XWord Info Home Previous | Next | Evelyn Benshoof thumbs | July, 1991 thumbnails

NY Times, Tue, Jul 23, 1991

Author: Evelyn Benshoof
Editor: Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.

1
S
2
H
3
O
4
T
5
F
6
A
7
N
8
G
9
M
10
A
11
R
12
T
13
H
U
M
I
14
D
15
A
P
E
R
16
A
M
U
R
17
A
L
A
T
E
18
C
A
V
E
19
N
O
M
E
20
M
A
N
O
F
21
S
T
R
A
W
22
C
L
O
T
23
O
U
S
T
24
U
25
S
H
E
R
26
W
27
H
28
A
29
L
E
R
30
S
P
E
E
31
E
I
R
E
32
F
33
A
34
Z
E
35
A
S
36
F
37
O
38
R
39
P
L
E
A
40
T
41
M
O
E
42
S
T
O
V
E
43
T
O
A
D
Y
44
B
O
M
45
B
46
E
R
I
N
47
I
P
48
S
O
49
A
50
B
R
A
D
E
51
R
52
A
N
E
E
53
P
54
O
S
E
55
P
A
N
G
56
W
57
E
A
T
H
E
58
R
59
M
60
A
61
N
62
A
T
O
M
63
S
A
R
A
64
C
A
I
R
O
65
L
E
D
A
66
U
S
E
R
67
H
I
T
I
T
68
E
D
E
N
69
P
E
R
U
70
D
E
L
E
© 1991, The New York Times
Across Down
1. Jigger : SHOT
5. Canine tooth : FANG
9. Trading center : MART
13. Dank : HUMID
15. Mimic : APER
16. U.S.S.R.-China river : AMUR
17. Winged : ALATE
18. Stalactite site : CAVE
19. Alaskan seaport : NOME
20. Dummy; front : MANOFSTRAW
22. Coagulate : CLOT
23. Dispossess : OUST
24. Church worker : USHER
26. Fishing vessel : WHALER
30. Graf ___ : SPEE
31. Gael's isle : EIRE
32. Daunt : FAZE
35. With regard to : ASFOR
39. Skirt feature : PLEAT
41. One of the Stooges : MOE
42. Heat apparatus : STOVE
43. Yes man : TOADY
44. Absolute failure : BOMB
46. One of the Waltons : ERIN
47. ___ facto : IPSO
49. Wear down : ABRADE
51. Mate of a rajah : RANEE
53. Model : POSE
55. Sudden feeling of longing : PANG
56. Willard Scott is one : WEATHERMAN
62. Whit : ATOM
63. Mother of F.D.R. : SARA
64. Nile metropolis : CAIRO
65. Girl attacked by a "swan" : LEDA
66. Addict : USER
67. ___ off (get along) : HITIT
68. England's Anthony ___ : EDEN
69. Machu Picchu land : PERU
70. Printing mark : DELE
 1. Pretense : SHAM
2. Kind of hoop or skirt : HULA
3. Arabian gulf : OMAN
4. Former Yugoslav dictator : TITO
5. Truths : FACTS
6. Take ___ (criticize) : APART
7. Leningrad's river : NEVA
8. Attained maturity : GREWUP
9. Singer Melissa from the Bronx : MANCHESTER
10. Soap plant : AMOLE
11. Hearsay : RUMOR
12. Waste allowance : TRET
14. Crusoe's creator : DEFOE
21. Crasher at Atlantic City : SURF
25. Half-___ over (drunk) : SEAS
26. Bemoaned : WEPT
27. Hawaiian seaport : HILO
28. Vicinity : AREA
29. Shepherd? : LEADINGMAN
30. Look : SEEM
33. Early Christian pulpit : AMBO
34. San Diego attraction : ZOO
36. "More bang ___ buck" : FORA
37. Roman poet : OVID
38. Lévesque of Quebec : RENE
40. Agate or pica : TYPE
45. British shindig : BASH
48. Concludes arrangements : SEWSUP
50. A source of golden fall leaves : BEECH
51. Valued : RATED
52. Battery part : ANODE
53. Kitchen gadget : PARER
54. Japanese city : OTARU
55. Faint : PALE
57. Sybarite's delight : EASE
58. Surprise attack : RAID
59. Small contribution : MITE
60. Seed covering : ARIL
61. Memorandum : NOTE

Found bugs or have suggestions?