XWord Info Home Previous | Next | Joy L. Wouk thumbs | May, 1986 thumbnails

NY Times, Sat, May 24, 1986

Author: Joy L. Wouk
Editor: Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 1

1
H
2
E
3
L
4
M
5
C
6
A
7
B
8
A
9
L
10
H
11
A
12
F
13
T
14
A
R
I
A
15
A
R
O
M
A
16
U
P
O
N
17
I
D
E
S
18
V
A
N
E
S
19
M
A
Y
S
20
G
E
N
T
21
L
E
M
E
N
S
22
T
A
R
T
23
E
E
R
24
I
O
N
25
Y
26
O
27
U
R
E
N
28
G
29
I
30
N
E
S
31
T
32
A
33
P
34
U
R
N
S
35
S
O
S
O
36
C
37
R
E
D
O
38
M
A
S
O
39
N
40
N
E
T
41
A
E
R
I
E
42
A
R
E
N
A
43
E
E
E
44
S
45
T
A
E
L
46
N
E
R
47
M
48
A
R
K
D
O
49
N
O
H
U
E
50
B
E
T
51
T
A
U
52
G
53
O
R
D
O
54
N
55
J
56
O
H
N
C
57
O
58
C
59
K
60
P
A
R
A
61
L
E
A
V
E
62
H
I
L
A
63
R
I
C
K
64
L
A
K
E
R
65
E
L
A
N
66
E
A
S
E
67
S
T
E
R
N
68
D
Y
N
E
© 1986, The New York Times
Across Down
1. Leadership, figuratively : HELM
5. Junta : CABAL
10. Knife handle : HAFT
14. Sortita, e.g. : ARIA
15. Bergamot's asset : AROMA
16. " . . . and ___ this rock . . . " : UPON
17. May 15, for one : IDES
18. Windmill parts : VANES
19. Giant star that blazed in 1954 : MAYS
20. Start of Indy 500 instruction : GENTLEMENSTART
23. Sonnet ending : EER
24. Type of jet engine : ION
25. End of 20 Across : YOURENGINES
31. Half sole : TAP
34. Containers for ballots : URNS
35. Stalin's Georgian nickname : SOSO
36. Tenet : CREDO
38. Mozart was one : MASON
40. Istle product : NET
41. Home of an eyas : AERIE
42. Kind of theater : ARENA
43. Shoe widths : EEES
45. Asian weight : TAEL
46. Father of Abner : NER
47. Indy 500 winner: 1972 : MARKDONOHUE
50. Bouncing ___ (soapwort) : BET
51. Saint Anthony's cross : TAU
52. Indy 500 winner: 1982 : GORDONJOHNCOCK
60. Belém, in Brazil : PARA
61. Permission : LEAVE
62. Seed scars : HILA
63. Indy 500 winner Mears: 1979 and 1984 : RICK
64. Abdul-Jabbar, e.g. : LAKER
65. Dash : ELAN
66. Comfort : EASE
67. Ship part : STERN
68. Unit of force : DYNE
 1. Nixon aide in 1974 : HAIG
2. Mahler's "Das Lied von der ___" : ERDE
3. Mortgage : LIEN
4. Gene Barry's TV role: 1958–61 : MASTERSON
5. Carlsbad ___ : CAVERNS
6. Composer Khachaturian : ARAM
7. Indonesia's Gulf of ___ : BONE
8. Kind of corner : AMEN
9. Eric Knight's heroine : LASSIE
10. Person : HUMAN
11. On ___ (equal) : APAR
12. Four-time Indy 500 winner : FOYT
13. RR vehicles : TNS
21. Cobb of cinema : LEE
22. Puccini heroine : TOSCA
25. Indian language family : YUMAN
26. "___ Ben Jonson!" : ORARE
27. Al or Bobby of Indy 500 fame : UNSER
28. Dead duck : GONER
29. " . . . ___ my master . . . ": Shak. : ISEEK
30. Eminent : NOTED
31. Father of Abraham : TERAH
32. Farewell : ADIEU
33. Pierre's stove or canopy : POELE
37. Changed, as a negative : RETOUCHED
39. Designated : NAMED
44. Ann from N.D. : SOTHERN
48. Lagoon surrounders : ATOLLS
49. Masefield heroine : NAN
50. Fern : BRAKE
52. Mother of the Titans : GAIA
53. Grampuses : ORCS
54. Trim : NEAT
55. Hunky-dory : JAKE
56. Finished : OVER
57. Unctuous : OILY
58. Clique : CLAN
59. Welles role : KANE
60. Prefix with suppose : PRE

Found bugs or have suggestions?