XWord Info Home Previous | Next | Randolph Ross thumbs | May, 1991 thumbnails
Randolph Ross
Randolph Ross 

NY Times, Sun, May 12, 1991 SPELLBOUND

Author: Randolph Ross
Editor: Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 84, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { J }, Scrabble score: 611 (avg 1.71)
Open Squares: 128, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 13, XRef: 1

1
Q
2
A
3
D
4
D
5
A
6
F
7
I
8
S
9
T
10
A
11
R
12
K
13
C
14
R
15
A
16
Z
17
E
18
U
T
O
P
I
A
N
19
S
20
T
H
R
E
E
21
D
22
H
A
M
E
L
23
F
A
S
T
D
R
A
W
24
S
E
M
A
N
A
25
A
M
O
R
E
26
T
N
T
27
M
O
R
A
28
L
29
B
A
R
Y
S
30
H
N
I
K
O
V
31
L
E
U
C
32
I
33
R
A
34
S
A
B
O
T
S
35
T
36
U
37
T
A
N
K
H
38
A
M
E
N
39
N
O
R
40
C
41
I
42
A
43
O
R
E
S
44
B
O
N
D
45
I
46
O
R
47
L
48
E
A
N
S
49
O
D
A
S
50
M
51
O
R
S
E
52
D
53
O
54
S
T
O
E
V
S
K
I
55
K
U
R
O
56
S
A
W
A
57
W
58
R
O
T
E
59
R
A
I
S
I
N
60
T
O
E
61
A
L
I
T
62
S
P
A
I
N
63
E
64
M
65
M
Y
66
N
67
I
68
E
69
T
Z
S
C
H
70
E
71
S
N
A
G
72
N
A
I
L
73
S
74
O
R
A
E
75
M
76
R
T
77
C
U
T
L
I
P
78
O
I
L
E
79
R
80
X
I
A
O
81
P
82
I
83
N
84
G
85
B
R
Z
E
Z
I
86
N
S
K
I
87
A
88
C
O
R
N
89
S
G
A
U
90
C
E
A
S
E
T
O
91
A
92
S
Y
O
U
93
E
N
T
R
94
S
S
H
95
T
S
96
P
97
M
O
N
T
98
E
99
S
100
Q
U
I
E
U
101
A
102
S
L
E
E
103
P
104
I
N
C
105
M
A
U
D
106
K
107
I
108
E
R
K
E
G
A
A
109
R
D
110
H
111
A
B
L
A
112
W
113
I
114
T
115
E
N
A
M
I
116
A
L
N
A
G
117
E
118
M
A
I
N
119
L
I
N
E
120
E
G
R
E
T
121
Y
E
S
S
E
D
122
I
N
S
T
A
N
C
E
123
P
E
N
D
S
124
D
Y
A
N
S
125
K
H
A
Y
Y
A
M
© 1991, The New York Times
Across Down
1. Muammar el-___ of Libya : QADDAFI
8. Sheer; utter : STARK
13. Hula hoops, once : CRAZE
18. Idealists : UTOPIANS
20. Like a diorama : THREED
22. Actress Veronica from Philadelphia : HAMEL
23. Gunslinger's forte : FASTDRAW
24. Week, in Mexico : SEMANA
25. Love, in Roma : AMORE
26. Powerful explosive : TNT
27. Fabulous finale : MORAL
29. Mikhail of ballet : BARYSHNIKOV
31. Colorless: Comb. form : LEUC
32. George's lyricist : IRA
34. European wooden shoes : SABOTS
35. Egyptian king : TUTANKHAMEN
39. Conjunction : NOR
40. W. Webster's gp. : CIA
43. Pyrite and pitchblende : ORES
44. Actress Beulah: 1892-1981 : BONDI
46. Where Jeanne d'Arc triumphed: 1429 : ORLEANS
49. Mid East ladies' rooms : ODAS
50. Common code : MORSE
52. Author Feodor : DOSTOEVSKI
55. Film director Akira : KUROSAWA
57. Corresponded : WROTE
59. Cereal fruit : RAISIN
60. Low digit : TOE
61. Touched down : ALIT
62. Host of the 1992 summer Olympics : SPAIN
63. Cousin of Tony and Oscar : EMMY
66. Philosopher Friedrich : NIETZSCHE
71. Catch : SNAG
72. They're bitten and banged : NAILS
74. Anglo-Saxon money of account : ORAE
75. Co-star of "Rocky III" : MRT
77. Type of minnow : CUTLIP
78. Texas footballer : OILER
80. Deng ___, Chinese leader : XIAOPING
85. Zbigniew of Carter's Administration : BRZEZINSKI
87. Squash variety : ACORN
89. Myanmar group : SGAU
90. " . . . fears that I may ___ be": Keats : CEASETO
91. Sergeant's "___ were!" : ASYOU
93. ___'acte (intermission) : ENTR
94. Librarian's admonition : SSH
95. Recipe amt. : TSP
97. Philosophical writer Charles Louis de Secondat : MONTESQUIEU
101. Dormant : ASLEEP
104. Ltd., in the U.S.A. : INC
105. Tennyson poem : MAUD
106. Philosopher-theologian Soren : KIERKEGAARD
110. "Se ___ español" : HABLA
112. Wilde was one : WIT
115. As a friend: Fr. : ENAMI
116. English cloth measure, once used for tax purposes : ALNAGE
118. Chief artery : MAINLINE
120. Shore bird : EGRET
121. Assented : YESSED
122. Example : INSTANCE
123. Awaits action : PENDS
124. Namesakes of Actress Cannon : DYANS
125. Poet Omar : KHAYYAM
 1. Egyptian village : QUFT
2. ___ impasse : ATAN
3. Biblical verb : DOST
4. Agr. is one at D.C. : DPT
5. Medics' assistants : AIDMEN
6. King of Egypt: 1936-52 : FAROUK
7. Graft, in a way : INARCH
8. Wall and Fleet: Abbr. : STS
9. "And ___ played on" : THEBAND
10. "Aeneid" starter : ARMA
11. Nurtures : REARS
12. Nairobi native : KENYAN
13. Intone : CHANT
14. Harold of "Ghostbusters" : RAMIS
15. In a frenzy : AMOK
16. Zilch : ZERO
17. Alt. : ELEV
19. Namibia, once: Abbr. : SWA
21. German submarine film: 1981 : DASBOOT
28. Fancy wheels : LIMOS
30. Atrocities : HORRORS
31. Rodeo rope : LASSO
33. Continue, as a subscription : RENEW
35. Accepted : TOOK
36. Language of Pakistan : URDU
37. Eye drop : TEAR
38. Canyon mouth : ABRA
40. Chinese cinnamon : CASSIA
41. Pressman's activity : INKING
42. A ___ apple : ASIN
45. Rock stars, to some : IDOLS
47. ___ a conclusion (prejudges) : LEAPSTO
48. French spa : EVIAN
50. Leader before Hua : MAO
51. Author Wister : OWEN
53. Of the ear : OTIC
54. Eve's third : SETH
56. Make conventional : STYLIZE
58. Wooden ship without an upper deck : RAZEE
63. Hardens : ENURES
64. Passover staple : MATZAH
65. "And ___ to go . . . ": Frost : MILES
67. Perfect test scores : IOOS
68. Actor Estrada : ERIK
69. Shire of "Godfather III" : TALIA
70. Arabian prince : EMIR
73. Kind of bug : SPITTLE
76. Film by 55 Across : RAN
77. Common lab tests : CBCS
79. Synthetic material : RAYON
80. Delete : XOUT
81. False: Comb. form : PSEUD
82. Fire: Comb. form : IGNI
83. Hoopster Archibald : NATE
84. Teacher, in India : GURU
86. Small bunch of flowers : NOSEGAY
88. Seashell often used as a horn : CONCH
92. Little bit : SMIDGEN
96. Rang : PEALED
98. Enclose a waterway : EMBANK
99. N.A. Indian language : SALISH
100. Amounts : QUANTA
101. Carrying a weapon : ARMED
102. Playlets : SKITS
103. Li'l Abner's mother : PANSY
106. Retain : KEEP
107. "Picnic" playwright : INGE
108. Generate profits : EARN
109. Tabula ___ : RASA
111. "___ Blue?": 1929 song : AMI
112. Vinous : WINY
113. Peruvian native : INCA
114. Rain cats and dogs : TEEM
117. Begley and Bradley : EDS
119. Minstrel's song : LAY

Found bugs or have suggestions?