E
L
E
N
120
Y
A
L
E
121
T
R
E
E
D
122
R
A
S
E
123
A
R
O
S
E
© 1993, The New York Times
Across Down
1. "M*A*S*H" character : RADAR
6. Steak style : RARE
10. "Friday the ___ Slept Late": Kemelman : RABBI
15. Harbor vessel : SCOW
19. G-man, e.g. : AGENT
20. Bass-baritone Scaria : EMIL
21. Thalassic area : OCEAN
22. Trainbearer : PAGE
23. Shakespearean character's grit? : PUCKSPLUCK
25. Reynolds's revelation? : BURTSBLURT
27. Duck or color : TEAL
28. Plane preceder in London : AERO
29. Former British prime minister : HEATH
30. Facilitates : EASES
31. Icelandic literary work : EDDA
33. Low-quality diamond : BORT
34. Wagnerian heroine : SENTA
36. Keaton's swagger? : BUSTERSBLUSTER
42. "___ Roberts" : MISTER
45. Vane dir. : ENE
46. Cassandra, e.g. : SEERESS
47. " . . . frost ___ the punkin . . . ": Riley : ISON
49. U.N. arm : ILO
50. Set ___ for (lure) : ATRAP
52. Racket : DIN
53. Movie director Walsh : RAOUL
55. Slews : GOBS
56. Baker and Sawyer : DIANES
58. Google's flattery? : BARNEYSBLARNEY
62. Rattigan's "___ Tables" : SEPARATE
64. Kato, to the Green Hornet : AIDE
65. Playwright Howe : TINA
66. Unruffled : SEDATE
67. Cigar stretchers? : ETTES
68. Dismisses : LETSGO
71. Vingt ___ (blackjack) : ETUN
72. Trevi trove : LIRE
73. Blessings : BENISONS
75. Esiason's plant? : BOOMERSBLOOMER
80. Puzzlers' pet fly : TSETSE
81. Rels. of et al. : ETCS
82. Fireballer Ryan : NOLAN
83. Rosemary portrayer : MIA
85. Girl in "The Devil's Disciple" : ESSIE
86. Pointillist's stroke : DOT
87. Joan of art : MIRO
88. Circus figure : SPIELER
91. Tokyo of shoguns' era : EDO
92. Queeg or Queequeg : SEAMAN
94. General's oak leaf? : CUSTERSCLUSTER
98. Chromosome constituents : GENES
100. King for whom a land was named : SAUD
101. "Woe ___!" : ISME
102. "I intended ___": Dobson : ANODE
104. Chan portrayer : OLAND
106. N.Y.C. art center : MOMA
108. Little's a big one : APER
112. An agent's fair-haired catch? : BONDSBLOND
114. A golfer's dish? : PATESPLATE
116. Nuncupative : ORAL
117. N.F.L. Hall of Famer Alworth : LANCE
118. Jejune : ARID
119. Kidnapped Greek beauty : HELEN
120. Where Clinton studied law : YALE
121. Cornered : TREED
122. Bring down the house in Soho : RASE
123. End of a Stein line : AROSE
 1. Spellbound : RAPT
2. Chills and fever : AGUE
3. Ten: Comb. form : DECA
4. Talus decoration : ANKLET
5. Coll. linemen : RTS
6. Freed : RELEASED
7. Sea of Okhotsk feeder : AMUR
8. Carty of baseball : RICO
9. Wawaskeesh : ELK
10. Burns or Frost : ROBERT
11. Sharpened : ACUATE
12. Convy or Wheeler : BERT
13. Thermae : BATHS
14. Electees : INS
15. Slapping sounds : SPLATS
16. Effect producer : CAUSATION
17. Grendel in "Beowulf," e.g. : OGRE
18. Volstead's opponents : WETS
24. G.I.'s devil-dodger : PADRE
26. Nigerian neighbor : BENIN
29. A brother of TV's Little Joe : HOSS
32. Wyler's "The ___ Hours": 1955 : DESPERATE
33. Urban behemoth : BUS
35. Salve : EMOLLIENT
36. Wampum : BEADS
37. Frees from Matthew Walker : UNTIES
38. Souvenir from Acapulco : SERAPE
39. Suborn : BRIBE
40. Actress Olin : LENA
41. Ocho ___, Jamaican resort : RIOS
43. A 1945 goal of the Allies : ELBE
44. Promising : ROSY
48. Tricky; elusive : SUBTLE
51. Garlands : ANADEMS
53. Buy off; liberate : REDEEM
54. Votes in Parliament : AYES
55. Timothy and rye : GRASSES
57. Taciturn; gloomy : SATURNINE
59. K follower : RATION
60. Explosive, for short : NITRO
61. It provides immunity : ANTISERUM
63. Muscle for stretching : TENSOR
67. Queen of scat : ELLA
69. Readied oneself : GOTSET
70. Optional kick for Bahr : ONSIDE
73. Dairy choices : BRIES
74. "All that we ___ seem": Poe : SEEOR
75. Fourposters : BEDS
76. Nebraska City's county : OTOE
77. Like a stop sign : OCTAGONAL
78. Coalition of politicians : BLOC
79. Desert prince : EMIR
84. Mother of Jason : ALCIMEDE
87. Locks lionesses lack : MANES
88. Scantling : STUD
89. Foot: Comb. form : PED
90. "___ Dream" in "Lohengrin" : ELSAS
93. Be a kibitzer : MEDDLE
95. Income from ownership of wealth : USANCE
96. Made smooth, in away : SANDED
97. Hunter of pinnipeds : SEALER
99. Kind of heat : SOLAR
102. "___ Named Charlie Brown," 1969 film : ABOY
103. Author Ephron : NORA
105. Like an anchoret : LONE
106. Naomi's chosen name : MARA
107. Elevator magnate : OTIS
109. Stick, in Sevilla : PALO
110. Hot times in Montmartre : ETES
111. Tenor Maison : RENE
113. Short diner order : BLT
114. Norman's norm : PAR
115. Govt. home-building org. : PHA

Found bugs or have suggestions?