XWord Info Home Previous | Next | Alfio Micci thumbs | September, 1985 thumbnails
Alfio Micci
Alfio Micci 

NY Times, Sun, Sep 08, 1985 OPERATIC OPERATIONS

Author: Alfio Micci
Editor: Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 74, Avg Word Len: 5.24, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 572 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 120, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 2

1
G
2
R
3
A
4
T
5
I
6
F
7
Y
8
C
9
A
10
R
11
I
12
B
13
C
14
H
15
R
16
O
17
M
18
E
19
C
A
M
I
L
L
E
20
S
O
N
A
T
A
21
R
O
A
S
T
S
22
T
H
E
B
O
Y
O
23
F
T
H
E
G
O
L
24
D
E
N
W
E
S
T
25
I
T
I
26
A
R
E
T
E
27
O
U
S
E
L
28
S
29
M
A
30
N
31
A
M
E
N
32
I
N
S
C
R
I
33
B
34
E
35
R
I
A
L
36
G
R
E
W
37
T
38
E
N
E
T
39
N
A
T
40
S
41
E
E
G
42
H
F
M
43
C
H
A
R
Y
44
D
45
E
G
R
E
E
46
P
R
I
47
M
A
R
Y
48
T
H
E
R
E
49
P
I
A
S
T
R
E
50
A
R
C
A
N
E
51
C
R
I
S
P
52
G
O
V
T
53
E
N
D
54
D
A
C
R
O
N
55
L
O
L
A
56
K
E
N
O
57
A
R
E
S
58
L
A
I
C
59
E
V
I
D
60
E
N
T
61
R
62
H
E
E
63
P
64
S
A
T
65
H
66
O
W
E
67
W
A
I
T
68
C
A
R
D
69
E
70
D
71
I
E
R
72
A
M
E
S
73
M
I
S
T
Y
74
E
N
I
G
M
A
75
T
R
I
76
S
T
A
N
77
F
A
D
E
S
78
G
O
N
E
R
I
L
79
C
A
N
T
O
N
80
G
O
G
O
L
81
O
F
A
82
O
L
E
83
H
I
E
R
84
S
I
N
E
W
85
O
86
L
A
F
87
R
O
I
S
88
S
T
O
89
P
90
P
A
R
D
91
A
M
A
T
I
92
I
M
A
93
L
E
A
D
A
94
C
95
A
S
E
D
96
G
97
A
P
98
T
99
H
100
E
L
O
V
E
F
101
O
R
T
H
R
E
102
E
A
P
P
103
L
104
E
105
S
106
S
E
R
E
N
E
107
F
L
A
R
E
S
108
I
R
E
L
A
N
D
109
P
E
R
R
Y
S
110
E
D
W
I
N
111
N
O
S
E
B
A
G
© 1985, The New York Times
Across Down
1. Please : GRATIFY
8. S.A. Indian : CARIB
13. Car décor : CHROME
19. Composer Saint-Saëns : CAMILLE
20. "Moonlight" or "Waldenstein" : SONATA
21. Uses the oven : ROASTS
22. Puccini cowhand? : THEBOYOFTHEGOLDENWEST
25. "Lord, is ___?": Matt. 26:22 : ITI
26. Virtue; valor : ARETE
27. European thrush : OUSEL
28. Like a bairn : SMA
30. German appellations : NAMEN
32. Enroll : INSCRIBE
35. Coin of Iran : RIAL
36. Waxed : GREW
37. Principle : TENET
39. Former D.C. nine : NATS
41. Brain-wave reading, for short : EEG
42. Finance abbr. : HFM
43. Cautious : CHARY
44. Extent : DEGREE
46. Campaigner's concern : PRIMARY
48. Cry of satisfaction : THERE
49. Turkish coin, to a Londoner : PIASTRE
50. Esoteric : ARCANE
51. Like new bills : CRISP
52. Part of G.I. : GOVT
53. Remnant : END
54. Synthetic fabric : DACRON
55. Mascagni flirt : LOLA
56. Lotto's kin : KENO
57. Father of Diomedes of Thrace : ARES
58. Secular : LAIC
59. Discernible : EVIDENT
61. Noted Korean : RHEE
63. Precollege test, for short : PSAT
65. Washington's pursuer : HOWE
67. Show patience : WAIT
68. Disentangled, as fibers : CARDED
71. Ending for cash or front : IER
72. Iowa campus town : AMES
73. Indistinct : MISTY
74. Elgar's "___ Variations" : ENIGMA
75. Wagnerian hero : TRISTAN
77. Covers a bet : FADES
78. Lear's eldest daughter : GONERIL
79. Uri or Zug : CANTON
80. "Dead Souls" author : GOGOL
81. One ___ kind : OFA
82. Violinist Bull : OLE
83. Yesterday, to Pierre : HIER
84. Muscle : SINEW
85. Norwegian king : OLAF
87. Tuileries occupants : ROIS
88. "Travesties" playwright : STOPPARD
91. Cremona craftsman : AMATI
92. "___ Loser," Beatles song : IMA
93. "You can ___ horse to water . . . " : LEADA
94. Inspected the joint : CASED
96. Cumberland, e.g. : GAP
98. Prokofiev's saucy opus? : THELOVEFORTHREEAPPLES
106. Unruffled : SERENE
107. SOS signals : FLARES
108. John or Jill : IRELAND
109. King and Mason : PERRYS
110. Dickens's Drood : EDWIN
111. Oats container : NOSEBAG
 1. Time-zone abbr. : GCT
2. Music to an athlete's ears : RAH
3. Soul, in Savoie : AME
4. Of a leg bone : TIBIAL
5. Ait : ILOT
6. Wagner's Parisian pilot? : FLYINGFRENCHMAN
7. River in SW England : YEO
8. Producer Alexander : COHEN
9. French violinist: 18th century : ANET
10. Storm : RAGE
11. Japanese admiral: 1843–1914 : ITO
12. Nonsense : BALONEY
13. Musically increase in vol. : CRESC
14. Barber, at times : HONER
15. Author of "The Sojourner" : RAWLINGS
16. Verb ending : OSE
17. Rockies, e.g. : MTS
18. Erhard's therapy : EST
20. Disseminate : STREW
23. TV series : FAME
24. Sprinkle : DUST
28. Mountainous region : SIERRA
29. What Fountain plays in a Mozart opus? : MAGICCLARINET
31. Host : ARMY
32. Dictator's phrase : INRE
33. Stableboy in a Smetana opus? : BARTEREDGROOM
34. Always, poetically : ETERNE
35. Do upholstering : REPAD
37. Lehár opus about a lady in despair? : THESADWIDOW
38. Wyatt of the West : EARP
40. Pips : SEEDS
42. Asian capital : HANOI
43. Hot pepper : CHILI
44. Unhappy outcome of a Mozart opus? : DIVORCEOFFIGARO
45. Nosh : EAT
47. Revolutionist in 1789 : MARAT
48. Treasure ___ : TROVE
49. Atop, for short : PON
51. Yarn units : CLEWS
52. World's richest man : GETTY
56. Heals : KNITS
57. Eagle's perch : AERIE
60. De Kooning prop : EASEL
62. Political boss in McKinley's day : HANNA
63. Intonation : PITCH
64. Sultans' palaces : SERAIS
66. Wine: Comb. form : OEN
69. Iago's wife : EMILIA
70. Pastoral spots : DALES
72. From ___ Z : ATO
73. Conjurer : MAGE
76. Folding carriage : STROLLER
77. Affectionate : FOND
78. Assault : GOAT
80. Zoo attraction : GIRAFFE
84. Old radio's "Vic and ___" : SADE
85. Hebrew measures : OMERS
86. Burden : LADE
87. Undulation : RIPPLE
89. Garden bloom : PEONY
90. Does road work : PAVES
91. Wan : ASHEN
94. Crow's crop : CRAW
95. Longfellow's bell town : ATRI
97. Uncouth fellows : APES
98. Cooking abbr. : TSP
99. "___ Haw," TV variety show : HEE
100. Fumble : ERR
101. Long in the tooth : OLD
102. A, in Aachen : EIN
103. Chem. room : LAB
104. Bambi's aunt : ENA
105. Surface on a bldg. wall : SDG

Found bugs or have suggestions?